C00015348  .
 Lull= U' m YORs    no Diraetox of Ceatzij, Isto]>1gao
 ttfltwL~as r p%d7 Dtreotor (Zstelitgaaar)
 E sT.~s
 a) Re+.vat or the ntr.eter of ID vacedw IV X (
 b) I. from AJ/G: to Diruatvw &4 *4 30 Dserber 1952
 1
 b. 7ss <-._.eatatica to obtain data in future
 1.  Pt ammt? to ?tb request of the Imrscur* the fa32oe3   s p1UL..
 eoties?ot 3.. erenee (b) ltd revisor or the cux *Ot eit attao is asbattited..
 A ;rel   --ry ioyiw of the L'   iusesti *tL  of this X*J    burs bOom
 e=plated.  kltit ros$.at to the receoZ rae34ssa astati.satesl 1A ftr=400 +
 (b), ' ? sis al            bras bees obteirst wbsics Is agauWA 1 an Tab A.
 2,   A . tkip to Air Teeb-..teal Xate1iiE0scae Cater Yea raft on F   jrs
 22- D   ber by AID/-".,* r. 3,,,Pe t be saes (cc=
 e
 ease studies are ,-ro e a reparts curs obt.iae3l..  9i.+: mater el t=a been
 .    3.  Tbero still ox $t3 no rea3aab3.s evidence t  't the cb!ect s
 reds of t:.e rip sot :teas caacluairas, v/::1 is rroceed.   vitb plots
 to cxvere a c"=? (-res:ab1y not z ore == sh=e), crLop.ins-r2 eoasu .t??
 ke ere 4stczria5 for the present the doareQie? at a are praol, of  t -orr-
 scica.ifLa it:tfirests for a detailed revicv at the subataatirsr aepects of
 the p:d em beasnee of ibsuTticiont sad iaeoxPleta-data.
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 This case iavolvas the s Chtisg ead photogrophlag (Z&aad=c-e tii )
 Of tee b i  6 ltbts roving c2rais the e3:Y cm 2 TuLi 7952 in x=& tore..
 ?tia:s. La rie is a Chet 2hhoto a hat's Yates i3, vith IT y photo-
 Srn:,??=a espartsacs.  The local 191ev vas 111Oj vesther ca dtticss bright,
 rlrr, =o claims. Chao to appeared to be "ai2ling about" 1Ii1e tsaveiin
 3a u %moterly dtreetios aatcsa the sty.  Sou a tires driving als g the
 7t+ord %-'.:a the e ii htia o:eurrod. He eto d the car aud
 phatoc,     3
 the em- t with his perso sl caa.ara. Tccsrd the end at the aiztin , me
 objea: sepsratad tress the rest and rovemed coarse aeroaa the v V.
 Ctah a:  1TXC Yh toga; UC laboratory evZMiait3a* of the tips Teaultad
 m rauaviaa oceselusixe:
 b.  21eeidedi9 UProbeble that then are birds orbafl  io
 ?C. Aa of sate col  t bs'deterstnea, because they are
 viaibla oal;/ as z eit gFotas of li;ht. it can bed noe , hair..
 ere , that tt   ire ett ar ran-spherical in otaas and si,:iisr
 to brit metal i ratlectsnee or also Yards ; s:l: 1t..ina~~s.
 t3xett2ticas i .t h cxid be wised by their Irking' c- 1; ai At
 a=4 u4cm.
 e.    bet      to Cu mat !light paths co 3iatln of skew
 Curses 3s spas.
 she S:'ssle object i..t h reversed c^-se
 s=-::ly L? tSo.-= sa hrif~.ssas... it .roUos.  a flcar3,y s ra:cut
 '=- WA %ith     :aerie uaitosslity at .*U=          at an
 e:.GaZ.zr
 voi...i .`Ty or tY:`vit 2.1V/ssc.   (sMilo i.   t'~.iL7al  .l?' r t7 the
 Ica _-=s a-rirs: 37 mzh Z!= 3'045; 75 -rb w 1= yas$v;
 373    tiCOO Yards; 75b 4a 52O,O33 ga-+c.:j' etc.).
