Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency release pairs a cover memo dated 12 March 1953 from the Secretary of the Intelligence Advisory Committee with the report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, chaired by Dr. H. P. Robertson. The panel met in January 1953 and reviewed evidence gathered mainly by the Air Technical Intelligence Center. It found no direct physical threat to national security and no sign of foreign hostile artifacts. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and aura of mystery.
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sills in bright sunlight showing high reflectivity. 17. Intelligence Reports Relating to U.S.S.R. Interest in U. S. Sightings. 16. Samples of Official USAF Reporting Forms and Copies of Partinent Air Forces, Army and Navy Orders Relating to Subject. 19. Sample Polyethylene "Pillow" Balloon (54 inches square). 20. "Variations in Radar Coverage", JANP 201 (Manual illustrating unusual operating characteristics of Service radar). 21. Miscellaneous official letters and foreign intelligence reports dealing with subject. 22. Copies of popular published works dealing with subject (articles in periodicals, newspaper clippings and books).
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. 9 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.