FOIA
AIR FORCE REQUEST TO DECLASSIFY AN OSI PAPER ON UFO'S
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0005516062
Release Decision:
RIFPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
June 24, 2015
Document Release Date:
January 31, 2011
Sequence Number:
Case Number:
F-2010-00651
Publication Date:
July 20, 1966
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TF3iOUi%'~iDmt FOIL: Chief, Defensive Systems Dirlsica/021
SVBJI'CT: Air Force Request to Declassify an OST
Paper on UfO's
REF'ERL1C'a: C14/03I "Report of the Scientific Panel
on Unidentified.Flying Objects" dated
February 1953
1. Mrs. Sara B. Hunt,. of the Office of Inf ation,
Office of the secretary of the Air Force, visited. D.
8. stevenX954 , 19 July 1036 to discuss an Air 3'o re-
quest to de assify the referenced report. ?~`` s.-r r
2. lira. Hunt indicated that this request was trig`
gored by the 12 May "CES' Reports" program, Dr. H. P. .- ; r~
Robertson, Chairman of the panel, was on.thd show and re=
portecily made sufficient references to. CIA involvement is ;; "? ;,i. ;'
Ui'O analysis to cause a press reaction. ~.?
3. A review of the doe rents supplied by Mrs. Hunt
shoved that~..r. Phil Stroiad approved a similar Air
Force re ue n Decenber ai. This resulted in a san-
itized veraica of the original consultants' report. This
report presented most of the conclusions but it did not
refer to the original rceeti minutes, case histories, or
indicate CIA involvement. as Baldwin has 052 copies
of the reports and correspo ence).
4. Although the Air. Force request now in OSI does
not request additional declassification. Mrs. Hunt ex-
pressed the 'view that thi was intended.. Mrs. Runt said
that the Air Force is noyltrying to declassify all U.S.
Goversxsont work on U:0'2.
further decla3oif ication, I suggested that !Ire. !font ask
the Air Povea originator to submit a second request, if
they wanted declassification of additional material from
the minutes and case histories.
5. Inasmuch as my review of the original material
shaved ::ate 3 +aa; t doleticac would ba r:qui.od for
#UflJEt ; Air b rce Request to Declassify an OSZ Vapor an
W'0's
6. Kra. Runt said that a sore specific request Motiid
be sent to us in the near future..
7. 1tr. LaOeIa. Is boidi ug the recent Air !areas request
until ifs . t cc acts ui.
Distribution:
Orig k 1 -. Addressee
2 - DD/031
2 - AC343/DSD/OSX
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