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 intelligence memorandum reports that Soviet and satellite media characterized 'flying saucers' as American propaganda designed to incite war hysteria. The document confirms no significant Soviet press coverage of the phenomenon was found in the preceding two years.
This memorandum, dated August 22, 1952, and addressed to the Deputy Director (Intelligence), summarizes an investigation into whether the Soviet Union and its satellite states were reporting on 'flying saucers' in their press. The author notes that a search of available files yielded no evidence of such coverage within the previous two years, though it was believed a derogatory comment may have appeared in a Russian newspaper in 1948. The document highlights a June 10, 1951, FBID broadcast which characterized the US Naval Research Bureau's stance on flying saucers as a government-orchestrated attempt to 'fan war hysteria.' Furthermore, a State Department cable from Budapest reported that the August 11th edition of the publication Szabad Nep echoed this sentiment, describing flying saucers as American propaganda intended to threaten Western countries. The memorandum concludes by noting that FBID field stations have been requested to monitor for any further mentions of flying saucers by Iron Curtain countries.
Flying Saucer stories are another American attempt to fan war hysteria.
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Official Assessment
A search of files produced no evidence of Soviet satellite press coverage of flying saucers in the past two years. FBID identified a 1951 broadcast claiming the US Naval Research Bureau explained flying saucers as a US government tactic to fan war hysteria. A State Department cable from Budapest reported similar claims in the August 11th copy of Szabad Nep.