CALIFORNIA COMMITTEE FOR SAUCER INVESTIGATION

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0005515970
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RIFPUB
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U
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2
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June 24, 2015
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January 31, 2011
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F-2010-00651
Publication Date: 
February 9, 1953
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C00015355 10 029 QfCC Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO , .d mutant for Ups lions, Oil nfa f . Haydon {ihnnnit w' MOM $ 1.ciof, Contract i-i sion, 00 SUBJECT: tualifornia COSzAttee for saucer Investigation 1. keeently, a member of the Los t.ngeleie'Otfice had occasion to hear Lr. Walter Riedel tell something of the activities of the California Coz ittee for Saucer investigation (C.I). dis co manta, at follows, r Ay be et latereat; 2. i)r. Model indicated. he was Pornarly Chief Designer at 'he German #x- perinental kooket Center at Poenemusnde. He has been in the b.3 as a epapercliF" ,.,r scientist for some years. go is now a Project sagieaor in the .teropbysia' i)epartmenz (Guided :Assilos) of this North rj~w", _9,q , he gave every impression of bee a oa psteat sotontst, eapeo a ksawledgeable an rocket matters. He seemed a balanced person, not given to tixatigns. 3. Cal has been in operation sans years oaaspoaed of private individuals intrigued and sciantitically interested in finding an explanation for Msauoer" yhenowona. To date? they have received sore 1570 Utters relatin; tc reporteJ sightiaga. Of thin?lalnber they have been able to iv u3iataly or quiokly elit- saate 73v as not warte- follow-u . the great prol.ortLon of this 2SD haw been discarded upon further investigation. What was somewhat sue rising to the writer was the sxbaustivenesa with which these investigations are being mode. Not only are very careful calculations made, if the data exists, to check the }oasibility of the report being finally possible (e.g., in terms of lines of sight), but the individual reporting the sighting to investigated privately at his place a:' residence to establish a feral baakground of reliability and credibility. Of the :in investigated, perhaps 25 or so sightings have been established as "ra3.iabla" in the sonss that no knew exists explanation exists for them. Apparently, most of these have been forwarded to W~ht field Dayton, Ciao, although there appears to be a tiro lag of mono duration while 0dI Is making its ova shook and calculations. ur. kisdalta doasri}.tion of one reported sighting by a Told pilot and any, and the follow-up with respect to it, was Impressive to the writer in the thought applied, the pains taken, and the very careful application of tcieatifis method. 2,. do serious is CAI frith reapost to its investigation that Dr. 11isdel indi- cated that thoy are going to execute a planned "hoar over the Los Angeles area, in order to teat the reaction and roliability of the public in general to unusual aerial phaaorena. (The sightings reported over $olibu is the.sLos:.logelor-papeat..tlf:: ?)an?g) could possibly be this hoax.) From this axperimont; whey hops to ascortain how many people report 4w aerial visual phenanonon inch has been conducted so as to be clearly visible to a*-lange number of people in the area. They will also, of courso, be able to test the variation of report dotailu, eta. This exper.Lnent is designed Lo give u oai.t.gr b-ok;ru