Documents / FOIA release
This is a 30 June 1961 letter from the CIA's General Counsel to Congressman Joseph Karth, sent in reply to his inquiry about claims Leon Davidson made in a letter to him. It says Davidson has written to the CIA and the Air Force since 1958 seeking the classified Scientific Advisory Panel report on UFOs, and it calls unfounded his view that the CIA created the flying saucer furor as psychological warfare. The letter comes with a correspondence log and says the CIA has referred all UFO matters to the Air Force since its 1953 panel work.
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mailing statements or this report in Captain Ruyolt's book. "The report of Unidentified Flying Objects", and explaining why a portion or the report was classified. A copy of this letter is requested for your information. In summary, Mr. Davison's belief that this agency is involved in the "Flying Cancer Future" and is using this as a tool in psychological warfare is entirely unfounded. His indication that CIA is misleading persons in leading them to believe in Flying Cancer is also entirely unfounded. This agency in conjunction with the Air Force investigated, in 1951, the threat to national security of the then prevalent flying cancer runners. Since that time, CIA has not participated in any Flying Cancer activities and has referred all correspondence to the U. S. Air Force. Vary truly yours, Laurence R. Boatman General Council. 1. Lester, 26 June 1901, from L. Inviden 2. Lester, 20 May 1903, from Rajar Tanker Distribution: Crig. is 1 - Pad 2 - General Counsel 1 - Inspector General 1 - AD/SI 2 - 150/50 OSI/SD [3330000000000
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. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.