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DOMESTIC OP

  IN  53  PARANET INFO RE TAB A - ROBERTSON PANEL THAT MET IN
1953, DOC   RELEASED UNDER FOIA. REPORT INCLUDES DESCRIBES
VARIOUS PHENOMENON DOCUMENT   DATE 5 MAY  58  AN ATTACHMENT OF
TAB A RE MEETING OF AIR FORCE PERSONNEL   CONCERNING SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY PANEL REPORT ON UFOS. DATED 1/17/53 (SIC).   FOLLOWING
PERSONNEL AT MEETING PHILIP STRONG DAD/C/SI, CIA; JOSEPH E.
BOLAND, SAF LL-3; JAMES F. BYRNE, AFCIN-XIA; LAWRENCE J. TACKER,
SAFIS; A.   FRANCIS ARCIER, ATIC; GEORGE CARY, LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL, CIA; W.E. LEXOW,   OSI, CIA. IN DEALING WITH MR.
DAVIDSON IT AGREED MAJOR TACKER WOULD ANSWER   FOR DCI AND AIR
FORCE. STRONG RECOMMENDED PUTTING PRESS RELEASE RE UFOS,
UTILIZING PANEL REPORT. MAJOR BOLAND IN ROLE OF LEGISLATIVE
LIAISON SAID IT   WOULD SATISFY CONGRESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
REPORT SIGNED BY W.E. LEXOW,   CHIEF APPLIED SCIENCE DIV, SI.
DISTRIBUTION LIST INCLUDED ORIG DAD/C/SI;   CHAPIN (ASS'N TO THE
DCI); CARY (LEG. COUNSEL); SO/SI [BLANKED OUT] OFFICE   SECURITY;
OSI/ASD WELEXOW. 1/17/53

  MINUTES MEETING INTEL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HELD IN DCI'S
CONFERENCE ROOM ON 4   DEC  52  ADDCI ROBERT AMORY, CHAIR.
MEMBERS PRESENT W. PARK ARMSTRONG OF   STATE DEPT.; BG. JOHN M.
WILLEMS OF ARMY; ADM ESPE, DIR NAVAL INTEL; ETC.   OTHERS
PRESENT: SHERMAN KENT, CIA; H. MARSHALL CHADWELL, CIA; PAUL
BOREL,   CIA; LUDWELL L. MONTAGUE, CIA; JOSEPH W. SMITH, CIA;
WILLIAM TRUEHEART,   DOS; MIRON BURGIN, DOS; LT. COL., T.C.
ANDERSON, DOA; ETC. RICHARD D. DRAIN   ACTING SECRETARY.
RECOMMENDED RE UFOS THAT CIA WILL: REVIEW DATA; DRAFT AND
CIRCULATE TO IAC A PROPOSED NSCID [ON ISSUE]. 1/17/53

  SEE ARTICLE BY JIM HOUGAN, "THE CIA SAUCER WATCH," IN ARTICLE
THAT APPEARED   IN 12/77 ISSUE OF CRAWDADDY MAG. DETAILS
DECLASSIFIED CIA REPORT "REPORT OF   MEETINGS OF (THE) SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS,   CONVENED BY
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTEL OF CIA." MEETING HELD FROM 1/14-  THRU
17 JAN  53  AND CALLED ROBERTSON PANEL. PANEL OF PRESTIGIOUS
SCIENTISTS H.P. ROBERTSON, CAL INSTITUTE TECH; LLYOD BERKNER,
ASSOCIATED   UNIVERSITIES; SAMUEL GOUDSMITH, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL
LABS; THORTON PAGE,   OFFICE OF RESEARCH OPERATION, JOHN HOPKINS
U.; J. ALLEN HYNEK, OHIO STATE   U.; FEDERICK C. DURANT OF ARTHUR
D. LITTLE, INC. MEETING ATTENDED BY UPPER   CIA ECHELONS. SEVERAL
DAYS SPENT STUDYING FILMS OF UFOS, REPORTS BY AIR   FORCE
(BLUEBOOK PROJECT) AND BATTELLE INSTITUTE. CIA HAD LITTLE
INTEREST IN   SUBJECT. CIA PRIMARILY INTERESTED POSSIBLE MASS
HYSTERIA AND GREATER   VULNERABILITY TO POSSIBLE ENEMY
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE - USSR'S MANIPULATION   OF SAUCER MYTH.
THEREFORE PANEL CONCLUDED MUST BE TWO MAJOR AIMS - TRAINING   AND
DEBUNKING. AIR FORCE BLUEBOOK PROJECT FROM  53-69  ONE OF SELF-
DEFEAT.   BLUEBOOK DATA ENTIRELY UNPROCESSED. AIR FORCE PROJECT
[AS PART OF CIA OP]   "DEBUNKED" UFOS. PANEL RECOMMENDED WATCHING
DOMESTIC UFO-WATCH GROUPS.   EXCERPTS FROM CRAWDADDY MAGAZINE
12/77

HISTORY

  DOCS OBTAINED UNDER FOIA SHOW CIA INVOLVED IN SURVEILLANCE OF
UFOS. CIA   SAID IT CLOSED ITS BOOKS ON UFOS IN  52  - BUT
ACCORDING TO W. SPAULDING OF   GROUND SAUCER WATCH, 1,000 PAGES
OF DOCS SHOW GVT LYING. NEW YORK TIMES   1/14/79 A23

  THE MAGAZINE, UFO, CONTAINS COPY OF FULL AQUARIUS DOCUMENT
PROVIDED TO UFO   BY LEE GRAHAM. UFO NOTES IT BY NO MEANS
VALIDATES OR ENDORSES DOC OR ITS   CONTENTS AND ADVISES READERS
TO CONSIDER MATERIAL WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND   SKEPTICISM. PAGE
0 SAYS DOCUMENT CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET/ORCON. ONLY MJ12 HAS
ACCESS TO PROJECT AQUARIUS. DOC DETAILS START OF U.S.
INVESTIGATION OF   UFO'S. PROJECT EST BY PRES EISENHOWER IN  59
UNDER CONTROL OF NSC AND MJ12   - PROJECT FUNDED BY CIA
CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS. UFO 1/92 8-10. ANOTHER ARTICLE   IN TC - THE
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT DISCUSSES DANNY CASOLARO WHO INVESTIGATING
"THE OCTOPUS," STATES THAT IN INTEL COMMUNITY A FIGHT GOING ON
BETWEEN A   GROUP CENTERED IN THE CIA CALLED AQUARIUS (AROUND A
POWER CENTER KNOWN AS   MJ-12) AND A GROUP AROUND NAVAL INTEL
COM-12. COM-12 IS REPUTEDLY TRYING TO   SUSTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL
GVT AND IS DELIBERATELY LEAKING INFO DAMAGING TO   FORMER GROUP.
TC TECHNICAL CONSULTANT. NOV/DEC 91 6-7

INTEL OP

  U.S.,  49-79   DOCUMENTS RELEASED TO GROUND SAUCER WATCH IN AN
FOIA SUIT   SHOW THAT CIA INVESTIGATED UFO QUESTION FROM 1949 TO
1979 DESPITE REPEATED   DENIALS. FIRST PRINCIPLES 2/79 P9

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