CIA file on the Robertson Panel report
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A 1953 CIA routing slip and cover letter transmitting the 'Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects' (Robertson Panel) to the Secretary of Defense. The report concludes UFOs are not a direct threat but pose a risk of clogging communication channels.
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP (Classified) FROM The Secretary of Defense 1 Admin Sec TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SEC. SECRETARY OF ARMY SECRETARY OF NAVY SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE ASSISTA…
Richard D Drain Mr Nays CIA Intelligence Advisory Committee A.E.C.
INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS COSMIC MATERIAL 1. Do not send through the mail. 2. May be handled only by specifically authorized per-sonnel. 3. Deliver to OSD Sub-Registry, Classified Records Group, Correspondence Control Section, Executive Office of the Secretary, if to be transmi…
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 13 March 1953 The Honorable The Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: The Director of Central Intelligence has asked that you be furnished a copy of the attached report prepared by…
Richard D. Drain General Smith CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Department of Defense Intelligence Advisory Committee National Security Resources Board
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Jan 17 1953 1. Pursuant to the request of the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, the undersigned Panel of Scientific Consultants has met to evaluate any possible threat to national security posed by Unid…
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indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a morbid national psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority. 4. In order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities for the…
H. P. Robertson Luis W. Alvarez Lloyd V. Berkner S. A. Goudsmit Thornton Page