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This Central Intelligence Agency letter, dated 19 November 1957, was sent by Deputy Assistant Director Philip G. Strong to Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner. It reports that the Air Force has asked for the conclusions of the 1953 Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects to be declassified. Strong says the Agency will allow only part of the report to be released, and that the Panel's connection with the Agency should not be disclosed. He asks Berkner whether his name may be used.
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# 0 [ ] . 0 It would be very much appreciated if you could let me know as soon as possible what your reaction is to the Air Force declassification proposal; whether you agree with Dr. Robertson, Dr. Goudsmit and myself on limiting any declassification; and whether you would approve or disapprove the use of your name, granted that Agency connection with the Panel is withheld. Very best regards. Enclosure UFO Report (Secret) Philip G. Strong Deputy Assistant Director
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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.