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This declassified CIA document, released through The Black Vault, reports on the meetings of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which the Office of Scientific Intelligence convened on January 14 to 18, 1953. It includes a history of the sessions and the panel's informal comments, and it appends the formal report signed by H. P. Robertson and others. The panel found no evidence of a direct threat to national security. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and starting a public education program.
Approved For Re.e 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560Roe00030027-0 ,•}_:· - . "' ·-,'. .. d• Objects in the Great Falls case vrere believed to have probably been aircraft, and the bright lights such reflections• e. There was no valid reason for the attempt to relate theobjects in the Tremonton sighting to those in the Great Falls sight- ing. This may have been due to misunderstanding in their directive. The objects in the Great Falls sighting are strongly suspected of being reflections of aircraft kno'vn to have been in the area. f• The intensity change in the Trementon lights was too great for acceptance of the P.I.L. hypothesis that the apparent motion and changing intensity of the lights indicated eA~remely high speed in small orbital paths. g. Apparent lack of guidance of investigators by those familiar with U.F.O• reports and explanations. h• .Analysis of light intensity of objects made from duplicate rather than original film• The original film was noted to have a much lighter background (affecting relative brightness of object) and the objects appeared much less bright. i. Method of obtaining data of light intensity appeared faulty because of unsuitability of equipment and questionable assumptions in making averages of readings. j. No data had been obtained on the sensitivity of Kodachrome film to light of various intensities using the sarae camera type at the same lens openings. -13- Approved For Release 2001/08/07: CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030027-0
Report, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 29 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.