H. P. Robertson

A Caltech physicist and CIA consultant. Dr. H. P. Robertson chaired the secret panel that came to bear his name. Wednesday, 14 January 1953, in Washington, D.C. Over four days, he and his colleagues, among them Luis W. Alvarez, Samuel Goudsmit and Thornton Page, examined 23 cases out of 2,331 Air Force records. One of them was the Tremonton film, shot by Navy Chief Photographer Delbert Newhouse in July 1952. Navy analysts had ruled out birds. The panel said seagulls. The archive also links him to the foo fighters reported by Allied crews in World War II.

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Foo Fighters of World War II

November 1944 · Rhine valley north of Strasbourg, Alsace, with reports across the European and Pacific theatres

UAP · Orb / light · 76 sources

50Partially documented

Physicist, joint investigation and 1953 Robertson Panel

The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film)

July 2, 1952 · U.S. Highway 30S, about 7 miles from Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah

UAP · Disc / saucer · 50 sources · 6 photos

47Partially documented

Chair of the CIA Robertson Panel

The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review

January 14, 1953 · Washington, D.C. (exact building unresolved; CIA headquarters and the Pentagon both claimed)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos

46Partially documented

Panel chairman, Caltech physicist and CIA consultant