THE AIR FORCE STAND ON FLYING SAUCERS - AS STATED BY CIA, IN A BRIEFING ON 22 AUGUST 1952 (WITH ATTACHMENTS, FLYING SAUCERS, DATED 520819 AND 520814)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516118
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 29
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: August 22, 1952

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~. The' .ttr ~ oroo h,u prima~- res.:onsibi2ity s`or 3awsti,~;.-tir~ "tlyiss~ ~.LCa: s=
T,'~e w-it consereteQ.kitli t:~ere invoa`i~tior}s.is~. ~ of the nir :echaia~],
Intelti?ance ~or:tur at iytoa, ?hio~ itt13 consists of three ottfcers (a C.y,tsi~
in eh:u';;n) .,.n.: tao ciri].is.ns.:he~r receive reaorEs of si,~ia~s, +tn~1~=e t~t:d
uttew;~t to ox^~ tt~eat..a at:tN..rl r~or"3et; lazx h,,,.re b;rert ,ara~:s~ s.hiok is
tsei on . ti;orl ij.:ire b.:sis. 1".te wir' ro.-ee Cf:ias of d,+ed.r1 ta~restii;,.at:tona crc
into tiah si;.htiR; aCte~atie~,r, to ~iotarh:Sna ita withonCisitr cad LGe re]3~bi'~.it
of tc:e oise^ver. . '
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II. (H) :a ..ir .'ores ol3ici~.3;/ :2e~w thct '?llylssg anncera* are;
stool, e.o., :e,2rict;ot?~ ~a : zs+3aat3.afas exse3 b~ te~er~ure
' inversions, is rs~~.au ~:eetas~., b~3]. Li~:`,.nict;, etc.
III. ~oL ~; shrei a~' eri~:.an:= ~.i^.ts to s;iostaaE33te txe ba13,e: =?-i n;,,?~~
sacc6,s'- ara ^steri? ob~ec.s :.ot s'??i?3a,~ :nto ~te,+'ar? ~{l) above.
iu t5s L.3.), :~?r,.ra.'"t, uetoora, clams=s, etc. not reco,~ef~sd .~
arch b,; tx o'~sa: var. . .
? - ra ~,l?,? .'^.? o: t..a ~i.ac :~:tere rl+~ah ,-ra .t ~?esrrtC ~aor2~ un::er-
(1 ~ .:e12 Ha~tos.st ob~aats s~seh :;.s bal3.oatis (oror 4Z+~+G ar xele~.ssi ~ ;:'
ISf. d st_ti o.? "_3"?4'i'~S s. acez" Siy inks oa ~ ~eo,~,uhic:l b~.. ~:e~ then
to be krfr ~: ei~:eaL in t:a ?r3. o?3d bs .;.enti.oned twat thea is a totall,?
~.^~ported thesis that ~...; s ~,7 be :s :tussiaa high altitu3e devrlo~aeat
13Se r~ ~ si else:~are ~ that apace trave3. is possible, there is
planet: t+zQel? ere. Yea tho-,~4 ~s eight orbit that inie2li.geat
i :s *..~i 3 tTseo-y 3s ~ze~ sea t+oa 'mss -space ships -- inter-
ao shr:~ o= t:'iZence to su~o:'t this theox~ at present. Tfoere have
beet ra as~:x~cd observatioae in con~r..atton - ~ s2i.~hteat
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.: iaiaca~cc of ~t'~e o= ~ttiieg 's~ich ~ to uld ~ro6aY~y 3ie :uscesrary -and
no w aa~ ~. ro::=rte', :.t ni~;3st be noted that ^.o~.cr. '.Sc Lau~nlin
(oi t~.c :~. i -= Sa^c~s :coo=t), a zrabcr of Ccneral ''its balloon pco~lc
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aad aar~ others are reported to be co~nvJ.nc.~ed of this theorT.
She lovrth e~or t~aor1 is that, no~ar Bold br the ktr Foxes, tlsat
the si,Wat3siga, Etvcn sdeyuate data, caa be Cglaiaod oa tdso basis eit~r
of:
2~.S3.ntergretat3oa of ~a::n objects, or. of as ysr little mtic'eratood
aa.~-gal ps* enascaa. . .
So Zrsch for the ~is+.a~z7 of the p: oi~l.os.
rtta a aunalpsis of tea fir. Force atud~!.
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