DOW-UAP-D085_Transmission-of-CIA-Scientific-Advisory-Panel-Rept_1953

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SECURITY
indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a morbid national
psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical
behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority.
4. In order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities
for the timely recognition and the appropriate handling of true indications
of hostile action, and to minimise the concomitant dangers alluded to
above, the Panel recommends:
a. That the national security agencies take immediate steps
to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they
have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately
acquired;
b. That the national security agencies institute policies
on intelligence, training, and public education designed to prepare
the material defenses and the morale of the country to recognise
most promptly and to react most effectively to true indications
of hostile intent or action.
We suggest that these aims may be achieved by an integrated program
designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of inimical
forces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize and reject
false indications quickly and effectively, and to strengthen regular
channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications
of hostile measures.
/8/ Lloyd V. Berkner
Associated Universities, Inc.
13/ H. P. Robertson
,
Chairman
California Institute of Technology
/s/ S. so Goudsmit
Brookhaven National Laboratories
101 Luis W. Alvarez
University of California
/8/ Thornton Page
Johns Hopkins University
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