Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific a Dvisor

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that " strange things in the sky" had been recorded for hundreds of years. It appeared obvious that there was no single explanation for a majority of the things seen. The presence of radar and astronomical specialists on the Panel proved of value at once in their confident recognition of phenomena related to their fields. It was apparent that specialists in such additional fields as psychology, meteorology, aerodynamics, crnithology and military air operations would extend the ability of the Panel to recognize many more categories of little-known phenomena.

The Panel concluded unanimously that there was no evidence of a direct threat to national security in the objects sighted. Instances of "Foo Fighters" were cited. These were unexplained phenomena sighted by aircraft photos during World War II in both European and Far East theaters of operation wherein "bulle of light" would fly near or with the aircraft and maneuver rapidly. They were believed to be electrostatic (similar to St. Elmo's fire) or electromagnetic phenomena or possibly light reflections from ice crystals in the air, but their effect cause or nature was never defined. Robertson and Alvarez had been concerned in the investigation of these phenomena, but David T. Gejega (Professor of Geophysics at the University of California at Los Angeles) is bolded to have been the most knowledgeable person on this subject. If the term "flying cancers" had been popular in 1943 - 1945, these objects would