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Report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson Panel)

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A CIA-convened panel of scientists that met for five days in January 1953 after the 1952 wave. It found no threat and recommended a public education campaign to reduce reporting and interest, including monitoring civilian groups. Speakers cite it as the document that set the official debunking posture for the next two decades.

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IdentifierCIA-RDP79B00752A000300100010-4; Durant report of OSI Scientific Advisory Panel on UFOs, 14–18 Jan 1953
Issuing bodyCentral Intelligence Agency, Office of Scientific Intelligence
Date
Kindreport
Statusexists as a document; retrieved and read
Wherehttps://www.cia.gov/readingroom/collection/ufos-fact-or-fiction
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Passage

The Panel concluded unanimously that there was no evidence of a direct threat to national security in the objects sighted. Instances of "Foo Fighters" were cited.

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Cited on the show

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  • 0:36:50 Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? ▶
  • 0:20:26 The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) ▶
  • 0:32:48 “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) ▶
  • 0:58:44 “Aliens” Drove This Man Insane! (Ft. Greg Bishop) ▶
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  • 1:41:31 Hollywood, The CIA & UFOs: The History Beyond Spielberg ▶
  • 0:53:47 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) · Jesse Michels ▶
  • 0:00:34 UFOs & JFK: He Knew Too Much! (Ft. Danny Sheehan) ▶
  • 1:07:19 UFOs & JFK: He Knew Too Much! (Ft. Danny Sheehan) ▶
  • 1:22:25 UFOs & JFK: He Knew Too Much! (Ft. Danny Sheehan) ▶
  • 1:22:38 CIA Historian: “Aliens Are Controlling Human Timelines!” (ft. Peter Levenda) |… ▶
  • 0:09:59 The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) ▶
  • 1:43:43 UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Bases Globally (Ft. Robert Hastings) ▶
  • 2:53:24 I Debated UFOs With America’s Top Skeptic (It Got Ugly...) ▶
  • 0:05:21 Harvard is Studying UFOs (Ft. Avi Loeb) ▶
  • 0:32:30 UFOs, Synchronicities & Prophetic Dreams (Ft. Eric Wargo) ▶
  • 0:34:53 “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) ▶
  • 0:35:25 “Tesla's Technology is Still Classified!" (Ft. Senate Staffer Kirk McConnell) ▶

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CIA Robertson Panel, Washington, D.C. flap (July 1952), Tremonton (Newhouse) film, Great Falls (Mariana) film. Open the full map filtered to this record.

Related records

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CIA Robertson PanelWashington, D.C. flap (July 1952)
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J. Allen HynekJesse MichelsLuis AlvarezAllen Dulles
Footage
Tremonton (Newhouse) filmGreat Falls (Mariana) film

Sources on this record

  • 0:09:29 The Most Important UFO Investigator On The Planet (ft. James Fox) ▶
    as I learned more about the phenomenon and the relationship between the government in the phenomenon you know the Robertson panel in 1953 absolutely adopted this policy of ridicule and it was very effective
  • 0:36:50 Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? ▶
    these physicists in the 50s and 60s who were tied in with the atomic programs themselves so HP Robertson which created the Mandate for Blue Book this you know Robertson memo which is now Declassified but it was meant to be kept secret at the time in 1952 uh at the end of 1952 before Blue Book gets formed in 1953 the
  • 0:20:26 The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) ▶
    right you can look at historical documents 1953 there's Declassified documents there's a a panel called the Robertson panel at
  • Report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson Panel) Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Scientific Intelligence · 16 February 1953

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