Documents / FOIA release
This CIA release, approved in 2001, gathers Air Force and Research and Development Board correspondence from late 1952 about how flying saucer reports affect air defense. In it, Air Defense Command says many fast radar tracks came from mutual interference between radar sets. It warns that unexplained tracks could waste guided missiles and interceptors, so their causes must be found. Also included are a CIA memo planning a research program and an RDB memo on radar phantoms.
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# Approved For Release 2001/09/08 RDP81R00509R000100020001-9 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE Headquarters United States Air Force Washington 25, D. C. AF00P-0P 000.92 27 Oct 52 SUBJECT: (uncl) Effect of "flying Saucers" on Air Defense Operations 10. Commanding General Air Defense Command Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado 1. The phenomena of "flying saucers" has been reported many times both as visual and radar sightings. 2. Your comments are desired as to the possible effect the sightings of this phenomena could have from an operational point of view on the air defense system. 3. In addition, your comments on the following are desired: a. What is the radar operator's reaction to this phenomena? Is he able to recognise and reject the echo as not an aircraft? b. Is it likely that some operators have observed a "flying saucer" and rejected the radar response and not reported the fact? 0. Does a radar response from this type phenomena confuse your radar operators? d. Has Air Defense Command any concern in respect to the "flying saucer" phenomena? BY COMMAND OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF: s/James C. Jensen J. C. JENSEN Colonel, USAF Chief, Operational Plans Div. Directorate of Operations
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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. 11 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.