PROPOSED STUDY ON THE "FLYING SAUCERS" PHENOMENA

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516214
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: December 5, 1952

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Pursuant to instrueti?ns, Su^erviser ! 1. l:uhrts of the
LteiEon Jectlon ettended t'te Intelligence Adv'sory Gomr^ittee (IAC,)
meeting on Decer.er !l, 1952.
;one of the t ends itens ere of d1rect intere_t to ha Bureau;
t?y the ?- a a1 s L" rise n :is, t? ~^.n w'th the Air Force to determine the
ce;.a_.ls =s
snit Lte eon-,leereb a inte?ligerce. effort into this a.i tter. Accoriing .
t: effiDrts are being !+tde to obtain the gerxen scientist's
Dever on t his theory. Also, it ues stated the t v recent "saucers" obeer-
vEt_on in ??frfca Presents sc.re evidence thrt the "saucer." .re not a tre-
teorologic,_l nhencrr.snc, - !ch theory hi's been held t^ date by the Air
Porte. Inster3, t',-'s 1: tter inc'ce_.t incieEted t-c aoss:tility of the
"saucers" being s scientific develontrent. the dett.lls of this Africi-n
the me-bars' attention to some Esoects'of t e fl ing saucers oheno-
mens. lie said thtt a recent nre.. cntet'on of a the ryon "saucers" w&s
trade by s Gera,: n r t _r,ic scientist, wig ch f ect his cesed the British to
however, directed
"saucers" r.c e t. L Lo Flcnr-e::t :.e- t`.e cont_rtI of our ene!,:;'
wt.s directed to dre ft a reoer on this problem for
As a result of the above, the I:iliter; r'cmb,rs suggested s
1o7.icsl ao^rcfci ?r: ;tch uousld cs11 for r group of scientists to rrske a
stud; :?f the r.::: "scuts^s" drte in r.n effort to i4-ertify the phenonenc.
It an ci.n Le -I r?c- b; t:,-,e s: e::tiste !.:d it can be dete^-
nlned the t~the "stud rs" Ere a scientific devclonment, then 1AC should
deter:*.ine a furthc: ? course of s Won for the U.~. vovernment. It was
further s~ar;;ested thct the IAC sho~u.d only concern itself with this matt-.:
on the btsis t et a ccr,r:-tr t se_ent:.fic r-rc-u' deter Ine the -
ACi:0:I: Licisor, will obtain the d-tails of the "flying scucers"
o servcti'n in :.fr:.ce fror, t^f Aix Force.
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