Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency document, dated 3 January 1953, records the comments and suggestions of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met 14 to 17 January 1953. The panel reviewed case histories including Tremonton, Great Falls, Washington and Haneda and concluded that it found no evidence of a direct threat to national security or of extraterrestrial origin. It rejected the Navy's analysis of the Tremonton film and recommended an educational program of training and debunking, supported by ATIC.
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13. Charts Showing Frequency of Reports of Sightings 1948-1952. 14. Charts Showing Categories of Explanations of Sightings. 16. Motion Picture of Seagulls in Bright Sunlight Showing High Reflectivity. 15. Kodachrome Transparencies of Polyethylene Film Balloons in Bright Sunlight Showing High Reflectivity. 17. Intelligence Reports Relating to U.S.S.R. Interest in U.S. Sightings. 18. Samples of Official USAF Reporting Forms and Copies of Pertinent Air Force, Army, and Navy Orders Relating to Subject. 19. Sample Polyethylene "Pillow" Balloon (54 inches square. 20. "Variations in Radar Coverage", JANP 101 (Manuel illustrating unusual operating characteristics of service radar). 21. Miscellaneous Official Letters and Foreign Intelligence Reports Dealing with Subject. 22. Copies of Popular Published Works Dealing with Subject (articles and periodicals, newspaper clippings).
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 22 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.