F-2003-00606 Final Response

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Technical Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, had the
primary responsibility for the investigation of all reports of UFO sightings.
The CIA’s role was in connection with a Scientific Advisory Panel, established
to investigate and evaluate reports of UFOs. The panel was concerned only
with any aspect of UFO phenomena which might prove to present a potential
threat to the United States national security. The panel later issued a report
of its findings, the Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying
Objects dated 17 January 1953, also known as the Robertson Report. The
report was released by the Air Force Office of Public Information on 9 April
1958. The Air Force investigation, called Project Bluebook, was terminated in
1969. We understand that the Air Force turned its records on this subject over
to the National Archivesand Records Administration where they are currently
available for inspection and purchase. There is currently no CIA program to
actively collect information on UFOs, although since the time of the Robertson
Report there have been sporadic instances of correspondence dealing with the
subject, and We occasionally receive various kinds of reports of sightings of
objects in the UFO category.
As of this date, however, the Agency has released to numerous previous
requesters 991 pages of UFO-related documents under the FOIA. Most of this
material was located as a result of a previous search for records conducted on
behalf of an earlier requester for information regarding UFOs up through
1979, and as a result of a recent updated search for records conducted on
behalf of an earlier requester for information regarding UFOs from 1979
through 15 March 1990. Any releasable material as a result of these earlier,
thorough searches is included in this package. These documents are not
indexed, and most of the material deals with matters related to the report by
the Scientific Advisory Panel. We should advise you that most of the reports
dealing with the UFO sightings considered by the Panel originated with other
government agencies such as the Air Force, and that much of the later CIA-
originated reports ‘concern sightings as reported in the foreign news media. In
accordance with our attached fee schedule, the material referred to above costs
ten cents per page less the first 100 pages as a requester in the “all other”
category. .
Also, as a result of former Director Woolsey’s 14 December 1993 radio
interview, a recent further release of 1,757 pages has been made bringing the
total amount of pages to 2,748. Additional documents for release are currently
under review. -
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