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From the source: Release of 2026-06-12 A December 1952 Memo on the activities the British are taking to identify UFOs. The memo references a UFO sighting at an RAF field seen by high officials and RAF pilots. A more redacted version of the memo has been available on CIA's public website.
. Approved fo r Release 2026 Under Section 18 42 o f the Nat ional Defense Aut hori zat i on Act fo r Fiscal Year 2 02 4 , ·-seeREr- .. , security fnformatlon 18 JDecemeer 1952 MEM0RANDtJM FOB RECORD Sl:'JBJEC'?: British Activity in the field 0f "Unidentified Flying Objects" I l. On 15 December, the recem.tly arrived messenger from Britain reported the following. Re 1aa4 talked with R. V. Jones and ~I---~ 2. The British have be.4 a standjng committee created a.bout sixteen months ago on f'lyillg saucers. . Pre8'1Dlably this is now ud.er Dr. Jeaes through inheritance. The RAF are aetien peopl.e. The graup bas c~ncludea. that the observations are not eneiq aircraft and ~t none have been. over Brita.in. 3. The activity has been quiet and normal up to about tem. to twelve days ago, at wJaich time the Yorkshire incident took place. In some W' field, there was same sort of demenstratien to whieb. high official.a of the BAF in Lendon had been invited. During the show, a "perfect f~g saucer11 -~ •seen by these officials as well ..as BAF pilots. So.Dlal:lY peaple saw it tbat ~ articles appeared in the pulic presa. Thi~ is disturbing te Jones because he rea1izes that the ·ereatisn of the e0rrection Qf pablic opinion is a part of' his responsibilities. 4. Jones reminded us ef the SWedisb. incident (pres'QD18.bly he refers ·:•, to the 013.e in 1946-)., and reminds us o'f a paper on the origin of' metearites -....__ ~: , . ~ .:- ~ pu.blisllted ill the French Acu.em;y of' Sciences betlfeen 176o and 1780 by Cb.la.dni. '.~ .,....,.,, ,5. The traveler teld Jones of' 0ur interest at this time, mentioned ·,...· •._. the film vhich had been taken by the Naval non-commissioned officer (1'remonton incident). It is possibl.e that Jones. Will. write asking for a copy of'. the film or :further on the same subJect . . ~(!_ H. MABSHALI. ClWJWELLl Assis~t Direc;tor Distributien: / Scientific Intelligence Opns/SI - l. P&E7SI - l. W&E/SI - 1 AD/SI - 2 / /SECRET-
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.