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Special National Intelligence Estimate — UFOs and National Security (1952)

Source label

Central Intelligence Agency

Catalog date

1952-09-24

Record type

pdf

Record summary

September 1952 CIA staff paper assessing the national-security implications of the summer 1952 UFO wave. The paper directly prompted the formation of the Robertson Panel in January 1953.

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