 Xt v--AU Trdbebl~y~i~be ext           x?ar di:tica?t to iLt ste
 /t ~~?    .,.    .~ 'rlrr~     Co rrir=_._~~_w.~.=-. apZ-Mrj~.   .~.1~ ? V~         ~r +    /-
 SZda      Is cu rr.tly =dOr eratt'iatioa by th   U. S. !lay Photo jrr cr-
 pretatio                                                                                      L:.boratory, taeacostio. X tantedd co:P cti?a date: 15 Jcauarl
 1953.
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 o!ce 3:,                u=z lair a. 12 is ibet, to `?  :titb other
 rt; _:.ii   : ;i ter.,, ,,, c;~ i, resu3.`$eg in the be3ict that the ranot
 r.^i  = 1?^.3 an              IAv. --. H"Tveer, the to zuoi coed tt'tou of the
 S'-t?:a: Ste tcc;;r ,_ cr the --mix-c-2 Inlwatcz an          pm". 0=1
 w'?'  r  t=ca,         m r.:e4 c  to tort;.., 1U et,^ r ass:       at
 he L-3 veea a 2cr.:a c!-sr:::r cbje=t ac-It a&C:t root c Ilia J:QrA ihicb
 w3 ~.'9:iC.~-??e  a "f?_"?e 1 2. a V1igh desec.4e  *3 him. Ev rtA.tet that. he I-ed
 thr   F  -^~ r %-,0-- t': &:=3 c3 Lb1c: ke3 ou`..* 2?-^r?   s trrLcus
 Oth.:: :s::r:d: ^iez to the sta..-y.  Ma o V tsas burs_3 alt ht1y s.^3 sr.:--plea
 or    ea t k"" fr= t2:2 i=3ietc vvCi..it} a' t! e "sit ;.    dittezad
 otz?.=z.s4 in a;        Sri z0=21a's T5 yar a a-.rany. .
 ?= C DLL St.---ZM 1ttt;,.tz 1". L.'TMa vi=mite Of the ccz?U-L .stet, the 070. ?roont
 cars aiwLtistg ^.;?:u&    t1..a ai,;at of iC-U -ctobe      :r= 23w tra
 0300 loots t,ze1 by otiz.:v+e:: at to vea or 3tntiac13 at than .11. x! Pro
 Fees.  'The des   tioa of Va 1irht usa ocitauicz array vb..:aL v1th
 fo i j,-?eea li_hty ne??-by.0                  ar'~t. ^w'dait   J ~.        0r'. c:M  :'U= O.:'.. czi-
 tL tt:?e ot,t:eicad. t~eathnx? v  rlccr.
 A e +,riaon. or o.cerve3 eoi=ttw ei4 eie-atiar. at tbo au-9-
 sc:z -* ob j ert vIt2t th5 ei? ce1 t t pozitlon C.d rziLt.1 a OtLoa of the
 p3: et Ju.94t4r ie   little c't0?.Lt that the obaesvad o'asect vaz oetual]y
 Jam.                                                     -
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 pia ata :ice za se-o::ed by c Fx' Ccout stcr te.> -te cect-rcP.at
 2153 r.: 1 ti:    ca 3$       152 rc-,r W=t 3L B:..^.:2t,          ccor,I-
 irz to the at:.ry jives,. ".?e^ stra'?ee vas d.-3vstt ; r1oaj desert  .rat: to
 3`U c; j, tooot) -r with 4.r Eo; Stests.  Si. ,htt g a - =  1 t, r--=ca t&* C:-, Ca.tic-l tLe t L to =tt, C31 estere3 the t*L?.^tto
 :~    av+.,'s cams.. Vheu he did :.ot return in c f  -dr:,?"4;.r s:.d "witeDes-
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 9
 THE JOHNS HOPICNC UNIVERSITY
 OPERATIONS RESEARCH OFFICE
 6410 Caw,  encuy AVSNU!
 CMLW CNASe. MARYLAND
 12 December 1952
 TRUmmanx
 ONYEA 420a
 F_ F- Robertson
 Cosrws club
 2121 Iaassachnsetts Ave., V. W.
 Washing'tcn, A. C.
