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

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in~icationa of hostile action, and the cul.tivatiO!l or a morbid national
psyehologr in wtch skillful hostile propaganda could ~.nduce byaterieal
behavior ena. bal'lllf'u.l diet!"USt of duly constituted authority.
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In order most effectively to otrcngtb.en the x:£.tional. facilities
for the ti!Jlely recognition mid the appropriate handling of true indieationa
of hostile action., and i;o minimize the conc01!11tant ciengers alluded to
above, t':l.e Panel l"'eC01l!:?l;.?:lldB:
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i'ha.t the natianal security agencies tak~ immediate steps
to strip the Unidentified F.'.cyu,.g ObJects of the special status tbey
have been g-1ven and t.he i'.ura of nwstery they have unt'o1"'i.'1lD8tely
acquired;
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That the national. security agencies 1.nstitute policies
on intelligence, training, 6Ild public education designed to pr-ape.re
the me;.;erj.al. defenses E.nd. the mcrale ot the country to recognize
most px•omptly and t.o r-eact n\Ost effectively to true 1udicat.1cns
ot hostile intent or action.
We suggest uiat these aims may be at!hieved by an integr..--.ted program
de6igned to reassure the public ot the totru. lack of evidence of inimical.
torcee behind the phenomena, to tra:i.n persoonel to recognize &D.d reJect
false indications quickly and efteetively, and to etrengthen regular
channels tor the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications
or hostile measures.
/ s/ Lloyd V. Berkner
Associated Universities, Inc.
&_B. P. Robertson
, Chairman
California. Institute of Technology
/s/ s. A. Goudsmi't
Brookhaven National laboratories
LsL Luis W. Alvarez
University of Ca11f'or-a1a
Le/ 'Jhornton P~
obna Hopkins University
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