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From the source: Release of 2026-06-12 This file contains correspondence and reports dated 1952–1953 from the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, convened by the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence. The panel’s primary conclusion was that “flying saucers” did not pose a direct physical threat to the national security of the United States. The panel found no evidence that these phenomena were attributable to hostile foreign artifacts or indicated a need to revise existing scientific concepts. However, the panel identified a significant indirect threat stemming from the public’s fascination with the subject. The panel concluded that the high volume of reports, encouraged by a "sensationalist press," could overwhelm and clog vital intelligence and communication channels, potentially distracting from genuine threats. Furthermore, they warned that a “morbid national psychology” could be exploited by adversaries to incite “hysterical behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority.” To mitigate these risks, the panel recommended an official policy of “debunking” to “strip the UFO subject of its mystery,” alongside a training initiative for military personnel to better recognize and filter out misidentified objects, thereby reducing communication “noise” and allowing the national security apparatus to focus on more "legitimate defense concerns."
!~~~ .. Sec~~mation '/!ORM LETTERJ l2 March 1953 Mr. C. D. Jackeoo Special Aas1etant to the President Tbe White House Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Jackson: Mr. Robert Amory, Jr., Assistant Deputy Director/Intel ligence, bas asked me to torvard to you tor your information the enclosed report "Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects", dated January 17, 1953 This report was prepared by a panel convened 1n January 1953 at the direction of the former Director or Centra.l Intelli gence, General Wal.ter B . Saith., with tbe concurrence ot the Intelligence Advisory C0U1111ttee Copies are being transmitted to tbe Secretar, of Defense; tb.e Director, Federal Civil Defense Administration; and the Chairman, National Security Resources Board. r Sincerely yours, RICHARD D. DRAIN Secretary J Intelligence Advisory Committee OIC:RDD:KR (12 March 1953) e C. ;, ':b::t> / r 0 S I
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