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Unidentified Flying Objects

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 5 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency release, approved in 2001, contains a December 1952 memorandum from H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, to the Director of Central Intelligence. It also includes a draft memo from Walter B. Smith to the National Security Council and a draft NSC directive. Chadwell reports that sightings near major U.S. defense installations are not attributable to natural phenomena or known aircraft. He proposes a consulting group. The draft directive would have the DCI run a research program on identifying unidentified flying objects.

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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET

TO	ROOM NO	DATE	OFFICER'S INITIALS	COMMENTS
REC'D	FWD'D
1. To be held
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FORM NO. Approved For Release 2001/04/02 CIA-RDP81R00560R000100020008-2 SECRET

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