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 CENTRAL INTELLfGENCE AGENCY   ~  ~~
 WASMItIGTON 26, O. C   ~   _1}'~
 Dr. Lloyd v. Herkaex
 Presirae.?rG
 Rssociat.d Universities, Incorporated
 ''ooh 6920
 350 Fii'Eh Avenue
 .rev York 1, Ilsssr York
 You will recall is Jenusssy 1953, ve constituted a Scientitia
 Advisory Panel on Unidentified ~.YinE Ob3ects with Drs. I{. P.:toberCaon
 ea Cbeix~a, Saaeiel Goudsnit, Luis. Ff ~ Alvarez, inorton Papa, and.
 yourself as r.~nbers.  .1Pier its deliberation, the Panel reached, taro
 coaciusions end wade tWo reco~ndrtioaa ~+sicat xere included ss Tab A..
 of tEie report.  1'ery recently, the Air Force bas requested that the
 coacl~?.sions of this report be declaaai~ied ao that they r?.: be used is
 the press. A copy of tse report is enclased herefrlth for year infaisssatioa.
 I 2?,eT;e discusses tiffs c4ttar witi3 Dr. Robertson end Dr. Coudsroit
 Wha eI:ee ;.hat tae ccaclusion contained in para~;rao$ 8 siul the
 taco ~:,::idat.on contained in peragregb $a can be declassified.  tmxt, they,
 es .ell as this Rgancy, srf.71 not stgree to a declassification of the
 conclusion in per;.. ap_t 3 ar the xecousmsrsd~tion in paragreynit 1-b.  It
 is ou_T fselistg ts8.t tae associstica of the Panel ~itii this A~eacy
 siloul3 net ba disclosed; that paragrap.9 1 rou].d be ravrittsa to eLisxinate
 this cor.:ection; and tact file final six lines oP peragrCph # can stand
 as ~.zitten.
 I have queried t:~e Air Force at; to afizetber the aacbaa of the Pane].
 s-~ers srotsll be rased.  Taey nave replied that na:^.ea mould be. used only
 xit.~: official circles end csoutd not be given to'the prase.  $tt, es ^ur:::
 in_oratioa bas a tendency at tisrtes to filter out, it shoul3 ire reco:;n=.xad
 tact, if c;~proval is given for use of the Hares, they Lt3~y Stall become.
 coxrran 1^...owledge.                 ..                            ..
 Approve  for Release     ~~,
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 It taould be very aa~ch appreciated i!' you could let'~e totov
 as soon as possible altat your reaction is to the Atr Force die-
 '    clessiTicatioa proposal; ~ritsther you egreeiwith Dr. ItoberEsoa~
 Dr. Gou3sait and cyasl= oa liattii~ aiyr dec}.assiticstioa; std whether yon
 would npprav~e or disaapmve the us? oi' your nacre, Scanted t~et l~?acy
 aorzaction irtxh the Penal iq ~r1.taus].d.
 Very best regar3a.
 Philip G. Strong
 Deputy t*safsteat Director
 Encloaui~e
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