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This is a CSETI Project Starlight comprehensive briefing document, prepared by Steven M. Greer, M.D., director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and dated April 1997. It contains CSETI position papers arguing that the US government secretly holds extraterrestrial craft and that covert management of the subject threatens national security, along with letters to President Clinton seeking disclosure. It also includes government records, among them an FAA Charlotte Tower re-recording of a December 1977 police helicopter sighting.
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;j MEMORANDUM FOR: [illegible ) : SUBJECT: [ illegible ] : PERTINENT PARTS RETYPED FOR READABILITY 000112 The Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director (Intelligence) Unidentified Flying Objects Request of the Director of 10 December 1952 1. The following is a summary of the current situation with respect to the investigation of unidentified flying objects. Recent incidents include: a. Movies of ten (10) unidentified flying objects (unexplained on the basis of natural phenomena or known types of aircraft), near Trementon, Utah on 2 July 1952. b. A very brilliant unidentified light over the coast of Maine for about four hours on the night of 10-11 October at a height computed to be two or three times that which can be sustained by any known device. c. Alleged contact with a device left on the ground in Florida late this summer which left some presently unexplained after- effects. d. Numerous other sightings of lights or objects which either in configuration or performance do not resemble any known aerial vehicle or explainable natural phenomena. 2. In furtherance of the I/C action on 4 December, O/ SI has been working with Dr. H.P. Robertson, consultant (former Director of Research, [ illegible) establishing a panel of top scientists and engineers in the fields of astrophysics, nuclear energy, electronics, etc., to review this situation. [illegible ) cooperation has been secured by DI / USAF and ATIC, and a [ illegible ) , Dr. Robertson, and Mr. Durant of SI to ATIC is planned for Friday. It is hoped to organize the panel and undertake substantive scientific review of this subject within the next two to three weeks. (omitted) H. MARSHALL CHADWELL Assistant Director Scientific Intelligence
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 345 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.