Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Correspondence regarding CIA records on Unidentified Flying Objects
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1958 CIA letter to NICAP Director Donald E. Keyhoe denying that the Agency ever coerced UFO witnesses into silence. The document confirms a search of CIA records was conducted to address Keyhoe's inquiry.
This document is a formal letter dated April 17, 1958, from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), signed by Executive Officer J. S. Earman. The letter is addressed to Major Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC (Ret), who was serving as the Director of NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena). The correspondence serves as a direct response to a letter sent by Major Keyhoe on March 13, 1958. In his response, Earman states that the CIA conducted a thorough review of its records in response to Keyhoe's inquiry. The Agency explicitly denies that any CIA employee had ever coerced a witness of an unidentified flying object to remain silent regarding their observations. The document includes a distribution list indicating copies were sent to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force (Attn: Major L. H. Thacker), as well as internal distribution to individuals including Col. Grogan and Mr. Lexov.
I have had the records of this Agency checked and find nothing therein reflecting that any CIA employee, at any time, coerced any witness to an unidentified flying object to remain silent concerning said witness's observations of said UFO.
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Official Assessment
The Agency checked its records and found nothing reflecting that any CIA employee, at any time, coerced any witness to an unidentified flying object to remain silent concerning said witness's observations of said UFO.
The CIA denies any involvement in coercing witnesses to UFO sightings to remain silent.
Key Persons
- Donald E. KeyhoeDirector of NICAP
- L. H. ThackerMajor, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force
- LexovAttn
- GroganCol.