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Stgh;tings
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sightings are considered more credible
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~ANDAR_D fP0RM NO, 14
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•• J~·Office Memorand~
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
Jm. A.H.
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·DATE:
July 29, 1952
FROM
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V. P. KE
SUBJECT:
FLYINQ $.AUCF:RS­
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PURPOSE:
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To advise at the present time the Air Force has
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n11-lUJi.i sj'ac.t.P r-lJ_Qo.n.cl.u.ilo..n in_
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its research regar~~ng numerous reports o/ /lying saucers
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thr!ug'ffou~ t]ie.Jln 'Etea_ States.
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DETAILS:
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Jtr. N. 1'. Philco:r, the Bur-ea.u 1s Air Fore~ Liaj~;,t ·1.1,~w~e.
Representatt~~ ma_d~ prran ements through p_he_of. ice o
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J/a~or General John A. Samford, Director of Air Intelligence,
u. . Air Force,
o receiue a bgj.~9-/1!.oTD..-..Co.JD.ma.nder Ji<u'ld.aJl..
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-9L the Current Intelligence Branch, Estimates Division,
Air "Intelligence, regarding the present status o/ Air Intelligence
research into the numerous reports regarding jlying saucers
and /lying discs.
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Commander Boyd advised that Air Intelligence has
sEtt up at 'lrr-'tgnr Patterson Air Force Base, Oh.io, the Air
T~ili.al IJ!1elligence Center which has been established /or
t11:.!L.E..urpose oJ coordinating, correlating and making research
into all ..up.Q.'Ct.s.regard_hg .tluJ.ng saucers and J"lJJir.ig cu sea.
He advised that Air Force research has indicated that the
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sightings of flutng saucers goes back several centurtes_and
that the number o/ signtings reported varies wtth the amount
o/ publicity.
He advised that i~medjq_t.§lu iLJublipi,i~ aJ?R_eara
iZ1-Il/!lJl8Papera, the n1'11&Per 4f sigllzjngs .repar..ted increases
c~nsidera~:!,_and that citig~ns immgdiatel~ call in reporting
sighting.J, ~~h o~curred several months prevtous111.,.
Com.m.ander
Boyd stated that these reported sightings o/ /lying saucers
are placed into three classifications by Air Intell".Jlence:
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Those s"fahtfn9..s which are r~orted by citiaens who
claim they have seen flying saucers /roa the ground.
These sightings vary jn description, color and speeds.
Very little credence is given to t4ese sightings
inasmuch as in most instances they are believed to be
imaginative or some e:rplatnable object which actually
crossed through the sky.