Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Correspondence regarding the declassification of the Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects
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The CIA refused to declassify the original 'Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects' and prohibited the disclosure of the names of personnel involved in the panel's discussions.
This document is a formal letter dated August 15, 1956, from Karl H. Weber, the Deputy Director of Scientific Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, to Colonel Gerald E. Jorgensen of the Department of the Air Force. The correspondence addresses a request made by Colonel Jorgensen on July 27, 1956, regarding the declassification of the 'Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects.' Weber informs Jorgensen that the Office of Scientific Intelligence cannot downgrade the original report. Instead, they have prepared an unclassified version for release. Weber explicitly notes that permission for this release was not obtained from the original panel members, who had only agreed to the conclusions indicated in a memorandum authored by P. G. Strong on December 29, 1955. Furthermore, the CIA expresses a strong desire that no further publicity be given to the information sponsored by the agency and refuses to authorize the disclosure of the names of the personnel who participated in the discussions regarding the report.
We are most anxious that further publicity not be given to the information that the panel was sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Official Assessment
The Office of Scientific Intelligence cannot authorize the listing of personnel participating in the discussions in any unclassified releases.
The CIA denied the request to declassify the original Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, offering an unclassified version instead. They also refused to list the names of personnel involved in the discussions.
Key Persons
- Gerald E. JorgensenColonel, Chief, Community Relations Division, Office of Information, Department of the Air Force
- P. G. StrongIndividual who authored a 29 December 1955 memorandum