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Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson Panel)

Source label

Central Intelligence Agency

Catalog date

1953-01-17

Record type

pdf

Record summary

Five-day classified review of UFO data by the CIA-convened Robertson Panel, chaired by physicist H.P. Robertson. Concluded UFOs posed no direct threat but recommended a 'debunking' program to reduce public interest — a policy that shaped U.S. messaging for decades.

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