Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Correspondence regarding reports on unidentified flying objects
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A 1958 letter from CIA Deputy Director C. P. Cabell to NICAP Director Donald E. Keyhoe acknowledging receipt of UFO reports and confirming that the agency is conducting further investigation and inter-agency coordination.
This document is a formal letter dated March 21, 1958, from C. P. Cabell, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to Major Donald E. Keyhoe (Ret.), the Director of NICAP. The correspondence serves as a response to a letter sent by Major Keyhoe on March 13, 1958, regarding various reports on unidentified flying objects. In the letter, Cabell informs Keyhoe that his correspondence has been referred to cognizant officials within the agency. Cabell further notes that a preliminary investigation into the matters raised by Keyhoe has been conducted, and this initial review has led to the conclusion that further inquiry and coordination with other organizations are necessary. The letter concludes with a promise that the agency will advise Keyhoe further once the findings of the staff are available.
Your letter of March 13 concerning the various reports on unidentified flying objects has been referred to cognizant officials on my staff and I am advised that preliminary investigation of these matters has resulted in the need for further inquiry and coordination with several other organizations.
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Official Assessment
Your letter of March 13 concerning the various reports on unidentified flying objects has been referred to cognizant officials on my staff and I am advised that preliminary investigation of these matters has resulted in the need for further inquiry and coordination with several other organizations.
The agency acknowledged receipt of reports from Major Donald E. Keyhoe and initiated a preliminary investigation, determining that further inquiry and inter-organizational coordination were required.
Key Persons
- Donald E. KeyhoeDirector of NICAP