Informe OVNI del Panel Robertson a Defensa, 1953

[PAGE 1] [Diagram: blank file-folder divider sheet] [Handwritten tab label]: CD 000.92 1953 [Stamp]: DECLASSIFIED — Authority: NND 823015 NW 91372 DocId:84748472 Page 1 [PAGE 2] SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROUTING SLIP (Classified) FROM: The Secretary of Defense Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET / SECURITY INFORMATION [Date stamp, right margin]: MAR 13 1953 Routing boxes (TO / INITIAL), left column numbered "1" at Admin Sec: THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [initialed] DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SEC. SECRETARY OF ARMY SECRETARY OF NAVY SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPT) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (M & P) ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (L & LA) CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN, MUNITIONS BOARD CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MILITARY LIAISON COMMITTEE — A.E.C. Right column, numbered "2" at Assistant [Secretary] of Defense (ISA) [initialed]: ASSISTANT [SECRETARY OF THE] SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ISA) DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF FOREIGN MILITARY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR, NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL POLICY [numbered "3", handwritten]: Mr. Nash [or similar name, partly illegible] CHAIRMAN, ARMED FORCES MEDICAL POLICY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, DEFENSE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR, MILITARY TRAFFIC SERVICE DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF GUIDED MISSILES FOR (left column, numbered "3" at Appropriate Action): PREPARATION OF REPLY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SIGNATURE APPROPRIATE ACTION [numbered 3] PLEASE REPLY DIRECT FOR SEC. OF DEFENSE (Copy of reply to be forwarded to Sec. of Defense Files) PLEASE FURNISH DATA ON WHICH TO BASE A REPLY FOR (right column, numbered "2" and "1"): INFORMATION AND RETENTION INFORMATION AND RETURN FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FILES [numbered 2] COMMENT AND/OR RECOMMENDATION NOTE AND FORWARD [numbered 1] FROM: CIA (Richard D. Drain, Sec. Intelligence Advisory Committee) DATE RECEIVED: 17 March 1953 TO: Sec/Def DATE: 13 Mar 53 SHORT TITLE: Ltr NUMBER COPIES — ORIGINAL: 1 CARBON: 1 [circled] OTHER: [blank] SUBJECT: A Report prepared by a Panel of Scientists on the Subject of "Unidentified Flying Objects". INCLOSURES RECEIVED: 1 [circled] copy Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects COMMENT: (Flying Saucers). [Handwritten routing initials, largely illegible]: Gen R[?] / C[?] / E [illegible] [Stamp]: DECLASSIFIED — NND 823015 — By [initials, illegible] NARS, Date 1/15/85 [Handwritten]: This report appears to warrant action. [Handwritten]: CC of ltr. & Panel Report to Sec Air Force by memo. [Handwritten, partly illegible]: See Log 50[illegible digits] dtd 2 Apr 53 DUE IN CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL SECTION, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, OSD: None CONTROL NUMBER: LNW 02610 SD FORM 32, 1 APR 52 — PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THIS FORM ARE OBSOLETE. See reverse side of this form for instructions on handling attached material. [Handwritten]: N3/212 [Handwritten, bottom right]: 3/6/89 Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET / SECURITY INFORMATION — CONTROL NUMBER 02610 [Detachable stub, bottom of page, 'CUT HERE' lines]: RECEIVED / DATE 3 — CONTROL NUMBER [blank] | RECEIVED / DATE 4 — CONTROL NUMBER 02610 NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 2 [PAGE 3] [Reverse side of the Secretary of Defense Routing Slip (page 2); text printed sideways/rotated on the scan; faint show-through of page 2's content is visible but not independent text] INSTRUCTIONS TO RECIPIENTS GENERAL (Top Secret, Secret and Confidential) 1. Do not release without receipt. 2. Deliver to Classified Records Group, Correspondence Control Section, Executive Office of the Secretary, if to be transmitted outside of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 3. When transferring this Routing Slip to another person or office within OSD, without going through the Correspondence Control Section, obtain a signature on one of the receipts provided at the bottom of this form and return the receipt to the Correspondence Control Section for appropriate change in charge out. 4. Indicate in Comment Section the disposition of all copies and inclosures if other than file in Correspondence Control Section. TOP SECRET 1. Do not send through the mail. 2. May be handled only by authorized personnel. SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL 1. May be sent by registered mail if delivered to classified Records Group, Correspondence Control Section, Executive Office of the Secretary. 5. Do not remove this Routing Slip from the Original of the attached material without authority of the Head, Records and Reference Unit, Correspondence Control Section or one of his representatives. 6. Return this Routing Slip and the attached material to the Correspondence Control Section as soon as possible for file. COSMIC MATERIAL 1. Do not send through the mail. 2. May be handled only by specifically authorized personnel. 