Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum: Flying Saucers
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A 1956 CIA memorandum from Robert Amory, Jr. requests information on agency coordination with the Air Force regarding UFO sightings, specifically referencing a French magazine report of a radar-confirmed sighting.
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.' Amory references a specific report from the 17 March 1956 issue of the French magazine MATCH, which detailed a 'sighting' of an unidentified object (referred to as a 'mysterieux objet celeste'). This incident involved a radar photograph that was reportedly confirmed by the visual sighting of a scheduled airline pilot. Amory poses two primary questions to the recipient: whether the agency is maintaining contact with the Air Force regarding such matters, and whether the agency concerns itself with foreign sightings of this nature. Furthermore, Amory notes that Mars will soon reach its closest point to Earth in a long period. He suggests that the Office of Scientific Intelligence (CSI) has a responsibility to monitor this general subject, primarily to provide the front office with the necessary information 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 concern regarding the need for the Office of Scientific Intelligence (CSI) to monitor reports of unidentified aerial phenomena, specifically citing a report in the French magazine MATCH regarding a radar-confirmed visual sighting by an airline pilot. The author also notes the upcoming close approach of Mars to Earth and suggests that CSI should maintain awareness of the subject to assist in refuting spectacular published reports.