Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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indications of hostilo action, and the cultivation o:f a morbid national
psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical
behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority.
4. In o,.der n1oat o.ffoot1v•l)" to •trongthon tho no.tionil facil1tioa
for the.-timely repognition and the appropriate handling of true indications
of hostile action, and to minimize the concomitont dangers alluded to
.above, the Panel reconmiends:
a. That the national security agencies take immediate steps
to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects or the special status they
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have been given and tbe aura of mystery they have unfortunately
acquired;
b. That the national security agencies institute policies
on intelligence, training, nnd public educ3.tion designed to prepare
the material defenses and the morale of tho country to recognize
most promptly and to react most effectively to true indications
of hostile intent or action. •·
We suggest that these aims may be achieved by an integrated program
designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of·inimical\
~orces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize and reject
false indications quickly and e~fectively, and to strengthen regular
channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications
of host:j_le measures.
s H.P. Robertson Chairman V. Berkner
California Institute of Technology Associated Universities, Inc.
._ __;;;...__Luis W. ~lvarez /s/ S. A. Go"!,ldsmit ,.
University of California Brookhaven National Laboratories
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