INTELLIGENCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL TYPES OF AIR VEHICLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 14, 1954
• Content Type: MFR

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? MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDt
SUBJECT:
14 June 1954
Intelligence Responsibilities io
Types of Air veillass
REFER E: Memorandum from AD/SI to Ope/BI, ASD/1 and
P&E/I of May 26, 1954.
1. As requested by the referenced memorandumIthe allocation
Of intelligence responsibUities In regard to the non-conventional
air vehicles, similar to those currently under development by
the Canadian, British and USAF organisations, has been considgied
by ASD/ai, Op/3T end P&E/SI.
It is agreed that:
a. ASD/SI will be respoasible for the initiation and
proper exploitation of all intelligence measures reqeired to .
Identify, to aasess and to report the ase by are foreign power or -
nation of non-conventional types of air vehicles, such as or
,1?41ar to the"saucerrlike" lanes aently under developmeat
In this, ASD/SI will rely
enents of OBI: subsettatIve
and staff, of the aame kind ?;hat it. receives in regard to other .
weapona and weapon syatems presently within its normal intelligence
activitiea.
b, P&E/SI iill continue Le be responsible for the OBI
project on -unidentified" flying Objects, will maantain the ,061
central t'le on such objects and wil.1 make available to PD/SI
the material of this file which might bear Crectly or indirectly
pon man-made tion-conventicnal air vania'lee capable of 'weapon"
applIcations. It will retain tts normal responsibilit,es in regard
to electrenc aspects of these vehicles (sech as ealigetional
and idance aethods, techniques and eqeipments, ete.) and will
assist ASD/aI in all irattgre falling within its inteiligence
responsZbilitieesa these might be reciaired to fully assess the
capablatieri and limitatAons of the non-conventional air vehicles
considered as weapons or -weapon sistena.
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c. Ops/6I will *exist AST 61 in thL field, as
in all other normal intelligence operations, b the proper
exploitation of its content and liaison runctions.
3. It is believed IAA no special action Is rewired
of AD/sI at this time in regard to the definition or
allocation of intelligence respomsibilities in regard to
the subject matter.
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Chief, Mkt
Acting Chief, AsOm
Acting Chief, OpsiA
Memorandum from Chief, PIN to AD/SI,
25 May 51, subject 'Flying Saucers"
te of planes.
1. The referenced ff.era3randlescontains information that
was very interesting to me. Meek you for sending it.
Since there is some question in ay mind as to a
of definition of responsibilities in connection with
sabject among the component parts of the office, I vtuld
that the Chief, NINE Division. take the initiative in
0-1 g a discussion between the suitable weeber of his
organization, of ASP, and of Ops staff. I would appreciate
^eceivi a brief stmary of the decisions reached and if
there is an unresokirea question to have it posed to ine With
recomnendatica.
Copy to -
Exec/SI
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