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This CIA memorandum from H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, to the Director of Central Intelligence requests permission to hire Dr. Luis W. Alvarez and Dr. Thornton W. Page as ad hoc consultants. They would serve on the O/SI Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, scheduled to convene on 14 January 1953, at $50 per day. The request was approved on 20 January 1953, subject to security clearance. The document was approved for release in 2001.
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## Released in MORI # Approved For Release 2001/08/07 : CIA-RDP81R00560000100030031-5 SECRET Security Information c. At this time it is desired to utilize the services of these men in this advisory panel only rather than process them as regular CIA consultants. d. The rate of compensation is expected to be $50.00 per day for each consultant. e. Approval of use of these men on matters through SECRET has been obtained from I&SO. ## 5. CONCLUSION It is concluded that Dr. Alvarez and Dr. Page are particularly well suited to serve on the O/SI Advisory Panel on "Unidentified Flying Objects". ## 6. ACTION RECOMMENDED That permission be granted to approach Dr. Luis W. Alvarez and Dr. Thornton W. Page with regard to service as ad hoc consultants on the subject of "unidentified flying objects" and to initiate the necessary personnel action. H. CHADWELL H. MARSHALL CHADWELL APPROVAL RECOMMENDED: Signature: ការបង្កើត Deputy Director (Intelligence) Date ACTION BY APPROVING AUTHORITY: Approved (disapproved). subject to security clearance. Signature: Director or Deputy Director JAN 20 1953 Date Dist: Drug + N - food 1 - ADIS1 3 - GPSS1 1 - object - flying saucer 1 - choreo - 1 - daily reading + file SCP 1 - extra -2- SECRET
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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.