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Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Correspondence regarding student essays on flying saucers

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A 1960 letter from Philip G. Strong to Dr. Thornton Page acknowledging the receipt and review of fourteen student essays on the subject of flying saucers. The author notes that while the essays were intellectually stimulating, they provided no new evidence or conclusions.

This document is a letter dated January 29, 1960, from Philip G. Strong to Dr. Thornton Page of the Department of Astronomy at Wesleyan University. The correspondence acknowledges the receipt of fourteen essays written by Dr. Page's students concerning the subject of 'flying saucers.' Mr. Strong notes that he had previously received a letter from Dr. Page's secretary on December 10, 1959, regarding these materials. Strong indicates that he shared the essays with colleagues in his office who monitor the subject of flying saucers. He provides feedback on the quality of the work, stating that the students made a 'solid intellectual attempt to evaluate the evidence' and demonstrated an ability to separate subjective views from objective reporting. However, he concludes that the exercise did not yield any essentially new or substantiating positions regarding the phenomenon. The letter concludes with a note of appreciation for the opportunity to review the students' perspectives.

Most of them reflect a solid intellectual attempt to evaluate the evidence and certainly do great credit to your group.

Official Assessment

The author notes that the essays reflect a solid intellectual attempt to evaluate evidence regarding flying saucers, though no essentially new substantiating positions emerged from the exercise.

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