Declassified UFO / UAP Document
USSR and Satellite Mention of Flying Saucers
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AI-Generated Summary
This 1952 intelligence memorandum assesses Soviet and Satellite media coverage of 'Flying Saucers,' concluding that these nations characterize the phenomenon as American propaganda intended to incite war hysteria. The document confirms that no significant factual evidence of Soviet interest in the subject was found in their press.
This memorandum, dated August 22, 1952, and addressed to the Deputy Director (Intelligence), provides an assessment of how the USSR and its satellite nations have addressed the subject of 'Flying Saucers' in their media. The author reports that a search of files yielded no factual evidence of the subject being mentioned in the Soviet Satellite press within the preceding two years. The document notes a belief that a derisive comment may have appeared in a Russian newspaper in 1948, but the specific article has not been located. The memorandum cites a June 10, 1951, broadcast which claimed that Moscow's first mention of flying saucers occurred in a 'Listener's Mailbag' segment, which alleged that the US Naval Research Bureau was using the objects for stratospheric studies and that the US government was using the reports to fan war hysteria. Furthermore, a State Department cable from Budapest, dated August 14, 1952, is cited, which reports that local media described flying saucer stories as American propaganda designed to prove that Western countries are under threat. The document concludes by noting that the relevant agency has been requested to alert field stations to monitor any further mentions of flying saucers by Iron Curtain countries.
Flying Saucer stories are another American attempt to fan war hysteria.
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Official Assessment
The document notes that Soviet and Satellite media characterize 'Flying Saucer' stories as American propaganda intended to fan war hysteria.
A search of files produced no evidence of Soviet or Satellite press coverage of flying saucers in the past two years. Reports from 1951 and 1952 indicate that Soviet-aligned media dismiss the phenomenon as a US attempt to create war hysteria.