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1953

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Authority:
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# SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP (Classified)

FROM The Secretary of Defense

CLASSIFICATION
SECRET
SECURITY

# SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP (Classified) (cont.)

| 1 Admin Sec TO JNITIAL   | 1 Admin Sec TO JNITIAL                        |    |
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|                          | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE               |    |
|                          | DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY   |    |
|                          | DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SEC. |    |
|                          | SECRETARY OF ARMY                             |    |
|                          | SECRETARY OF NAVY                             |    |
|                          | SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE                        |    |
|                          | ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (Compt)        |    |
|                          | ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (M & P)        |    |
|                          | ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (L & LA)       |    |
|                          | CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF               |    |
|                          | JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF                         |    |
|                          | CHAIRMAN, MUNITIONS BOARD                     |    |
|                          | CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD      |    |
|                          | CHAIRMAN, MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE - A.E.C. |    |

# SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP (Classified) (cont.)

FOR
PREPARATION OF REPLY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SIGNATURE
3
APPROPRIATE ACTION
PLEASE REPLY DIRECT FOR SEC. OF DEFENSE (Copy of reply to be forwarded to Sec. of Defense Files)
PLEASE FURNISH DATA ON WHICH TO BASE A. REPLY

FOR
INFORMATION AND RETENTION
2
INFORMATION AND RETURN FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FILES
COMMENT AND/OR RECOMMENDATION
1
NOTE AND FORWARD

To
INITIAL

2
ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ISA)
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DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FOREIGN MILITARY AFFAIRS
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DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE
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DIRECTOR, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY AFFAIRS
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DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL POLICY
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3
Mr. Vayns
CHAIRMAN, ARMED FORCES MEDICAL POLICY COUNCIL
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CHAIRMAN, DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
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DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
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DIRECTOR, MILITARY TRAFFIC SERVICE
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DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION
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DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF GUIDED MISSILES
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MAR 13 1953

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# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS

# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS (cont.)

## COSMIC MATERIAL

			1. Do not send through the mail.

		2. May be handled only by specifically authorized per- sonnel.

	3. Deliver to OSD Sub-Registry, Classified Records Group, Correspondence Control Section, Executive Office of the Secretary, if to be transmitted to any office other than the one to which routed from the OSD Sub-Registry or to any office outside of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

4. Do not release without receipt.

## TOP SECRET

	1. Do not send through the mail.

2. May be handled only by authorized personnel.

## SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL

	1. May be sent by registered mail if delivered to clas- sified Records Group, Correspondence Control Sec- tion, Executive Office of the Secretary.

2. May be handled only by authorized personnel.

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Security Information

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

MAR 13 1959

13 March 1953

# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS (cont.)

## GENERAL (Top Secret, Secret and Confidential) (cont.)

The Honorable
The Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Washington 25, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

The Director of Central Intelligence has asked that you be furnished a copy of the attached report prepared by a panel of scientists on the subject of "Unidentified Flying Objects. This panel was convened at the direction of General Smith, following the recommendation of the Intelligence Advisory Committee.

The conclusions and recommendations may be of interest to you, in that they point out certain potential dangers to national security which are related to the subject and suggest ways of their elimination.

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Although this Agency does not consider problems arising from sightings of "flying saucers" primarily its concern, we shall be pleased to assist in any appropriate action that you may deem ad- visable.

Federal Civil Def.

dm Copies of this report are also being sent to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman, National Security Resources Board.

BICE OK IME

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Sincerely yours,
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RICHARD D. DRAIN
Secretary
Intelligence Advisory Committee

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COPY

SECURITY INFORMATION

REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL

ON

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS (cont.)

## BUGGLETA Zorme (cont.)

Jan 17 1953

1. Pursuant to the request of the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, the undersigned Panel of Scientific Consultants has met to evaluate any possible threat to national security posed by Unidentified Flying Objects ("Flying Saucers"), and to make recommendations thereon. The Panel has received the evidence as presented by cognizant intelli- gence agencies, primarily the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and has reviewed a selection of the best documented incidente.

# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS (cont.)

## BUGGLETA Zorme (cont.)

indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a morbid national psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority.

4. In order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities for the timely recognition and the appropriate handling of true indications of hostile action, and to minimize the concomitant dangers alluded to above, the Panel recommends :

That the national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired;

b. That the national security agencies institute policies on intelligence, training, and public education designed to prepare the material defenses and the morale of the country to recognise most promptly and to react most effectively to true indications of hostile intent or action.

# INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS (cont.)

## BUGGLETA Zorme (cont.)

We suggest that these aims may be achieved by an integrated program designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of inimical forces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize and reject false indications quickly and effectively, and to strengthen regular channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications of hostile measures.

// Lloyd V. Berkner

Associated Universities, Inc.

/s/ H. P. Robertson, Chairman
California Institute of Technology

/s/ Luis W. Alvarez
University of California

/s/ S. A. Coudsmit
Brookhaven National Laboratories

/s/ Thornton Pace
Johns Hopkins University

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