Untitled (to Lloyd Berkner from Philip Strong Enclosing Copy of a Letter and Declassified Version of the Panel Report)

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# REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL

ON

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

17 January 1953

1. The undernigned Panal of Scientific Consultants has not at the request of the Government to evaluate any possible threat to national security posed by Unidentified Flying Objects ("Flying Sunsers"), and to make recommendation. The Panel has received the evidence as presented by cognizant Governmental agencies, primarily the United States Air Force, and has reviewed a selection of the best documented incidents.

2. As a result of its considerations, the Panel concludes:

That the evidence presented on Unidentified Flying Objects shows no indication that these phenomena constitute a direct physical threat to national security.

We firmly believe that there is no residuum of cases which indicates phenomena which are attributable to foreign artifacts capable of hostile acts, and that there is no evidence that the phenomena indicate a need for the revision of current scientific concepts.

3. In the light of this conclusion, the Panel recommends:

That the national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired.