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This file, released by the Central Intelligence Agency with a date of 2014-06-12, holds a newspaper editorial titled "Flying Saucer Alert." It reports that the Air Force told its commands to treat unidentified flying objects as "serious business." It quotes retired Vice Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter, a former CIA director and spokesman for a private saucer research group, who called for congressional hearings and accused the Air Force of hiding facts. It notes the Air Force had investigated 6,312 UFO reports since 1947.
This is a newspaper editorial titled "Flying Saucers Again," found in Central Intelligence Agency records released in 2014; the clipping's own date is left blank. It disputes retired Vice Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter's claim that the Air Force deceives the public about flying saucers. The editorial cites Air Force figures of 6,312 reports since 1947 with no physical evidence. It notes Hillenkoetter sits on the board of NICAP and has asked the Senate Space Committee to investigate, and it doubts such an inquiry would be productive.
This is a newspaper clipping dated July 12, 1957, held in Central Intelligence Agency files. It reports an INS wire story saying the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) claimed Civil Aeronautics Administration tower operators near Los Angeles tracked four UFOs on radar at speeds up to 3,600 mph. The story also says NICAP named new board members, including former CIA director R. H. Hillenkoetter, and proposed an eight-point cooperation plan to the Air Force.
This is a UPI newspaper article about flying saucers, released by the Central Intelligence Agency. Donald E. Keyhoe of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena says Senator Lyndon B. Johnson has told the Senate Preparedness subcommittee to keep a close watch on UFO developments and to report significant sightings. Keyhoe accuses the Air Force of suppressing UFO information. He cites support from former CIA head R. H. Hillenkoetter and warns that UFOs could accidentally set off a war.
This is a newspaper column held in Central Intelligence Agency files, with a release date of 2014-06-12. Bulkley Griffin, chief of the Evening Gazette Washington Bureau, wrote it. The column argues that a Congressional inquiry into UFOs is still needed. It says the CIA and the Air Force are shielding the public from the fact that some objects remain unidentified. It quotes an Air Force Policy Letter for Commanders about space surveillance and UFO study, cites Admiral Hillenkoetter, and criticizes the explanations given by consultant Dr. J. Allen Hynek.
This CIA file, dated 2014-06-12, holds a letter to the editor of The Courant from July 26, 1965. The writer suggests that the delay in releasing the Mariner Mars photos may be linked to UFO reports. The letter also accuses the Air Force of covering up UFOs, possibly on behalf of a higher agency. It quotes former CIA director Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter calling for open congressional hearings. Readers are urged to write to their congressmen asking for hearings.
This CIA-released file, dated 2014-06-12, preserves an Evening Gazette newspaper article by Bulkley Griffin. It reports that House Leader John W. McCormack suggested House hearings on Unidentified Flying Objects. McCormack said he believed some UFOs are real and that the Air Force had not released all its information. He noted objects seen on visual and radar at once. The article also says Vice Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter called for an urgent Congressional investigation.
This newspaper clipping is held in Central Intelligence Agency records and carries a date of 2014-06-12. It reports on the book "The Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects" by Prof. Charles A. Muncy, a physicist at The Defiance College, and Richard Hall, secretary of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). The book presents the NICAP Board's majority opinion that reliably reported unknown devices are intelligently controlled machines from outer space. It also criticizes the secrecy and debunking it says mark the Air Force's handling of UFO reports.
This item, released by the Central Intelligence Agency with a 2014 date, is a newspaper article by NEA staff correspondent Douglas Larsey. It reports the view of Adm. Hillenkoetter that satellite and space programs, along with Moonwatch tracking observers, should provide definite evidence about UFOs. NICAP board members, including Maj. Dewey Fournet and Maj. Keyhoe, suggest satellites could detect, photograph or even communicate with UFOs. The article also describes a jet pilot's disk sighting over Washington and carries a 1952 Coast Guard photograph from Salem, Massachusetts.
This newspaper clipping, released by the Central Intelligence Agency and dated 2014-06-12 in the archive, is a Washington news article by Robert Serling. It reports claims by the National Investigating Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) that congressional committees held secret hearings on flying saucers without publishing their findings. As evidence, NICAP quoted a letter from Rep. William H. Ayres. Retired Vice Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter and other board members said the Air Force was withholding UFO information and called that policy dangerous.
This CIA file, released on 2014-06-12, holds a Richmond News Leader editorial titled "Saucers Are Still Around." Citing The World newsmagazine, it says the Air Technical Intelligence Center in Dayton received 276 initially unidentified flying object reports between January and August. Most were explained, 20 percent were set aside for insufficient information, and ten stayed unidentified. The editorial also describes NICAP's view that saucers are real and says a House subcommittee plans hearings next spring.
This is a newspaper article titled "See Flying Saucer?", released by the Central Intelligence Agency on 2014-06-12. It announces the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (N.I.C.A.P.), a non-profit group that takes UFO reports and lets witnesses keep them secret. It names Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, a former CIA head, as a board member and Donald Keyhoe as director. It also cites a report of four UFOs tracked over California at up to 3,600 m.p.h.
This item, released by the Central Intelligence Agency with a 2014 date, is a newspaper letter to the editor signed by Fred A. Kirsch under the headline "Seeks More Data On UFOs." Kirsch defends Dr. Carl Jung's view that UFOs are real and that the Air Force has hidden the truth. He cites similar charges from Admiral Delmar Fahrney and former CIA chief R. M. Hillenkoetter. He also reports that the House Armed Services Committee is holding a secret investigation of the Air Force and UFOs.
This is a newspaper article by NEA staff correspondent Douglas Larsen, held in CIA files with a release date of 2014-06-12. It describes the new National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), directed by retired Marine major Donald Keyhoe. The article notes that members can stay anonymous and that former CIA head Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter sits on its board. It reports a CAA radar operator tracking four UFOs over California. It also quotes Keyhoe's aim of getting the Air Force to open its saucer files.
This 2014 CIA release reproduces a newspaper aviation column by Times Aviation Editor Dave Gibson titled "UFO's: Visitors from Space? Food for Future Thought." It reports former CIA head Vice Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter's view, issued through NICAP, that UFOs operate under intelligent control. It also describes a NICAP report to Congress alleging an Air Force cover-up, including Major Dewey Fournet's claim of a 1948 estimate that UFOs were interplanetary spaceships. The column closes with notes on the nuclear aircraft program.
This CIA-released item is a newspaper article by Douglas Larsen reporting the views of former CIA director Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, a NICAP board member. Hillenkoetter says satellite and space exploration programs should give new information on UFOs and definite evidence of their reality through greatly increased radar, telescope and naked-eye observation of the sky. NICAP director Donald E. Keyhoe reports more UFO reports since Sputnik, including a jet pilot's disk sighting over Washington, and speculates about alien bases on the moon.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency email exchange dated July 2, 2014, approved for release in 2017. A CIA staff member notes that it is World UFO Day and proposes linking it to the agency's U-2 Week social media campaign. The suggested post reads "Reports of unusual activity in the sky in the '50s? That was just us," with a link to a U-2 document attached. A colleague replies approving the idea as good to go.
This is a report of investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Inspector General, dated 18 July 2014. It covers Agency access to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff files on RDINet, the network built for the Senate review of the rendition, detention and interrogation program. The report found that five Agency employees improperly accessed the SSCI Majority shared drive and that three IT staff lacked candor. It also found no factual basis for the CIA crimes report against SSCI staff.
The CIA Declassification Center issued this weekly report on 9 January 2015, covering activity from 1 to 7 January 2015. The memo reports that the CIA met its 31 December 2014 Executive Order declassification deadline with no records at risk, finished reviewing the second tranche of President's Daily Brief records (1969 through 1974), and gives FY 2015 production status. It also describes a circa 1942 OSS report on German war aims, along with personnel changes, team activities and help desk notes. The report does not mention UFOs.
This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request from Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated March 2, 2018 and logged as F-2018-01132. Cooper asks for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Black Book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952, plus related records. He cites the declassified DCI Deputies' Meeting Log DM-68 of 12 December 1952. That log recommended the Director delay reporting to the President on flying saucers until 19 December, and the DCI approved.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency letter dated 20 March 2018 acknowledging FOIA request F-2018-01132 from Timothy S. Cooper. Cooper asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing to President Truman for 19 December 1952 on "flying saucers," along with any related documents. Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong signed the letter. It places the request in the "all other" fee category and says staff will review it and report any problems.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case record for request F-2018-01132 logs a search task sent on 20 March 2018 for requester Timothy Cooper. The request asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday black book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952. The task was returned on 2 January 2019. The response, comments and list of tasked documents are almost entirely redacted under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6), so no documents are identified.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case record covers request F-2018-01132 from Timothy Cooper. Its search task was sent on March 20, 2018, and returned on September 12, 2019, and the pages were approved for release on April 14, 2023. The request sought the weekly Friday Black Book briefing on flying saucers that DCI General Walter B. Smith gave President Truman for December 19, 1952. The record logs the tasking and first, second and senior review steps, and its list of tasked documents is redacted.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated June 1, 2018 and logged as F-2018-01809. The requester, Timothy S. Cooper, asks for records of a meeting on Tuesday, January 6, 1953, from 4:15 to 7:30 pm. At that meeting DCI Walter B. Smith briefed President Truman on "flying saucers." The request covers any briefing documents, notes and related material. The CIA approved the letter for release in 2022.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency acknowledgment letter dated 25 June 2018 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong. It confirms receipt of Timothy S. Cooper's Freedom of Information Act request, reference F-2018-01809. Cooper asked for records of DCI Walter B. Smith's meeting with President Truman on January 6, 1953, which was held to brief Truman on "flying saucers". The letter says the Agency will search for records covering that date range and has waived the fees.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated August 4, 2018 and released by the CIA in 2024. The requester asks for the agency's special briefing document and notes on UFOs and the United States Government UFO Program. The request says DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell, Jr. gave that briefing to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 November 1960. It cites a passage in James Srodes's biography of Dulles as its source for the briefing.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency acknowledgment letter dated 30 August 2018, signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong and sent to Timothy S. Cooper under reference F-2018-02317. It confirms receipt of his Freedom of Information Act request for a DCI special briefing document and notes on UFOs and a United States Government UFO program. The request says DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell gave this briefing to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach on 18 November 1960. The CIA waived fees and said a search would follow.
