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This FBI memorandum from V. P. Keay reports on an Intelligence Advisory Committee meeting on December 4, 1952, which the Bureau's Liaison Section attended. At the meeting, members heard that a German atomic scientist's theory had spurred British intelligence interest, and that a recent sighting in Africa suggested the saucers were a scientific development and not meteorological phenomena. Military members proposed a scientific study. The release includes a 1984 CIA letter returning sanitized copies under FOIA exemption (b)(3).
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FROM: V. P. KEAY SUBJECT: PROPOSED STUDY ON THE "FLYING SAUCERS" PRELIMINA; INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE None of the agenda items are of direct interest to the Bureau; however, directed the members' attention to some aspects of the "flying saucers" phenomena. He said that a recent presentation of a theory on "saucers" was made by a German atomic scientist, which fact has caused the British to initiate considerable intelligence effort into this matter. According to these efforts are being made to obtain the German scientist's paper on this theory. Also, it was stated that a recent "saucers" observation in Africa presents some evidence that the "saucers" are not meteorological phenomena, which theory has been held to date by the Air Force. Instead, this letter incident indicated the possibility of the "saucers" being a scientific development. The details of this African observation were not presented; however, appropriate contact will be made by the Bureau's Liaison Section with the Air Force to determine the details of this letter report. Pursuant to instructions, Supervisor M.W. Kuhrtz of the Lleison Section attended the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting on December 4, 1952. As a result of the above, the Military members suggested a logical approach which would call for a group of scientists to make a study of the new "saucers" date in an effort to identify the phenomena. If an identification can be made by the scientists and it can be determined that the "saucers" are a scientific development, then IAC should determine a further course of action for the U.S. Government. It was further suggested that the IAC should only concern itself with this matter on the basis that a competent scientific group might determine the "saucers" to be a scientific development under the control of our enemy was directed to draft a paper on this problem for IAC consideration. Upon receipt of this draft, appropriate Bureau recommendations will be made prior to IAC approval. ACTION: Mielson will obtain the details of the "flying seacers" observation in Africa from the Air Force. MK:1w ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE SHILEX BY SALOPE PLAN COMP. # 245,536 65-83894 NOT RECORDED JAN 6 1953 MAILINGS ON ORIGINAL 53 FEB 161953
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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.