Government1952

CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith flags flying saucers to the Psychological Strategy Board

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

Walter Bedell Smith, CIA director when he raised flying saucers with the Psychological Strategy Board Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith signed a memo telling the Psychological Strategy Board he was sending the National Security Council a proposal on unidentified flying objects, which he said had psychological warfare as well as intelligence implications, and asked the board to discuss them.

Sources

OfficialFlying Saucers (memorandum to Director, Psychological Strategy Board, signed Walter B. Smith), CIA-RDP81R00560R000100020017-2 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room
OfficialFlying Saucers (draft IAC cover sheet and package incl. memo to Director, PSB as Tab C), CIA-RDP81R00560R000100020012-7 (opens in a new tab)CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / 1952-10-02

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Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentCIA intelligence chiefs urge NSC attention to flying saucers24 Sep 1952 Later in GovernmentFBI memo relays Air Intelligence view that some sightings are unexplainedOct 1952

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