REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02646R000600150001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Fu,: cuent to the request of the Azz i ten r: a I e .or c. m.3.E ! t a . '
Intelligence., the undo rsiggi ed del of Scie. It ^ is Cao-oul rats ba Mat. to
nva luv,te any po^ ;ible three t to a ration ,l ieeurit j posed by Un-1 dentif ic,:
Objects (71Fl7isv.g Sai..cem" ), and. to M C16, eneztica t Esc .
M ,e Pc. el bas received the evicdence as present(-:4 b co ii t inte] Li-
: c: ci = a 3 pri vriiy the Air Techgical In' l~g_i euce Center, act :ks
ier e a select ion of the best doe cant ::d its.
As : result of Ito considerations, the Panel concludes:
t the evidence presented an Unidentified Flying'
Objeete chows no indication that thc,sc pheno :env, co rtitute
a direct physical threat to national. seawnlt .
firmly believe that them- Is no residua a of cases ihici indicates
y ph,
na >c bich are attributable to foreign artlf._a.cts cepc ble of bos the
ac'ta, and that there is no evidence that the phenc e:n.a indicate .a need
?or the revision of current scientific concepts.
S.'ep=~s, the oangr? of be~irg Lz4 bye cant .Fn uad fl _e alwl , to ia, x.,1,: re 1
t" be y politic
t~?breat to the Orderly fun tinning of the pr tl=active orb
a. rat Me con-uDa ed c> ske..sis on the reporting of
pxic no 'e a doer,,; in these parlous tines result in a
Cite as e ;yles the of channels o a cup .m aAs ti bit i L rw I .
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iadications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a mrbid notional
in, which Skill3114a1 hc;stile Propaganda could induce iya a ricer .
be h v or and bax ."u1 distrust of duly constituted authority.
1n order most effectively to strewn the ziat?on t ~ ~ s at e.
for th t~: ly recognition nd the appropriate handling of true ~s dic t c.<
o ' hostile action, end to min d.ze the concoiitan u d.` ers allude . to
cc.ti'Ve, t P ezl aeeos'mends
been giyjen maa the e.ure of Mystery they have u 'o t, f~ y
kat the national security agencies institute policiez
on i ntei,l CLee, tra!'ni g, and public ed.uca Wi
desi.F ned to
t'he mater:ia_l defenses end the norale of the cccntr to reco :iiz
r ov,t proaptly and to react most effectively to true indications
of hcz? ,ile intent or action.
14c suggest that these ,aims may be achieved by an integrated prognem
c < si. ,cd. to reassure the pubic of the totaal lack of evince of inimical
forces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize as:d. reject
false indications quickly anct effectively, and .. to strengthen regular
ch ne.ls for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indieations
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