 Here is that article you mentioned from the Mew Yorker, which I
 fob mat iu:+erestin: and informative.  I have listed beLwi a rev
 item. '.rich *4w-ed to se to need farther discussion:
 Patrol Cameras
 Fred eTsdpgle at Harm-rd has had considerable experience in develop-
 ing and using Bra?'. equatericlly mounted cameras. These Are exposed
 for several ?:ci r   x-.ugh a rotating sector, and show a meteor trail as
 a series of        t a background of stars, thus providing the rueteorls
 angina: -eloci-._-- ;a ra4 cases two such cameras are used, separated by
 several ri=les, so that the space track of the meteor can be derived.
 As I rz,czn, meteor patrol caneris have been used in the vicinity
 of Eostc . and southern !re:; Ze;d,co only.  N1 the photographs are pro-
 s_-: ed, a;.d I an sure there 4..=ve been no unidentified objects of any
 type td date.  ;. possible .:rdifioation of this technique which would
 provide x-e co plete c=or;gre is to use the Greenstein-Heryey wide-
 angle cm:-.era, :?i:;ich ohatce-a.hs 1EO0 of the sky at once.  Such a camera
 is in use at the Yorkes C'.servatory and is rerorted most recently in a
 paper by S. a.:pless and Cste:brcok in the Astrophysical Josirnal, 1951.
 The ra jo. ~Yif _i ultf of operation would be cha:,ging the filar, which
 might be r_ade automatic.               _
 Another use of ca =e=3 could be on selected ground radar scopes.
 Possibl;,- z_c a camera should be kept in stand-by status and triggered by
 the o erai.;._ when u^=dentified objects are on the screen.
 The iss?=e of 3-4z ht, hand-held cameras to aircraft pilots is another
 tifr posa:::~=.~t} noted in the I:ew Yorker article.            _
 Study, or Sc=nications Synteris
 One of cur C.'C projects is undertaking such a study, and has col-
 lected a large amount of literature.  The British Ar.V Cperational Re-
 search Cr cup has made several studies of air raid reporting systems as
 used in exercises, which shoo to distortion and Unoisc&I introduced in
 MW report; r.C system.  There is a possibility of obtaining comparable
 000015348
 Dr. "Icbartran
 data on false ala ns to fire departt~onts and rllapss in several military
 situations (such as Forth Africa in 191s2).  I have been intriCued !rith
 the electronic analogue of a co=w eatidns systemfrith feedback.  The
 circumstances leading to instability of such a system might be measured
 if ' :.i+le -theory can be postulated; e.g., if something analogous -to
 impedance of the circuit determines instability.
 It is deer `that ?a? simple staterent?has not and`uill not convince ?
 the public.  A psychologist may have some theoretical faneoork is which
 past It  aps? of this kind can be analyzed and the results extended to
 the present difficulty.
 General Reoaire ent
 It seems to as that tae major difficulty as present is the lack of
 a well-defined attitude wrong re..rcn:1ble officials: either there is or
 there is not convincing evidence of significant phenomena. To resolve
 this gnesticn it must to decided in advance what level of eempletene'ss
 is necesaa  in explalzil-nS reports,. and what indications of hostile intent
 are nectar-,77 to make reported objects of importance.  It might help
 to point aut the differe::e between open-mindedness and indecision, and to
 suggest some level of credulity below uhieh reports will not even be con-
 Dr. Aden B. 23einel ::^.c is an assistant professor of astrophysics
 at the :er'kes Obserrtc,,, who has been concerned with the photography
 or =rora mid who has desi  d co::plex vide-angle, cameras for the Air
 Force rude: a m_bcontrcct -4&+c.oston University, mi?ht be help ul in
 discuss :. of ea-Was noted above and of auroral phenomena. Hoaaver,
 the .,:ir ?zrce authorities here have no record of his clearance.  If
 sat cre interested in :-.i.-+, we ccnld ask him bf telephone what his clearance
 is and wit -.nab organization.
