UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 3, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

FORM NO. 64Agprovedelease . pP81 RO R000100030010-8
OfficrMemorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : Assistant Director, SI
FROM : Chief, Physics & Electronics Division, SI
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects
DATE: 3 J47 1953
1. Reference is made to your memorandum of 27 May 1953, subject
as above, which assigned to this Division the responsibility "for
maintaining current knowledge of reports of sightings of unidentified
flying objects:."
2. Since the referenced memorandum did not stipulate the priority
of this project versus the normal responsibilities of this Division,
nor indicated the depth or scope of required knowledge, the Division
has reviewed the status of the project, its present method of handling
and its possible timeliness or relationship to the current productive
intelligence activities of the Division. The review involved informal
discussions with ASD personnel, with 001, with USAF 25X1A
personnel and with members of the Sc en zc eva.ew Board called by
CIA last year.
3. The review indicated that a close follow-up of the project
including a careful analysis of all incoming information and the corre-
sponding liaison with the sources would require continuous efforts of
two analysts, a file clerk and a considerable typing load.
4. In view of the findings of the Board that a close inspection
of the available material does not postulate a serious, direct threat
to national security, and that no information has been obtained since
the Board's conclusion to necessitate their modifications, it was
a. the project will be considered as inactive
b. the incoming material will be reviewed periodically to
segregate references to recognizable and explainable phenomena
from those which come under the definition of "unidentified
flying objects"
c. all material on unidentified objects will be deposited
in the files for future reference unless it raises an immediately,
recognizable problem of concern to national security.
5. With the above premise it is planned to handle the project
with a part-time use of an analyst and a file clerk. To provide
filing facilities, one additional filing cabinet will be requested.
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