Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953

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tba't •st.-rege things 1n the sky" had been recorded for hundreds ot
,-ra. It appared obvious that thare va.s no aingle explanat1Gr1
tar a majority ot the thiDgs seen. The pr-esence ot radar am astro­
nomical spac1alists on the Panel iroved ot ftlne at once in their
oont'idant recogmtion ot fhenomem. related to their field.so It~
apparent that spec1allsta 1n such additional. .fields Q P870holoa.
meteoroloa, cueodyna:mics, arnithology and mUitary air oparationa
vould ez.te:na the abilit)r· o~ the Panel to roe~• any mare oate­
gortee ot lit~Jmown }menomen&o
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The~ concluded unan1no\S~ that there was no evidence~
a direct threat to national.secur1t71n the objects sighted•
. Instances of "Foo Fighters" were cited. These vere unexpls1nad.
ph~ena siehted by ab-~ pilots during.• ~orld War II 1n both
European am Far East theaters or operation warein •be.lls ~ light•
vould fly near ar with the aircraft am ?1BMUVer rapidl.)r. They vere
believed i;o be eleotro;tatie (~imUr,r to Sto Elmo's tire) or electro­
magnetic phenanena ar possibq light retlections .trom ice arystal.a
in the air, but their exact cause ~ nature ws Dft'C' defined. Both
Robertson and Alvarez had been concerned in the investigation of
tbese phenomma, wt David T. Griggs (Professor ot Geophysics at
the Universit:, ot California at !Qs Angeles) is believed to have
been the most knowledgeable person on this aubjecto If tlle term
•ny1ng saucers" had been poiW41" 1n 1943 • 1945, these objects would
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