Physicist James McDonald tells newspaper editors UFOs were mishandled
- When
- Where
- Washington, D.C.
- Sources
- 1 public source
University of Arizona atmospheric physicist James E. McDonald told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the UFO problem had been mishandled for years. He blamed a 1953 CIA-sponsored panel's recommendation for a debunking effort and said Project Blue Book had been downgraded.
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How the story came out
This reports on Robertson Panel (17 Jan 1953).