Britain worried over saucer talk

This is a December 1952 CIA scientific intelligence memo for the record relaying a British messenger's report of UK government activity on 'flying saucers,' including a 'perfect flying saucer' said to have been seen by RAF officials and pilots at a Yorkshire demonstration, plus an attached note on possible defense dangers. The saucer claim sounds sensational, but the file only reports activity, not a working craft. Its usefulness is the official interest in what others were testing or claiming, since foreign demonstrations could be leads even when the object itself was doubtful.

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