Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Memorandum for Deputy Director (Intelligence): USSR and Satellite Mention of Flying Saucers
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AI-Generated Summary
This 1952 CIA memorandum reports that Soviet-aligned media characterized flying saucer sightings as American propaganda intended to incite war hysteria. The agency found no evidence of significant Soviet press coverage on the subject.
This memorandum, dated 22 August 1952, was prepared for the Deputy Director (Intelligence) regarding the mention of 'Flying Saucers' in the USSR and its satellite nations. The author reports that a search of files yielded no factual evidence of such coverage in the Soviet satellite press over the preceding two years. The document notes a potential derisive comment in a Russian newspaper from 1948, though the specific article remained unlocated. The memorandum highlights two specific instances of Soviet-aligned commentary: an FBID broadcast from 10 June 1951, which claimed that the US Naval Research Bureau explained flying saucers as a tool for 'stratospheric studies' and that the US government used the reports to 'fan war hysteria'; and a State Department cable from Budapest citing an August 11th article in 'Szabad Nep'. The latter article described flying saucer reports as American propaganda designed to threaten Western countries. Consequently, the FBID was requested to alert field stations to monitor for any further mentions of flying saucers by Iron Curtain countries.
The article concludes that it is part of American rulers propaganda to prove the Western countries are threatening.
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Official Assessment
A search of files produced no evidence of Soviet satellite press coverage of flying saucers in the last two years. A 1951 FBID broadcast and a State Department cable from Budapest indicate that Soviet-aligned media characterizes flying saucer reports as American propaganda intended to incite war hysteria.