Flying Saucers

Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.

## DISCUSSION:

The three man OSI team entered into its inquiry fully aware that it was coming into a field already charged with partesanship, one in which objectivity had been overridden by numerous sensational writers, and one in which there are pressures for extravagent explanations as well as for oversimplification. They consulted with a representative of Air Force Special Projects group; discussed the problem with those in charge of the Air Force Project at Wright field; reviewed a considerable volume of intelligence reports; checked the Soviet press and broadcast indices; and conferred with three of our consultants all leaders in their scientific fields.

The present small scale inquiry at ATIC, which thus far has been able only to use the case history approach, examining each incident carefully to determine whether it can be explained or whether it must be put into the "unexplained" category, was considered a perfectly valid procedure but one that offered but little promise in opening up explanations regarding the nature of these phenomena. Our consultants told us, it would probably be found on the margins or just beyond the frontiers of our present knowledge in the fields of atmospherics, ionization and extra-terrestrial phenomena, taking into account the possibility that nuclear waste products might also be a factor to consider. A systematic attack on the as-yet unexplained cases would contemplate a centrally coordinated program involving projects on a number of fronts and involving a variety of techniques not now used.