SCIENTIST ACCUSES CIA OF WORLD PLOT TO 'DEBUNK' UFOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 9, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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INQUIRER
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:,- UL_9 1967
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;Accuses CIA of World P1ot
to `Debunk' UFOs
SYDNEY, Australia, duly- 8, eientific proof of flying saucers This, he said, was a device to Gippslard. Eastern
(Reuters).-An American scien-land acceptance of their exist-solve the problem of the large people a hair-raising experiences
tist contended Saturday that fly-1 ence had been delayed by a de when it swept in at diem at tree
ing saucers were visiting thel number of operatives tied up on
liberate debunking program ar- top height.
earth from another world and'ranged by many govern in ents1 UFO sighting$ UFO that caused the lights
accused governments of a de-~aitd backed by the U.~S. Centrals Over the last two weeks. 'Ale-
of an automobile to end in a:
liberate program to debunk their Intelligence Agency. Donald made tape records of inaiiner scientitically impossible!
existence. McDonald, who was in Sydney the experiences of 70 Austral- to explain. i
Prof. James :'McDonald, 47,ito investigate sightings of un-Bans who claimed to have sedty
senior physicist of the 1nstihyfpiidpntifipd flvina ,.hiaM. (iTa'n~i n.,o.,a ,
ioi Atmospnerlc Physics and pro-!seen over Australia, said he did
ifessor in the department of me-I not believe there was a CIA
teorology at the University of conspiracy to cover up, the truth
,Minnesota, said he had no sci-lbut rather that they were trying
entific explanation for the visits. to sweep the problem udder the
`;"""6 "' "?`" "u"."' "y~
Some of hte reports he be.
lieved authentic were: a clergyman and 30 others of
A flying saucer that followed,a saucer that hovered above the,
a ear at up to 115 M.P.H. untit4sea.
the car almost crashed. ii !
i Asked to pvnlain the iTFn,
npcrmer saucer ,snat gave some'
... -----phenomenon, McDonald said a+
possible explanation was that
the saucers were an "anthropo- '~
logical probe" from another and
much more advanced civiliza? ,1
tion.
"But this is mere unscientific
speculation and I would not like
it to be treated as anything but
that," he added. i
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