Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL
ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Pursuant to the requost
·---:--~~, th~. undorsigned Panel of Scientific Consultants has met to
evaluate any possible threat to national security posed by Unidentified
F'lying Objects ("Flying Saucers"), and to make recommendations thereon.
The Panel has recoived the evidence as presented by cognizant intelli­
gence agencies, primarily the Air. Technical Intelligence Center, and has
reviewod a solectj_on of the best documented incidents.
2. As a result of its considerations, the Panel concludes:
a. -That the evidence presented on Unidentified Flying
Objects shows no indication that these phenomena constitute
a direct physfcal threat to national security.
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We firmly believe that there is no residuum of cases which indicates
phenomena which are attributable to foreign artifacts capable of hostile
acts, and that there is no evidence that the phenomena indicates a need
f <>r the revision of current scientific concepts.
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The Panel further concludes:
a. That the continued emphasis on the reporting of
these phenomena does, in these parlous, times, result i.n a
threat to the orde1·ly functioning of the protective organs
of the body politic.
We cite as examples the clogging'of channels of communication by irrelevant
reports, the dangP-r of being led by continued false alarms to ignore real
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