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This is a CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence file from December 1952 on unidentified flying objects. It includes memoranda to the Director of Central Intelligence from Assistant Director H. Marshall Chadwell, a letter from Thornton Page to H. P. Robertson, and F. C. Durant's note of a call with Captain Edward Ruppelt. The file says there is still no reasonable evidence that the objects are of foreign origin. It plans a small consultant panel and reviews the Tremonton film, the Presque Isle and Limestone lights, and the Florida scoutmaster case.
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MENORATUEN FOR: The Director of Central Intellligence THROUGH: Deputy Director (Intelligence) SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects REFERENCE: Request of the Director of 10 December 1952 1. The following is a summary of the current situation with respect to the investigation of unidentified flying objects. Recent incidents include: a. Novies of ten (10) unidentified flying objects (unexplained on the basis of natural phenomenon or known types of aircraft), near Trenton, Utah, on 2 July 1952. b. A very brilliant unidentified light over the coast of Maine for about four hours on the night of 10-11 October at a height computed to be two or three times that which can be sustained by any known device. c. Alleged contact with a device on the ground in Florida late this summer which left some presently unexplained after-effects. d. Emeritus other sightings of lights or objects which either in configuration or performance do not resemble any known aerial vehicle or explainable natural phenomena. 2. In furtherance of the IAC action on 5 December, D/II has been working with Dr. H. P. Robertson, consultant (former Director of Research, WSEC), toward establishing a panel of top scientists and engineers in the fields of astrophysics, nuclear energy, electronics, etc., to review this situation. Wholehearted cooperation has been assured by DI/UAEF and ATIC, and a visit by AD/SI, Dr. Robertson, and Mr. Durant of DI/to ATIC in planned for Friday. It is hoped to organize the panel and undertake substantive scientific review of this subject within the next two to three weeks. Assistent Director Scientific Intelligences Distribution: DD/I - 1 Ogas/SI - 1 Prod/SI - 1 AD/SI - 2
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. 9 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.