Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency release, approved in 2004, collects 1966 memoranda on Air Force requests to declassify the 1953 report of the scientific panel on unidentified flying objects that the Office of Scientific Intelligence convened. The memos trace the USAF requests of July 1966, the press interest behind them, and the 15 August forwarding of a sanitized version with CIA references removed. The attached panel comments found no threat to national security, judged the Tremonton film to probably show birds, and recommended a training and debunking program.
“Charles Fort”2 pages
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In general) by the lack of sound data in the great majority of the first cases also, in the lack of opacity follow-up due primarily to the fact also and limited facilities of the AT2C section concern. An important history of significant sightings discussed in detail Mohlenfortune, Ohio (2 August 1952); Tremonton, Utah (2 July 1951) Montana (25 August 1950); Yeak, Montana (1 September 1952); Washington, D. C. area (19 July 1952); and Himeda A. Fille, Japan (3 August 1952), Port Huron, Michigan (29 July 1952); and Desque Iolo, Maine (20 October 1952). After review and discussion of these cases (and about 15 others in this detail), the Panel concluded that reasonable explanations could be suggested for most sightings and "by deduction and scientific means" it could be induced (given additional data) that other cases might be explained in a similar manner". The Panel pointed out that because of the brevity of some sightings (e.g. 2-3 seconds) and the immanency of the witnesses, express themselves clearly (semantically) that conclusive explanations could not be expected for every case reported. Furthermore, it was considered that, normally, it would be a great waste of effort to try to solve most of the sightings, unless such action would result in a training and educational program (see below). The writings of Charles Fort were referenced to show
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