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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 14- 17 January 1953

Central Intelligence Agency · 2000-11-13 · 2 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency document, released in 2000, lists the evidence presented to the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met 14 to 17 January 1953. The evidence included seventy-five case histories from 1951 and 1952, Project Grudge, Blue Book, Stork and Twinkle reports, and motion picture films taken at Tremonton, Utah, and Great Falls, Montana. It also included balloon charts and samples, radar manuals, and intelligence reports on Soviet interest in US sightings.

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Approved For Release 2004/08/28 CHARRDR78-02646R000600150003-3

CONFIDENTIAL

16. Motion picture of seagulls in bright sunlight showing high reflectivity.

17. Intelligence Reports Relating to U.S.S.R. Interest in U. S. Sightings.

18. Samples of Official USAF Reporting Forms and Copies of Pertinent Air Force, Army and Navy Orders Relating to Subject.

19. Sample Polyethylene "Pillow" Balloon (54 inches square).

20. "Variations in Radar Coverage", JANP 101 (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).

Cases discussed

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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.