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This CIA document, released through The Black Vault, holds F. C. Durant's memorandum of 16 February 1953 on the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met from January 14 to 18, 1953 under Dr. H. P. Robertson. The panel found no evidence of a direct threat to national security. It rejected the Navy analysis of the Tremonton film and recommended an educational program. The file also contains an Air Force statistical study summary from 1955 that calls advanced unknown technology highly improbable.
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# SECRET Security Information
## 16 February 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence
FROM 3 F. C. Durant
OBJECT Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14 - 18, 1953
## PURPOSE
The purpose of this memorandum is to present:
a. A brief history of the meetings of the O/SI Advisory Panel On Unidentified Flying Objects (Part I),
b. An unofficial supplement to the official Panel Report to AD/SI setting forth comments and suggestions of the Panel Members which they believed were inappropriate for inclusion in the formal report (Part II).
## PART I: HISTORY OF MEETINGS
## GENERAL
After consideration of the subject of "unidentified flying objects" at the 4 December meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, the following action was agreed:
*The Director of Central Intelligence wills
a. Enlist the services of selected scientists to review and appraise the available evidence in the light of pertinent scientific theories. $ ^{a} $
Following the delegation of this action to the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence and preliminary investigation,
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