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 stating that further investigation and inter-agency coordination are required.
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 letter serves as a response to a previous communication from Major Keyhoe dated March 13, 1958, which concerned various reports on unidentified flying objects. In the letter, Cabell informs Keyhoe that the reports have been referred to the appropriate officials within the agency. He further states that a preliminary investigation into these matters has determined that there is a necessity for additional inquiry and coordination with other organizations. The letter concludes with a promise to provide further information to Keyhoe, contingent upon the findings of the agency's staff. The document includes distribution notations indicating copies were sent to OSI, the Executive Registry, CI/DCI, and AD/SI.
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
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 on unidentified flying objects and indicated that further investigation and inter-agency coordination were required.
Key Persons
- Donald E. KeyhoeDirector of NICAP