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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Memorandum for Record: Flying Saucers Problem

📄 Memorandum for Record
Flying SaucersIntelligenceRDBUSAF1952

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AI-Generated Summary

TL;DR

This 1952 memorandum documents an internal agreement to streamline the research and intelligence approach to the 'Flying Saucers Problem' by coordinating directly between key officials. It identifies a planned meeting between high-level representatives from the RDB, USAF, and intelligence divisions to review the subject.

This memorandum, dated 14 October 1952, serves as a record of an informal discussion regarding the 'Flying Saucers Problem.' The participants, including the DD/I, AD/IC, and Acting AD/SI, reached a consensus that the issue should be addressed by organizing a collaborative effort among relevant individuals to develop a research and intelligence program. This approach was intended to allow for immediate implementation, with the resulting program to be forwarded to the DCI and potentially the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council as an established initiative, thereby bypassing the delays associated with formal, high-level administrative procedures. The document further notes that the DD/I directed the Acting AD/SI to coordinate with Dr. Whitman and General Sanford to schedule a meeting to review the background of the study. A subsequent update indicated that the meeting was tentatively scheduled for 20 or 21 October 1952, with a list of attendees including Dr. Walter G. Whitman (Chairman, RDB), General John A. Sanford (Director of Intelligence, USAF), Mr. Loftus E. Becker (DD/I), and Mr. James Q. Reber (AD/IC), alongside other appropriate personnel. The document is signed by Ralph L. Clark.

The agreed program can then be forwarded to the DCI and possibly the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council as an established program rather than waiting for a great deal of formal, high level paper pushing before taking action.

Official Assessment

The document outlines an agreement to address the 'saucer problem' by coordinating research and intelligence efforts among responsible individuals in the community, rather than waiting for formal, high-level paper pushing.

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