Intelligence Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's Conference Room, Administration Building Central Intelligence Agency, on 4 December 1952

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1. Action: The minutes of the last meeting, 1 December 1952 (IAC-M-89) were approved.

Conditions and Trends in Latin America Affecting U. S. Security (NIE-70)

2. Action: Approved with minor modifications. Unidentified Flying Objects

3. Action: The Director of Central Intelligence will:

a. Enlist the services of selected scientists to review and appraise the available evidence in the light of pertinent scientific theories.

b. Draft and circulate to the IAC a proposed NSCID, which would signify IAC concern in the subject and authorize coordination with appropriate non-IAC departments and agencies.

4. Discussion The acting Chairman, Mr. Amory, presented to the committee the DOL's request that this subject be informally discussed. Dr. Chadwell briefly reviewed the evidence and peripheral considerations, and noted that most of the available evidence is processed by ATIC. General Samford offered his full cooperation. It was recognized that the problem is best approached if directly related to specific problems of intelligence and defense. It was thought desirable that the action noted above under "a" be undertaken immediately, with consideration of a proposed NSCID to depend in some measure on the results achieved by the scientists' studies.