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This Central Intelligence Agency file holds an internal Office of Scientific Intelligence memo and a proposed reply from CIA General Counsel Lawrence R. Houston to Representative Joseph E. Karth. The reply answers a constituent's claims that the CIA created the flying saucer furor and was withholding parts of the January 1953 Scientific Advisory Panel report. It calls these claims entirely unfounded. It states that the CIA studied the national security threat with the Air Force in 1953, has taken part in no saucer activities since, and refers all correspondence to the Air Force.
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milanding statements on this report in Captain Ruppelt's book, "The Report of Unidentified Flying Objects", and explaining why a portion of the report was classified. A copy of this letter is upended for your information. In summary, Mr. Davidson's belief that this Agency is involved in the "Flying Cancer Europe" and is using this as a tool in psychological varfare is entirely unfounded. His indication that CIA is magnifying perms in leading them to believe in Flying Sensor is also entirely unfounded. This Agency in conjunction with the Air Force investigated, in 1953, the threat to national security of the then prevalent Flying Sensor runes. Since that time, CIA has not participated in any Flying Sensor activities and has referred all correspondence to the U. S. Air Force. Very truly yours, s/. Lawrence R. Houston Laurence R. Houston General Counsel ## Praelagios: L. Letter, 26 June 1961, from L. Levickson 2. ltter, 20 May 1978, from Major Tucker 3. Letter, 21 May 1958 ## Distribution: Crig. & 1 - Fud 2 - General Counsel 1 - Inspector General 1 - JD/SI 18 - 150 / 21 1 - Gync Registry OSI / : SI / SEOekert : sw(8791) (5) (3)
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.