Documents / FOIA release
This 1952 Central Intelligence Agency file brings together papers on unidentified flying objects. A memorandum to the Director of the Psychological Strategy Board says the subject may matter for psychological warfare, intelligence and operations. A study by the Office of Scientific Intelligence describes the small Air Force section at Wright Field led by Captain E. J. Ruppelt, criticizes its case-by-case analysis, and recommends a centrally coordinated research program. The file also contains a Project Blue Book paper on identifying weather and research balloons.
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and is of such importance as to merit cognisance and action by the National Security Council. Security Council. 8. Additional work, differing in character and emphasis from that presently under way will be required to meet the specific needs in this field of both operations and intelligence. ## PECOY EXDATIONS One of the two sensible courses of action set for the below is proposed: one requires NSC action, and the other requires action by Secretary of Defense: 1. NSC cations under this course, it is recommended a. That the DCI present to the NSC a draft NSC directive (TAB A) which prescribes that a centrally administered research program under ND3 be established, in accordance with Sec. 214 (a), National Security Act of 1947, this program having for its research objectives requirements to be specified by the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence, and Director Psychological Strategy Board. That upon issuance of this ESC directive, OIA exercise its function in providing coordinated intelligence requirements and assistance to ICS. under this course, it is recommended: at the LCI subject to Secretary of Defense along lines of the that coordinated research program would be unavailable to CIA, and that study is undertaken by Defense, that coordinated intelligence be provided by CIA before the study is started.
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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. 19 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.