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This Central Intelligence Agency memorandum, dated 31 July 1957, went from the Deputy Assistant Director for Collection, Scientific Intelligence, to the Deputy Director for Coordination about flying saucers. Staff contacted Dr. M. K. Jessup. He saw little agency interest in his meteor study in Mexico and referred them to Wayne Aho, who then met with CIA aircraft and geophysics specialists. The memo attaches notes of that conversation and a Washington Post column by George Dixon, and it concludes that further follow-up offers nothing to gain.
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MEMORIED BY FOR Deputy Director for Coordination SUBJECT: Flying Sausors 1. As a result of your telephone call of July 8th, Dr. Chamberlain, Chief of the Fundamental Science Division, at my request contacted Dr. M. K. Jessup at the Physical Sciences Integration Committee. Dr. Chamberlain discussed with Dr. Jessup the two subjects you mentioned as of interest to him, i.e., meteor study in Mexico and flying saucers. In regard to the first, Dr. Jessup indicated that he felt the agency would have little interest in the matter and that he, himself, was concerned primarily with securing financing to further his exploration work in Mexico. 2. In regard to flying sappers, Dr. Jeasup referred us to Mr. Wayne Aho and through the Office of Operations we arranged to have a meeting with Mr. Aho which was attended by two specialists from this Office - Mr. Herbert Bowers of Applied Science Division, who covers aircraft for us, and Mr. Wilson Angle of our Fundamental Science Division, who is a geophysicist. For your information, I am attaching hereto a copy of the report to me of the conversation with Mr. Aho. Also, of possible interest, is a clipping of George Dixon's column in the Washington Post of 26 July concerning Mr. Aho. 3. We feel that we have nothing to gain in further follow-up in this matter and I am passing the information along to you solely because o Mr. Kho's connection with Dr. Jesup. Deputy Assistant Director/Collection Scientific Intelligence Attachments: 1-Items of conversation with !x. who 2-Clipping of George Dixon's column Distribution: Orig. & 1 - Addresse 1 - FSD 1 - DAD/C
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