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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Correspondence to Mr. Brad C. Sparks regarding Intelligence Advisory Committee minutes and Report on Unidentified Flying Objects

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Intelligence Advisory CommitteeUnidentified Flying ObjectsNational Security Council Intelligence DirectiveNSCIDBrad C. Sparks

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This 1974 letter provides historical documentation regarding the 1952-1953 Intelligence Advisory Committee's assessment of UAPs. It confirms that the committee found no evidence of a direct physical threat to national security, precluding the need for a National Security Council Intelligence Directive.

This document is a letter dated 5 November 1974, written by Bruce A. Lowe, Executive Secretary, to Mr. Brad C. Sparks of Berkeley, California. The letter serves as a formal response to Mr. Sparks' inquiry dated 21 October 1974. In the letter, Lowe provides enclosures requested by Sparks, specifically the minutes from the 4 December 1952 meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Committee regarding the discussion of 'Unidentified Flying Objects,' and a copy of the 'Report on Unidentified Flying Objects' dated 17 January 1953. Lowe explains that following a review by selected scientists, the Intelligence Advisory Committee concluded that the evidence regarding unidentified flying objects did not indicate a direct physical threat to national security. Consequently, no National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) was drafted on the subject.

In view of the conclusion of the Panel that the evidence presented on unidentified flying objects showed no indication that these phenomena constitute a direct physical threat to national security, no National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) was drafted.

Official Assessment

the evidence presented on unidentified flying objects showed no indication that these phenomena constitute a direct physical threat to national security

The Intelligence Advisory Committee concluded that UAPs did not pose a direct physical threat to national security, resulting in no National Security Council Intelligence Directive (NSCID) being drafted.

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