Untitled(To Walter Pforzheimer from H. Marshall Chadwell Attaching a Suggested Draft Reply to Senator Johnson)

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Dear Senator Johnson

In response to your letter of 19 April 1934, we have reviewed the problem posed by your constituents, Mr. P. D. Earniza. Of course, you realize that Intelligence cannot state explicitly what it does or does not know. To reassure you, however, and not for passage further, we are not alarmed by the many reports on "sightings" of flying cancers. The information available to us indicates that the largest percentage of all reported sightings have been explained satisfactorily as normal, natural phenomena. In the remaining percentage of sightings, which is very small, the information reported is so lacking in scientific detail as to take their credibility very low.

In light of the above, we suggest that you reply to your constituent without direct reference to this Agency, along the following lines:

"I am very glad to be able to reply to your letter of 12 April 1954 inquiring about flying causers.

After inquiring in the appropriate quarters in government, I find that many of the books and articles in the public press give incomplete and sometimes non-factual information. I have been assured, furthermore, that we should not become alarmed by such information.

I have been told that a number of books on this subject do indicate that the US Air Force covers the subject of flying causers and I suggest that you write UAF if you have further questions." We hope that this information will be of use to you.