Documents / FOIA release
This 11 June 1957 Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, from the Planning and Coordination Staff, answers three questions about how UFOs are being followed. It says the Air Force and the CIA both still follow UFOs and that OSI's Phil Strong is responsible for the subject at the CIA. It recounts the 1952 OSI panel and its January 1953 report and describes the small remaining ATIC effort left from Project Blue Book. It also reports a British and Canadian saucer-shaped aircraft project.
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XB = 9 - 4255 Copy 3 or 3 ## MEMORANDUM FORS THROUGH: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING SANCTERS (UFO) 1. In our discussion on UFO you asked three questions which for convenience I am using as side-headings below. HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOLLOWING UFO BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE AIR FORCE TO CIA? No. The Air Force and CIA are both still follow No. The Air Force and CIA are both still follow ing UFO. WHO IN CIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UFO? The DD/I/OSI, Phil Strong, specifically. WHAT IS CIA DOING ON UFO? The following is a brief sketch of activity which I obtained from Phil Strong's memory: Five years ago in the summer of 1952, 08I undertook a study of UFO by IAC action. 08I formed a panel consisting of the following members: Lloyd Berkner, President, Association of Universities; President, International Council of Scientific Boards; Member of the President's Scientific Advisory Committee, (ODM). H. P. Robertson, Chairman, Physics Dept. Cal Tech once WSEO Civilian Director Science Advisor to SHAPE Commander for two years, 081 Consultant. Sam Goudsmit, Chairman, Department of Physics, Brookhaven National Laboratory formerly member Combined Scientific and Military Team during post-war period examining German nuclear program. APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE 24.2.78
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.