3. Deliver to OSD Sub-Registry, Classified Records Group, Correspondence Control Section, Executive Office of the Secretary, if to be transmitted to any office other than the one to which routed from the OSD Sub-Registry or to any office outside of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 4. Do not release without receipt. [Stray handwritten/stamped number, bottom left]: C58063 NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 3 [PAGE 4] Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, D.C. [Date stamp, right margin]: MAR 13 1953 [Handwritten file number, right margin]: CD 000.92 [Typed, top right]: SecDef Cont. No. [handwritten] 02610 13 March 1953 The Honorable The Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Secretary: The Director of Central Intelligence has asked that you be furnished a copy of the attached report prepared by a panel of scientists on the subject of "Unidentified Flying Objects." This panel was convened at the direction of General Smith, following the recommendation of the Intelligence Advisory Committee. The conclusions and recommendations may be of interest to you, in that they point out certain potential dangers to national security which are related to the subject and suggest ways of their elimination. Although this Agency does not consider problems arising from sightings of "flying saucers" primarily its concern, we shall be pleased to assist in any appropriate action that you may deem advisable. [Handwritten insertion "Adm" before "Copies"; "Secretary of Defense" struck through and replaced by handwritten "Federal Civil Def[ense]"]: Adm. Copies of this report are also being sent to the Federal Civil Defense [Administration] and to the Chairman, National Security Resources Board. Sincerely yours, [Signature] Richard D. Drain RICHARD D. DRAIN Secretary Intelligence Advisory Committee Enclosure [Faint overlapping stamp text, partly illegible, left margin]: ...TO BE DELIVERED TO... SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... [illegible] [Stamp]: DECLASSIFIED — NND 823015 — By [initials, illegible] NARS, Date 1/15/85 [Printed notice, bottom right]: This material contains information affecting the national defense of the United States with the meaning of the espionage laws, Title 18, USC, Secs. 793 and 794, and transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. SecDef Cont. No. 02610 Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information [Handwritten, bottom left]: N3/212 NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 4 [PAGE 5] [Blank reverse side of the page 4 letter; the typed letter text is visible only as a faint mirror-image show-through from the front side, not independently legible content on this page] [Stamp, rotated 90 degrees]: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE — 1953 MAR 17 AM 10 08 NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 5 [PAGE 6] COPY Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information [Date stamp, right margin]: MAR 13 1953 [Handwritten file number, right margin]: CD 000.92 REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Jan 17 1953 1. Pursuant to the request of the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence, the undersigned Panel of Scientific Consultants has met to evaluate any possible threat to national security posed by Unidentified Flying Objects ("Flying Saucers"), and to make recommendations thereon. The Panel has received the evidence as presented by cognizant intelligence agencies, primarily the Air Technical Intelligence Center, and has reviewed a selection of the best documented incidents. 2. As a result of its considerations, the Panel concludes: a. That the evidence presented on Unidentified Flying Objects shows no indication that these phenomena constitute a direct physical threat to national security. We firmly believe that there is no residuum of cases which indicates phenomena which are attributable to foreign artifacts capable of hostile acts, and that there is no evidence that the phenomena indicate a need for the revision of current scientific concepts. 3. The Panel further concludes: a. That the continued emphasis on the reporting of these phenomena does, in these parlous times, result in a threat to the orderly functioning of the protective organs of the body politic. We cite as examples the clogging of channels of communication by irrelevant reports, the danger of being led by continued false alarms to ignore real [indications of hostile action, continues on next page] [Stamp]: DECLASSIFIED — NND 823015 — By ERC NARS, Date 1/15/85 Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information [Handwritten]: Re RX 02610 NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 6 [PAGE 7] Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information indications of hostile action, and the cultivation of a morbid national psychology in which skillful hostile propaganda could induce hysterical behavior and harmful distrust of duly constituted authority. 4. In order most effectively to strengthen the national facilities for the timely recognition and the appropriate handling of true indications of hostile action, and to minimize the concomitant dangers alluded to above, the Panel recommends: a. That the national security agencies take immediate steps to strip the Unidentified Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired; b. That the national security agencies institute policies on intelligence, training, and public education designed to prepare the material defenses and the morale of the country to recognize most promptly and to react most effectively to true indications of hostile intent or action. We suggest that these aims may be achieved by an integrated program designed to reassure the public of the total lack of evidence of inimical forces behind the phenomena, to train personnel to recognize and reject false indications quickly and effectively, and to strengthen regular channels for the evaluation of and prompt reaction to true indications of hostile measures. /s/ H. P. Robertson, Chairman California Institute of Technology /s/ Luis W. Alvarez University of California /s/ Lloyd V. Berkner Associated Universities, Inc. /s/ S. A. Goudsmit Brookhaven National Laboratories /s/ Thornton Page Johns Hopkins University -2- Classification stamp (struck through): SECRET — Security Information NW 91372 DocId:34748472 Page 7