UFO History

 

A further memo from H Marshal Chadwell (CIA Assistant Director for Scientifc Intelligence) on 2 October 1952 to CIA Director Walter Smith summarised his views and proposed action, including the recommendation that the Director of Central Intelligence “advise the National Security Council of the implications of the ‘flying saucer’ problem and request that research be initiated”.

 

 

 

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Text of relevant document included in CUFON CIA ufo-related document sampler in Part 1 (of 2 Parts). Available online at: http://www.cufon.org/cufon/cia-52-1.htm

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Book References

Image of relevant memo in Timothy Good’s “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 505-506 (in the Appendix) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition).

Lengthy extract of text of memo presented by Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-26 of the Prometheus softback edition (in Chapter 3).

For discussion see the following:

 

Year	Discussion by:	No. of Pages
1983	Klass, Philip (with lengthy extract) in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-26 (in Chapter 3) of the Prometheus softback edition.	2
2000	Maccabee, Bruce in his “UFO-FBI Connection” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 252 (in Chapter 21) of the Llewellyn softcover edition.	1
1994	Peebles, Curtis (with lengthy extract) in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 80 (in Chapter 6, “The Robertson Panel” – in part of the section entitled “The Robertson Panel”) of the Smithsonian hardback edition, pages 97-98 of the Berkley paperback edition.	1

 

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