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

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It was the opinion ot Dr. Robertson that the •saueor" problem
ha4 been toum. to be dittarent in nature rrcm the detection and
investigation ot German v-1 am V-2 guided missUos prior tQ their
operational uae 1n World War n. In this 1943-1944 intelligence
operation (CR~BOW), there vas excellent ~olligence and bf June
1944 there was material evidence ot the mstence ot •hardware"
obtainttd fl-oll.l crashed vehicles in Sweden. Thia evidence gave the
1mr•st1eat~ team a basis upon which to operate. The absence ot BDT
•hardt.Jare" resulting rrom unexpla1ned u.r.o. sightings l~s a "will­
ot-the wiap) mtur.e to the ATIC problem. The results ot their 1.nvoot1­
gation, to date; strongly indicate that no evidence or hostile act
or danger md;.ata. ~hermore, the current reporting syst(D vould
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have little value in the case of detection ot 8Dal\1 attack b7 oormm­
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tional a1rcraf't or guided missiles; unda'l" such conditions •~
voul.d be available almost at once.
ARTIFACTS or Jq'l'RATmRfflIAL CRlGJJi
It was 1ntarestirlg to note t~t none or the members ot the
Panel,.... loath ~ accept that this earth might be visited by extra­
terrestrial intelligent beings or some sort, some day. What th97 did
not find \188 m,y evidence that related the objecta eight.cl to spaoa
travelers. Mr. Fournet, 1D hie presentation, shoved hov he bad elim­
inated each ot the known eJX1 probable causes of sightings leaving him
•extra,.terreatial• as the only one remaining in~ cases~ Fournat0s
background as an aeronautical engineer and technical in'c,elllgenco