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This Central Intelligence Agency release, dated 2014, contains a 1958 exchange between the National Security Council and Major Donald E. Keyhoe, Director of NICAP, about unidentified flying objects. In an October 14, 1958 memorandum, NSC Executive Secretary James S. Lay, Jr. forwards Keyhoe's October 1 letter and his reply to the Department of Defense, with copies to the CIA. Lay says he cannot discuss NSC policies. Keyhoe's letter asks whether the NSC controls UFO information policy and says NICAP has proof of CIA interest.
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NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEE on Aerial Phenomena Washington 6, D.C. October 1, 1958 Mr. James Lay, Executive Secretary National Security Council Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Lay: Thank you for your kind letter of September 5, in regard to the subject of unidentified flying objects. Your second paragraph is somewhat puzzling and I hope that you can clarify it. You say that "The information contained in your letter routed to NSC is erroneous." You also say that you are not authorized to inform us concerning the policy considered by the National Security Council. This still leaves open the question as to whether or not the National Security Council does in fact play a large part in controlling the official policy about unidentified flying objects information. If the NSC does not in any way touch on this subject, we should greatly appreciate a letter to that effect. We do have proof that the Central Intelligence Agency is concerned with this subject and it would seem illogical for the National Security Council not to take notice of such a serious problem. Sincerely yours, /s/ Donald E. Keyhoe DONALD E. KEYHOE, Major USMC (Ret.) Director of NICAP DEKtk
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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. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.