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Chadwell memo urges NSC action on UFOs

When: 2 Dec 1952
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

The Robertson Panel report; Chadwell's December 1952 memo led to convening the panel US Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CIA science intelligence chief H. Marshall Chadwell sent the Director of Central Intelligence a memo urging National Security Council attention to UFOs and outside scientific study. Two days later an intelligence advisory committee agreed to convene scientists, which became the Robertson Panel.

Sources

OfficialA Die-Hard Issue: CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90 (Gerald K. Haines, Studies in Intelligence) (opens in a new tab)CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence / 1997
OfficialReport of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14-18, 1953, CIA-RDP81R00560R000100030027-0 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / 1953-02-16

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