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CIA-UAP-019, Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem

Central Intelligence Agency · 1971 · 19 pages · text from the file's own layer

This document, released by the Central Intelligence Agency and held by the National Archives of Australia, is an Australian Department of Defence paper from about 1971 on the scientific and intelligence aspects of the UFO problem. It traces the history of US official handling of UFOs through Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book, the Robertson panel and the Condon report, and it argues that a covert programme and gravity research continued. It recommends that another Australian government department take over UFO investigation from the RAAF.

From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 1971, Australia. Dated to 1971, an Australian review of the USAF Project Blue Book. This document was released by the National Archives of Australia.

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National Archives of Australia NAA: A13693, 3092/2/000

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