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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.

  • p. 5 …that .,,·as sent to the Pentagon in September 1948. Vnen the inte rplo.nc to.ry…
4,dth the recommerdiitiunis nf the Condon report, Project BLUE BOOK
vas terI11inated, but presumably this veu]d ha.vo little effect on
the main progr1-;1,n,me.
5. It would a.ppenr wrong for Au:stralia to remain ignorant ci'
the true situa'ticr::.. We l&ck an intelligence viewpoint th11.t ca.n
&seess the nature and poasiblo consequences of the problem, ~
scientific vie~~oint that co~ld derive :!ICicntifically valid data
from the reports &nd a public relations viewpoint that ca~ honestly
satisfy public intere:!lt. To overcome these deficiencies in the
Australian iuvestigaliun of UF0 1 s, it would :5eem that a strong ce.s,:i
exists for the acceptance. of the RAAF suggest.ion that another
government department assume responsibility for the investigation
and analysis o.r UFO report.!.
National Archives of Au,straHa NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/00Q

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