Joint U.S.-Canadian Aviation Projects and UFO Sighting Reports, 1954-1955
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 14 December 1954 MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, AFOIN SUBJECT: Scientific Advisory Board Report on AVRO "Flying Saucer" Project. 1. Attached for your information is a copy of a recent report of the Scientific Advisory Board on their study of the "flying saucer" project of A. V. Roe, Canada. 2. Your attention is particularly invited to the generally negative findings with regard to technical feasibility expressed in this report, in contrast to the general impression of technical soundness and optimistic expectations conveyed in the article on "The Flying Disc" published in the December, 1954, issue of the Air Intelligence Digest. 3. This report was submitted to Lt. Gen. D. L. Putt on 10 December in response to his previous request for SAB comments. CHESTER N. HASERT Executive Secretary Scientific Advisory Board Office of the Chief of Staff Inclosure 1. Avro rpt, cy 2 NW 91198 Eoeld134745775 Page 261 AFGSA 631