Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum: Flying Saucers
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 CIA memorandum discusses a French magazine report of a radar-confirmed UFO sighting and emphasizes the need for the agency to monitor such reports to provide official refutations.
This memorandum, dated 26 March 1956, was authored by Robert Amory, Jr., the Deputy Director of Intelligence, and addressed to the Assistant Director of Scientific Intelligence. The document concerns the subject of 'Flying Saucers' and was prompted by an article in the 17 March 1956 issue of the French magazine, MATCH. The article described a sighting of an object referred to as a 'mysterieux objet celeste' (mysterious celestial object), which was reportedly documented via a radar photograph and confirmed by the visual sighting of a scheduled airline pilot. Amory inquires whether the agency is maintaining contact with the Air Force regarding such incidents and whether the agency monitors foreign sightings of this nature. Furthermore, Amory notes that Mars is approaching its closest point to Earth in a long period. He asserts that the Office of Scientific Intelligence (CSI) has a responsibility to monitor this subject, specifically to provide the front office with information necessary to refute more 'spectacular' published reports.
I do feel that CSI has the responsibility to keep its finger on this general subject if for no other purpose than to arm the front office with the refutation of the more spectacular published reports.
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Official Assessment
The author expresses a need for the Office of Scientific Intelligence (CSI) to maintain awareness of foreign sightings and to be prepared to refute spectacular published reports.