Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum to the Director of Central Intelligence regarding Unidentified Flying Objects
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This document summarizes the findings of an Intelligence Advisory Committee panel regarding UFOs. The panel concluded that the sightings were not a national security threat, not foreign in origin, and explainable by known scientific principles.
This memorandum, addressed to the Director of Central Intelligence, concerns the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects. It references a previous action taken by the Intelligence Advisory Committee on December 4, 1952 (IAC-D-50). The document outlines that the Director of Central Intelligence was tasked with enlisting the services of selected scientists to review available evidence regarding UFOs in the light of pertinent scientific theories. Following this, an advisory panel of selected scientists was formed, which reviewed reports and material provided to them. The committee met initially at the Pentagon and reviewed evidence, including a list of sightings and reports, which were attached as Annex A, B, and C. The final conclusion of the advisory panel was that the verified sightings of unidentified flying objects were not attributable to enemy objects, did not pose a threat to national security, were not foreign in nature, and were not phenomena outside the realm of known scientific principles.
That the verified sightings of unidentified flying objects and not attributable to enemy objects in national security, were not foreign in nature and were not phenomena in the realm of known principles other than those being used in a known scientific research.
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Official Assessment
That the verified sightings of unidentified flying objects and not attributable to enemy objects in national security, were not foreign in nature and were not phenomena in the realm of known principles other than those being used in a known scientific research.
The Intelligence Advisory Committee concluded that the sightings were not a threat to national security, were not foreign in origin, and did not represent phenomena outside of known scientific principles.