Documents / FOIA release
This CIA document, approved for release on 2 April 2001, contains a memorandum from Director Walter B. Smith to the Director of the Psychological Strategy Board, along with a staff study by the Office of Scientific Intelligence on flying saucers. The study treats unidentified flying objects as a national security problem that matters for operations, intelligence and psychological warfare. It criticizes the small Air Force project at ATIC under Captain E. J. Ruppelt and recommends a centrally administered research program.
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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R560R000100020017-2 is known regarding the exact nature of these phenomena. 5. The problem transcends the level of individual departmental responsibilities, and is of such importance as to merit cognizance and action by the National Security Council. 6. Additional work, differing in character and emphasis from that presently under way will be required to meet the specific needs in this field of both operations and intelligence. ## RECOMMENDATIONS One of the two possible courses of action set below is proposed; one requires MSC action, and the other requires action by Secretary of Defense: 1. NSC action: under this course, it is recommended: a. That the DCI present to the NSC a draft NSC directive (TAB A) which prescribes that a centrally administered research program under RDB be established, in accordance with Sec. 214 (a), National Security Act of 1947, this program having for its research objectives requirements to be specified by the Secretary of Defense; the Director of Central Intelligence, and Director, Psychological Strategy Board. b. That upon issuance of this NSC directive, CIA exercise its statutory function by providing coordinated intelligence requirements and the requisite intelligence support to RDB. 2. Secretary of Defense actions under this course, it is recommended: a. That the BCI suggest to Secretary of Defense along lines of the draft letter that coordinated research program would be waulable to CIA, and that if such a study is undertaken by Defense, that coordinated intelligence requirements be provided by CIA before the study is started. Approved For Release 2001/04/02: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100020017-2
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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. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.