UNTITLED (TO LLOYD BERKNER FROM PHILIP STRONG DISCUSSING RELEASE OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL REPORT)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005515766
• 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: November 19, 1957

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CENTRAL INTELLfGENCE AGENCY ~ ~~
WASMItIGTON 26, O. C ~ _1}'~
Dr. Lloyd v. Herkaex
Presirae.?rG
Rssociat.d Universities, Incorporated
''ooh 6920
350 Fii'Eh Avenue
.rev York 1, Ilsssr York
You will recall is Jenusssy 1953, ve constituted a Scientitia
Advisory Panel on Unidentified ~.YinE Ob3ects with Drs. I{. P.:toberCaon
ea Cbeix~a, Saaeiel Goudsnit, Luis. Ff ~ Alvarez, inorton Papa, and.
yourself as r.~nbers. .1Pier its deliberation, the Panel reached, taro
coaciusions end wade tWo reco~ndrtioaa ~+sicat xere included ss Tab A..
of tEie report. 1'ery recently, the Air Force bas requested that the
coacl~?.sions of this report be declaaai~ied ao that they r?.: be used is
the press. A copy of tse report is enclased herefrlth for year infaisssatioa.
I 2?,eT;e discusses tiffs c4ttar witi3 Dr. Robertson end Dr. Coudsroit
Wha eI:ee ;.hat tae ccaclusion contained in para~;rao$ 8 siul the
taco ~:,::idat.on contained in peragregb $a can be declassified. tmxt, they,
es .ell as this Rgancy, srf.71 not stgree to a declassification of the
conclusion in per;.. ap_t 3 ar the xecousmsrsd~tion in paragreynit 1-b. It
is ou_T fselistg ts8.t tae associstica of the Panel ~itii this A~eacy
siloul3 net ba disclosed; that paragrap.9 1 rou].d be ravrittsa to eLisxinate
this cor.:ection; and tact file final six lines oP peragrCph # can stand
as ~.zitten.
I have queried t:~e Air Force at; to afizetber the aacbaa of the Pane].
s-~ers srotsll be rased. Taey nave replied that na:^.ea mould be. used only
xit.~: official circles end csoutd not be given to'the prase. $tt, es ^ur:::
in_oratioa bas a tendency at tisrtes to filter out, it shoul3 ire reco:;n=.xad
tact, if c;~proval is given for use of the Hares, they Lt3~y Stall become.
coxrran 1^...owledge. .. ..
Approve for Release ~~,
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It taould be very aa~ch appreciated i!' you could let'~e totov
as soon as possible altat your reaction is to the Atr Force die-
' clessiTicatioa proposal; ~ritsther you egreeiwith Dr. ItoberEsoa~
Dr. Gou3sait and cyasl= oa liattii~ aiyr dec}.assiticstioa; std whether yon
would npprav~e or disaapmve the us? oi' your nacre, Scanted t~et l~?acy
aorzaction irtxh the Penal iq ~r1.taus].d.
Very best regar3a.
Philip G. Strong
Deputy t*safsteat Director
Encloaui~e
UFO Seport (Secret)