Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953
CIA-UAP-002 · page 40 of 42
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SECRET Security Information DRAFT COVER SHEET INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Flying Unidentified Objects (Flying Saucers) [alternatively: the mis] 1. Attached is a proposed letter to Secretary Lovett, from the DCI recommending the initiation of fundamental scientific research with respect to the nature and causes of unidentified flying objects (Flying Saucers). 2. While it is recognized that the implications of Flying Saucers are of primary concern to the Defense Department in carrying out its responsibility to defend the United States, it is also believed that intelligence must request of appropriate authority such assistance as it needs to carry out its responsibility. It is believed that the scientific research required and the intelligence research contingent thereon can be most fruitful if they go hand in hand. 3. Recommendations: a. That the IAC concur in the proposed letter to the Secretary of Defense. b. That the IAC request the Watch Committee to give close attention to indications which may reflect Russian actions are being taken with respect to or on the basis of cognizance of Flying Saucers or with respect to the state of United States public opinion in respect of Flying Saucers. This document has been approved for release through the HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM of the Central Intelligence Agency. Date 7 JUN 91 HRP 89-2 SECRET Security Information 400168