C.I.A. PAPERS DETAIL U.F.O. SURVEILLANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 14, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

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ON PAGE 14 January 1979
C8LAa PAPERS DETAIL
UIFIC-, SURVEILLANCE
Agency's Secret. Studies Convince
Arizona Research Group That
Flying Saucers `Are Real'
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- PHOI .4LX.? Jana 13 ---Documents ob-
tained in a lawsuit against the Central In-
telugenceAgency show that the agency is
secretly involved in the: surveillance of
unidentified flying objects and has been
'since 1949, an Arizona-based .. U.F.O.
group said yesterday. rY'r ' . ...
The C.7I..A. has- repeatedly said that it
investigated and'-closed its- books on
U.F.O.'s during. 1952..---according to
Ground Saucer Watch; a nation-wide re-
search organization of about; 500 scieri.
tists, engineers and.others who seek to
scientifically prove or disprove of docu-
ence of U.F.G>'s, but 1,000 pages
ments obtained under a freedom of infor-
malign suit, show "the Government has
been lying to us all these years," it said..
"After reviewing the - documents,
Ground- -Saucer Watch believes that
U.F.O.'s do exist, they are real, the U.S.
Government has been totally untruthful
and the cover-up is massive," William
Spaulding. head of the group, said.
Embassies Gather Information
;1VIr. Spaulding, an aerospace engineer
with, AiResearch, one of the largest
producers of specialized aerospace com-
ponents, said the documents show that
United States embassies are used to help
gather information-on U.F.O. sightings
and that the information "seems to be di-
rected to the C.I.A.:, the White House and
the National 5ectirit7'Agency."'-
- .' A CI-A: memo-of Aug. 1, 1952. recom-
mends continued agency surveillance of
'.'flying saucers.!