This is a letter dated August 17, 2018 from Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Requester Service Center, filed under reference F-2018-01132. Cooper asks for a status report on his 2 March 2018 FOIA request. That request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing of 19 December 1952 to President Truman on the subject of "flying saucers", along with any related documents. The CIA stamped the letter received on August 22.
This Central Intelligence Agency internal wiki page, titled Hacker Jargon and approved for release on 4 September 2018, is a glossary of terms and acronyms used by hackers and cyber criminals in underground forums. It defines terms such as BIN, botnets, carding, dumps, mules, phishing, ransomware, skimming and Track 1 and Track 2 data. Most entries relate to credit card fraud and identity theft. The page was last modified in February 2016, and it does not discuss UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
This Central Intelligence Agency release, approved on 7 July 2021, is the agency's FOIA case log for April through June 2019. It lists each request by the date it was opened, its case number and its subject, covering people, intelligence programs such as MKULTRA and Operation Paperclip, and foreign policy topics. A few entries concern UFO subjects: requests for records on Majestic 12, on Bob Lazar, on To The Stars Academy, on Area 51 and aliens, and on the Roswell incident.
On 10 July 2019, the Central Intelligence Agency sent Timothy S. Cooper its final response to FOIA request F-2018-02317. Cooper had asked for a briefing document and notes on UFOs and a United States Government UFO program that DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell, Jr. reportedly gave President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 November 1960. The letter, signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly, says no responsive records were found and explains Cooper's appeal rights.
This is a FOIA follow-up letter from requester Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated July 9, 2019, which the CIA's FOIA Requester Service Center stamped as received on July 18, 2019. Under reference F-2018-01132, Cooper asks for a status report on his August 17, 2018 request. That request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing to President Truman for 19 December 1952 on "flying saucers", along with any related documents.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA task record belongs to case F-2018-01132, requested by Timothy Cooper. It was sent on 25 September 2019 and was due back on 15 October 2019. It tasks a search for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday Black Book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952. The two-page form lists no documents under Documents Tasked and has redactions under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6). It was approved for release on 14 April 2023.
This is a final response letter from the Central Intelligence Agency, dated 23 January 2020 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly, to Timothy S. Cooper about FOIA request F-2018-01132. Cooper had asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Black Book briefing to President Truman of 19 December 1952 on "flying saucers" and any related documents. The CIA located four documents totaling eleven pages. It released them with deletions under FOIA exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3) and (b)(6), and it explained Cooper's appeal and mediation rights.
This is a final response letter from the Central Intelligence Agency to Timothy S. Cooper under FOIA reference F-2018-01809. The letter is dated 30 January 2020 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly. Cooper had asked for records of DCI Walter B. Smith's meeting with President Truman on January 6, 1953, which was held to brief him on flying saucers. The CIA reports that it found no responsive records. The letter explains Cooper's appeal rights and the mediation services offered by OGIS.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA task record covers case F-2018-01132, an appeal phase search task. The record is dated January 24, 2020, and was approved for release in 2023. The requested subject was DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday Black Book briefing for December 19, 1952, to President Truman on "flying saucers." According to the record, the initial search located 4 responsive materials, and the task was returned on January 12, 2021. Much of the record is redacted under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6).
This is a letter from researcher Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency's Agency Release Panel, dated 14 February 2020 and released by the CIA in 2023. Cooper appeals the Agency's January 2020 response to his March 2018 FOIA request (reference F-2018-01827). He calls that response unacceptable and makes a formal Mandatory Declassification Review request for General Smith's 19 December 1952 briefing book on flying saucers, presented to President Truman. He argues the historical document should be declassified and released in full.
This Central Intelligence Agency letter, dated 30 June 2020 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Mark Lilly, responds to Timothy S. Cooper under reference F-2018-01132. It confirms that on 24 February 2020 the Agency received his 14 February 2020 appeal to the Agency Release Panel. His FOIA request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday Black Book briefing to President Truman for 19 December 1952 on flying saucers, plus related documents. The letter asks him to keep using the case reference number.
