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

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CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070007-8
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December 16, 2016
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September 17, 2004
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7
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January 14, 1979
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ARTICLE] j r"dN For Release 2814 1b1i3 Y ee-FbPWW-01315R ON PAGE 14 January 1979 C8LAa PAPERS DETAIL UIFIC-, SURVEILLANCE Agency's Secret. Studies Convince Arizona Research Group That Flying Saucers `Are Real' specialtQ-rh*NWWY0A-n " - 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.!