Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum to Director, Psychological Strategy Board regarding Flying Saucers
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AI-Generated Summary
This CIA memorandum from Director Walter B. Smith to the Psychological Strategy Board proposes discussing the potential use of 'Flying Saucers' for psychological warfare. It highlights that the agency identified these phenomena as having significant implications for intelligence and national security operations.
This memorandum, issued by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Walter B. Smith, addresses the Director of the Psychological Strategy Board regarding the subject of 'Flying Saucers.' The document serves as a formal communication to initiate a discussion on the strategic implications of unidentified flying objects. In the memorandum, Director Smith notes that he is transmitting a proposal to the National Security Council (identified as TAB A) which concludes that the problems associated with unidentified flying objects possess significant implications for psychological warfare, as well as for broader intelligence and operational concerns. The background for this assessment is provided in a separate document referred to as TAB B. The primary purpose of the memorandum is to suggest that the Psychological Strategy Board convene at an early meeting to deliberate on the potential for utilizing these phenomena for offensive or defensive psychological warfare purposes. The document is marked with the reference number ER-3-2809 and includes a note indicating it was approved for release in February 2010.
I suggest that we discuss at an early board meeting the possible offensive or defensive utilization of these phenomena for psychological warfare purposes.
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Official Assessment
The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that unidentified flying objects have implications for psychological warfare as well as intelligence and operations. He proposed that the Psychological Strategy Board discuss the potential offensive or defensive utilization of these phenomena.