 CENTRAL. 1NTEl,l.1GENCE AGENCY
 WASHINGTON ii, 0. C.
 Assistunt Deputy DDtrectorflntc..-
 ligence,   s asie  as to forverd to you for your information the
 enclosed report 'Report bf the Scientific Panel on Unidentified
 Flying Objects', dated January 17, 1953?
 This report was preparedly a panel convened in January
 genre, General. Walter B. Smith, vith the concurrence of the
 Intelligence Advisory Committee.
 the Director, Federal Civil Defense Administration;. and the
 Chairman, National Security Resources Board.
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 1.  -PO.?auaut to the roquest of the Ass.stant Director for Seioittttc
 inteiliamea, LSo uoderaigned Peesi of 1Selenti*.ie Ccacultanxs has ,t to
 evaluate any poceib1e tb aat?to national security pored by tisiftoWied
 !lying Cbjects ("riving Saucers"), and to cabs recassxadaticas therec.
 Thu Frail has recetved the evidence as presented br ee .tzaat ietelli-
 gunce egoacies, prirari]ythe fir fieetaiea1 Motel 1.t ouee Center, es8'bas,
 rviewed a selection of the "bast docZT.eate incidents.
 2.   A  a result of Ito cc si ..eratir, s, the Pearl wca    es:
 a_   gat :the wideace pressrta.: an Ibid  ti rind Flying
 01-J--cis worn no ir-dicrs :ou thet these ppenorma;:.ms cram;tats
 a dire et plya#cal tareet t3 :national security.
 We firmly believe that there is no r'eeiduua of canes t+hicb indisa:,es
 pheno:__x-a Utich are. attributable to foreign ertifact: cepable of hcetile
 aetc, and that the a Ss ;no.eiv:.d?mee that the phsa=_xaa ln=:0te a net .
 :arthe revid?on of curia + =.es:  tffie    cepts.
 3.   The Pcael. f -taer cancli _es:
 a.   2bet the castianei ezptrais ca the --sporting of
 these 2hencisena does; in these.pa rloas tier, result in a
 .threat to the orderly functio   g of ?'bo protective or, as
 of the body politic.
 J
 We cite or exesplee the clogging of channels of caeainica.lce by irreleveat
 reports, the dregcr of being 7.?d by continued false alarms to ignore rests
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 beratvior toG hurn?ul distract 'of duly aonct:itatc  witbQ72ty.
 In cider most e??fectifely.to atrengthen the notional ftat1l.tie:
 for the tisc3y recogLitica c :d the t proprinte handling of true ivdicr'%*3,czs
 a? hostile uatioo, e::d to mihits: a the avue ritent ftZgers alluded to
 a..  Ta.t the cablesl severity   inetee take izmadiete ?teea
 to swT'.,p tbA IZu entified Flying objects of the c  ciai status tie;
 have brAM glVOai E   the W M it ryste_ry U w,, b ve tfcr`aaactaly
 b.   fihst'tLe.nctionsl eeovritr cgsncies Iatit?.ato palsies
 an !a!.cl.1 a ace, trt   ng, ea& p b ie' edc._ecico dec.'     to ; e e-3
 the receziei defences end t  arable of the ecIFZ.4 y to race  ss
 Lost prr:pt.2y and to rea,:t not effective:,p to trae iuslfcd'sioas
 of has 1:e?3sstant or ectioa.                S
 forces behind the itieoo  OTO, to train  eracuzel to recognize and reject
 6es3.~Ut to reesstare the public of the toff. i.:- of eviciiice a' i_irit=.-t
 false indications quickly end effectively, end to strengthen rersla:
 ebb  e    for the evaiua ticc of and prcmt raactica to true indications
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 1.? "Savant five case histories of aightixs 1951 - 1952  (aiiafted by
 ATIC &$ .those best dooumeatod).                     ..   L
 . ?? BLUE BOOR -.-(node awes for ATIC atvdjr of subject).
 3.      i?ogrese Repots of ?roojsst STORK (code naae for Battelle ' z ria1
 5, P.opost of USAF Research Center, Centsidge, %as,, investigation of
 !or_ oen PYrobans FrAm Blom . (Project Sin=z).  outline of Investigation of U.F.O.'s Proposed b_ Tdrtland Air Fares
 -7.? ?v4#dcn Pict,,rirc F*.,3as . f sighwirg6 at Trmaator., U`;ti.h, 2 Ju.J,  1952
 and Great Finso Hoa7.ans, lupus",. 1950.
 Stamry Rspoat:-of 99 uoisotcd cases, of.sightings of various       }
 categories - (Fa?mtions, Blinking lights, Hove rii g, a e.) ._
 17raft.ef'nanmaia;.?*How.to fLe a FLTO Pl?, prepared at AiIC.
 10. - Char L Shad  Plea' of Goograph! c Location of Unnap   ed Sightii:gb.
 in the United States d ring 1952.
 11  'Chart ? SbouiBoLcon Ihiag Sites in the Gaited States.
 '12.? Charts Sho~frg Selected Actual Balloon Flight Pattie and Relation
 to Re
 13. Ch.orts- b3oving Frequency or Reports -of' Signt ings, 1949 .. 1952.
 "1 .     Charts Sbwlsg Categories ofIy-planations of 5igbtinga.
 25.  Eodacl~oas 71-anspareacica, of Polssthyleae F OM Bal-Im-a it Lush. '?
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 37a  iutalliscres Reperto folating to U.S.S.R. Interost in U. S. Sightings.
 is. ,9~ptca aP orrieiai USAT Rapan~U. g'Forma end Copies'of Pa t neat
 dim Porces "'and tasty O dtxs Re1j-tixg to Subject:          .
 20.  IQariations Sa Ila&u. Covareeo?. JAfP 201 (Manual illustrating um:surl
 19. S 1e Polyothylono,RP+i &' Palleon          (54,i gibes square).
 21. )ece11e ovw official letters and foreign intelligence reports
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