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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.
“The Unexplained Files”1 page
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Approved For Release 2001/09/03 01A RDP81R00560R000100020001-9 ADOOT=C 360.3, Subj: (Unel) Effect of "Flying Saucers" on Air Defense Operations; 1st Ind to HQ USAF guided missiles will have speeds of each 2 or greater. At that time, fast tracks, radial or otherwise, will call for defensive action at once. If unusual fast track phenomena of the type now experienced persist during that time interval, it could result in an unnecessary expenditure of our guided missiles and inefficient utilization of our manned interceptors. 5. We believe that it is imperative to determine the causes of unusual track phenomena before the threat possesses characteristics such as to cause mistaken identification and subsequent disuipation of our weapons for air defense. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: s/Robert M. Wynens ROBERT . WYNENS Capt, USAF Asst Adj Gen
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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.