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This Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Advisory Committee document, IAC-D-67, is dated 18 February 1953 and signed by Secretary James Q. Reber. It transmits the report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, chaired by H. P. Robertson, which met 14 to 17 January 1953. The panel found no evidence of inimical forces behind the phenomena. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and educating the public. CIA concluded that no National Security Council Intelligence Directive was warranted. The document includes the list of evidence and participants.
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## SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON ## UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 24 - 17 January 1953 MEMBERS Dr. H. P. Robertson (Chairman) California Institute of Technology Physics, weapons systems Dr. Luis W. Alvaros University of California Physics, radar Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner Associated Universities, Inc. Geophysics Dr. Samuel Goudault Brookhaven National Laboratories Atomic structure, statistical problems Dr. Thornton Page Office of Research Operations, John Hopkins University Astronomy, Astrophysics ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Dr. J. Allen Hynek Ohio State University Astronomy Mr. Frederick C. Durant Arthur D. Little, Inc. Rockets, guided missiles INTERVIEWERS Brig. Gen. William M. Garland Commanding General, ATIC Scientific and technical intelligence Dr. H. Marshall Chadwell Assistant Director, O/SI, CIA Scientific and technical intelligence Mr. Ralph L. Clark Deputy Assistant Director, O/SI, CIA Scientific and technical intelligence
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.