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This Central Intelligence Agency filing is a declaration by Delores M. Nelson, the CIA's Information and Privacy Coordinator, in Bryant v. CIA, Civil Action No. 09-0940 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It supports the CIA's motion for summary judgment. It traces Larry W. Bryant's 2008 FOIA request for records of a 1987 FAA meeting on the November 17, 1986 Japanese 747 encounter over Alaska and records of similar airborne UFO encounters. It also describes the fee dispute and the searches the CIA ran. No records of the meeting were found, and three documents from other agencies were referred to them.
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(5) See 'F,dwatd Tauss. memorandum
For Deputy Assistant Director, Si, ‘
“Flying Saucers,” 1August 1952. See
also United Kingdom, Report by the
“Flying Saucer" Working Party, 'Uni~
dentified Flying Objects." no date
(approximately I950).
See Dr. Stone, OSI. memorandum to
Dr. Willard Machle. OSL 15 March
1949 and Ralph L. Clark, Acting
Assistant Director, OSI, memomn- 19,
durn For DDl, “Recent Sightings of
Unexplained Obiecw.' 29 Iuly 1952.
Stone, memorandum to Machle. See
also Clark, memorandum For DDI,
29 July wsz.
Sec K1233. UFO1’. P. 15. Fora brief
review of the ‘Washington sightings see
Good, About Top Secret, pp. 269-271.
See Ralph "L Clark, Acting Assistant
Director, OSI. memorandum to DDI
Robert Amory. It-. 29 July 1952.
OSI and OCI were in the Directorate
of Intelligence. Established in I948.
OSI served as the CIA’: Focal point
For the analysis of Foreign scientific
and technological developments. In
i980. OSI was merged into the Office
oF Science and Weapons Research.
The Ofiice of Current intelligence
(OCI). established on I5 January 24_
1951 was to provide all-souroe current
intelligence to the President and the
National Security Council.
Tauss. memorandum For Deputy
Assistant Director. Sl (Philip Strong).
{August l952.
On 2 January 1952. DCI Walter
Bedell Smith created a Deputy Direc-
torate for Intelligence (DDI) composed
ofsix overt CLA organizations-—-OSI.
OCI. Oliiee of Collection and Dissemi-
nation. Office National Estimates.
Ofiiee of Research and Reports. and 25
the Office 0F Intelligence Coordina.
tion—--to produce intelligence analysis
For US policymakers.
Sec Minutes of Branch Chief‘: Mecca» ~'
lag. ll August i952.
Smith expressed his Opinions at a
meeting in the DCI Conference
Room attended b his top oliietrs.
See Deputy Chieg Requirement:
S1251 Fl, memorandum For Deputy
Director, Plans, “Flying Saucers.” 20
August 1952, Directorate of Opera-
rions Records, Information
Management Srafll job 86~00558R,
Box l. (S)
Sec CIA memomndum. unsigned.
“Flying Saucers." Ii August i952.
See CIA. memorandum, unsigned.
“Flying Saucers," 14 August 1952.
See CIA. memorandum. unsigned.
“Flying Saucers,” I9 August 1952.
See Chzdwell, memorandum For
Smith, 17 September 1952 and Z4
September I952, “Flying Saucers."
See also Chadv/ell, memorandum For
DCI Smith, 2 October 1952 and
Klass. UFO» PP. Z3-26.
Chadwell, memorandum for DCI
with attachments. 2 December W32.
See also Kilass, UFO:, pp. 26-27 and
Chadwell, memorandum, 25 Novem-
ber L952. '
See Chadwell, memorandum, 25
November 1952 and Chadwell, mem-
orandum. “Approval in Principle -
External Research Project Concerned
with Unidentified Flying Objects," no
date. Ste also Phili G. Strong, GSE.
memorandum For tlie record, “Meet-
ing with Dr. lulius A. Sttatton,
Executive Vice President and Provost.
MIT and Dr. Max Millikan. Director
oFCENlS." Strong believed that in
order to undertake such a review they
would need the hill backing and sup»
port of DCI Smith.
See Chaclwell, memorandum For
DCI. “ Unidentified Flying Qbjccts."
2 December 1952. See also Chad-
26.
27.
28
29
30
31.
32
33
34
well, memorandum for Amory. DDl._
“Approval in Principle - External g
Research Project Concerned with Uni_---
defiiified-'Flyin'g Objects.“ no date.
"as
The [AC was created in 1947 to serve
as a coordinating’ body in establishing
intelligence requirements. Chaired by
the DCI, the [AC included represente-
tivs Eon: the Department oFSu.te,
the Army, the Air Force. the Ioint
Chiefi oi'Stafi', the FBI, and the ABC.
See Kiss, UFOr, p. 27. ‘
See Richard D. Drairi, Acting Secre-
tzry, MC, ‘Minute: oFMeeti.ng held
in Director’: Conference Room,
Administration Building, CM,’ 4
December 1952.
(S) See Chadwell, memorandum For
the record, “British Activity in the
Field oFUFOs." 18 December 1952.
See Chadwell, memorandum For
DCI. “Consultants For Advisory Panel
on Unidentified Flying Obiec\s.' 9
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