This Central Intelligence Agency task record, dated 22 February 2022 and approved for release in April 2023, tracks the appeal phase of FOIA case F-2018-01132 filed by requester Timothy Cooper. The request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday Black Book briefing of 19 December 1952 to President Truman on "flying saucers." It notes that the initial search located four responsive materials, and it logs comments and a second review. Most details are withheld under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6).
This Central Intelligence Agency case processing record covers the appeal phase of FOIA case F-2018-01132, filed by requester Timothy Cooper. It is a task report dated 02/22/2022, with a due date of 07/24/2020 and a return date of 01/06/2021. The request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday Black Book briefing of 12/19/1952 to President Truman on "flying saucers." The comments say the initial search located 4 responsive materials. Much of the record is redacted under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6).
The Central Intelligence Agency's CY 2006 Case Log was approved for release on October 7, 2020. It lists Freedom of Information Act requests the agency logged during 2006, giving each one's creation date, case number and subject. The subjects range from MKULTRA, Star Gate and Iraq's weapons programs to individual people. Some requests concern the 1947 Roswell incident, UFO sighting reports from 1953 and 1954, Captain Thomas Mantell's 1948 crash, Lt. Felix Moncla's 1953 F-89C accident report, and UFOs and Area 51.
This is the Central Intelligence Agency's calendar year 2007 FOIA case log, approved for release on October 7, 2020. It lists the creation date, case number and subject of each request received during 2007. Subjects range from MKULTRA, Project Jennifer and the Iraq war to named individuals. A few entries touch on UFO topics, including a request about Japan Airlines Flight 1628 over Alaska on November 18, 1986, an alleged midair collision near Coyame, Mexico in 1974, and declassified information on UFOs.
This is the Central Intelligence Agency's unclassified FOIA case log for calendar year 2008, released on 8 October 2020. It lists each request by the date opened, case number and subject. The subjects include named individuals, Latin American political violence, Iraq, interrogation and waterboarding, MKULTRA records and 9/11 documents. Only a few entries touch on UFOs: a January 2008 request for FBIS translations of UFO-related articles from 2007, and requests about Project Snowbird and man-carrying balloons.
This is the Central Intelligence Agency's unclassified log of Freedom of Information Act cases opened during calendar year 2010, approved for release on 7 October 2020. Each entry lists the date a request was opened, its case number and its subject. Most requests concern people, intelligence history, MKULTRA, CREST documents and foreign affairs. A few touch on UFO topics, including a request for UFO records from 1953 to the present, a 25 January 2010 airborne craft near Newfoundland, and Project SIGMA.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case log lists requests opened from January to March 2009, and the extracted text also includes pages from October to December 2009. It was approved for release on October 7, 2020. Each entry gives the date opened, a case number and the subject. The subjects range from named individuals and MKULTRA to Argentina's military dictatorship and Croatia. A few are UFO related: FBIS-translated UFO articles from 2007, 57 UFO-related CIA documents, a 1962 Nevada crash, George Van Tassel and the Roswell incident.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case log, approved for release on 23 August 2022, covers requests handled in calendar years 2001 to 2003. It lists case numbers, request subjects and outcomes such as granted in full, granted in part, denied, referred or no records located. Most subjects involve intelligence, foreign policy and individuals. A few concern UFOs, including correspondence with Dr. Steven Greer, Majestic 12, the 1976 Tehran UFO incident, Area 51 and S-4, and German intelligence activities in Roswell.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case-processing record is dated 9 May 2022 and was approved for release in January 2023. It tracks task 5458710 under case EOM-2019-00295, a request from John Greenewald about a UFO research document from the CREST database. The task was sent to IMS Search on 1 February 2019 with instructions to find a clean copy and review it. Senior management review was completed and the action closed on 15 October 2019. Much of the text is redacted under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6).
This is the Central Intelligence Agency's log of Freedom of Information Act cases for fiscal year 2020, approved for release on 15 November 2022. Across 79 pages it lists each request opened between late 2019 and September 2020 with its date, case number and subject. The subjects cover MKULTRA, whistleblower complaints, historical figures and foreign affairs. Several requests ask about UFO sightings, Project Blue Book, NICAP, extraterrestrial evidence and Dr. Ronald Pandolfi's emails that mention unidentified aerial phenomena.
This Central Intelligence Agency document, approved for release on 25 March 2025, lists internal investigations closed during calendar year 2017. It gives a case number and a short title for each case. The allegations include travel fraud, misuse of a government travel card, child pornography, whistleblower retaliation, conflict of interest, Privacy Act violations, theft of government property, marriage and visa fraud, and time and attendance abuse. The document says nothing about UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.