FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

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TO : lffi . A. , . BELMONT Dt_E : December 5 , 1 52
FROM: V. P . KEAY
~UBJ...,C ... t) PROPO.SED 3TuDY ON THE
11FLYING SIDJ(,..t!,RS 11 PHENOMEhA ;
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Pursuant to instr~cti~ns , Su,ervisor M.W. Kuhrtz of t~e
Liaison uection attended the Intelligence Advisory Lommittee (IAC)
meeting on December )1 , 1952 .
~one of the ugenda i terns are of direct inter·e t to the Bureru ;
however , ::)r . F . M. Chadwe J. , centrtl Intelligence Agency (LI\) , directvect ion with the 1~ir Force to determine vhe
deta... ls of t us latter report .
As a result of the above , -i;he 't' ilit&ry mcmb rs sum;ested a
lo7:csl apnroach wnich would call or a gr0up sciEntists to ~eke &)f
stud;y 1f the new 11 saucers 11 data in an effort t o identify the nhenomena .
If 2n identifica"(;.:on cun Je L-de by t.he -,c . -11.tis ts f nd it can be dett-I'
rr:ined thrt the "sauc, "S 11 Ere a scir ..tific develoDment , "(;hen IAC should
determine a furtheI' course of action for t~e u.~. 0 vernment . It was
further sug e sted that the IAC shou.d onl: c01cet'n itself wit, t.1is m~tt r
on the basis that a compet0 nt sc:entific _;roup might deter ine the: "e·
" saucers" to be a scientific develonrt1ent unde • the control of our enemy
Dr . Ch1;J.d•rnll wvs directed to drtft a oaoer on this uroblem for
IAC c nslder·tlon . Unon recc·~t of t~is dra~t , anDroorirte Bureau re
corr.mendations will 'be mE de nr•ior to IAC an....,r, v 1 .
ACT 'r : Liaison will obtt.in the deta:_1s of the "flying s& tcers 11
observ•ti n :n Afr.:ca from t~ Air Force . · I
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