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 .. DEC 101'.15Z
 t.E::Ciit:lAGv! P0fl:     Mm Di=:tor of Ge=rm i 3ntc1lcpnce
 :a^wU-"Z.:               ~epely Director (1nto123Cance)
 U;aidsztified F1;,,iag objects
 lt... ..  ':              ft-suest or the Direetor of 10 Pee op 352
 1.   The foUo el% is a m.. =.ry of the ce rzeut sit ua-tiaz with was-
 Yoe. to to irvestigti= of =ida~tiflcd f2yin, objects. Recent
 incideatts iee1 e:                                                ' ..
 a.  .i Ivies c: t= (i0) iidestitie3 f];;in objectsa
 = the Z'=is of ttt.'S'al Fbe o e r or ]L"Cf13 t,}
 or ai crib),                U,'.=, en 2 JQ7 2,952.            :. - .
 b.. A very trillia.t. tasiderati.iad limit over the coast
 of PAI-.ee for abect fo= h-.u.-s or. the :.i& t of 20-31 Other
 a   ?
 at a keight cw to  to be t ,.,t% or tee - ties thnt Bch cam
 be rstsine& by a:y l.rcr Zsv:ce.
 C. Allc-ed c=t t with a device Co t  Crow Its
 PIorid. late t!"s seer vi ich left sc:s presently vn pLlm:asd
 ester-eriects.
 d. l+t: ercus at_ -. sirhtIn o of 2iShts or c%leeto vbich
 either in coafiGu--s.irn or p <~'cr.  ec do not rescble any
 &oo'.a aerial ve:.ic .e or ezpl  male a;,.' ;rn.: p:c sCm^x.
 2,                        In t therieca of the = aevica on b liar, Dja bas beat
 Vor'?                        with ir. D. P. Actertnon, cencstltet (foz:scr Director of Erseercb,
 US=), tc -m--1 eatatlis.`.ina a del of to? acica tictc end t diieers in t e
 fields et a rr..y: ysics, rs:elear a erC7, eleetronico, etc., to ravicv this
 eit t.to. Vg tec_~-,e3 cooyerarioa has been s.curce. by Di/ -W and. ASIC,
 and. u visit. by nyja'a, E. Bob rtoce, aud~~b::~. &:rant of d to ~:'*-.C is
 p3         nca tar FrYdvy.  It is t cpcd to argn le't"a T=03.     tdesr..~:-
 substza t h e scieo:.tiric review of tri& sz bJeet viti:ia `.o not VOM to
 w-
 Dictribstica:     ' y
 DD/i - 1
 Opus/5I - 1
 Prod/si - 1.
 AD/SI - 2
 CGI:RLC/at-x (l0ec52)
 .    Scientific inteUi.^ence
 000015348
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 SUBMTt  Unidentified Flying Objects
 At 1C15 hours today I talked by. telephone with
 1
 .
 Car ?''n Dastard J. Ruppelt (Chief, Aerial Phenor ua Branch,
 A!a yysis Division, ATTIC).  The purpose of the can was to
 dot-----A e if Captain R?appelt would be in Washington during the
 tae::: few days so that he might meet with Dr.' Robertson. Also,
 if there had been any developments in the x3mestone-Presque Isle
 Case.
 2.  Captain Ruppelt stated that be had pat in a request to
 come to Washington last weak but that he had been ?runnivg into
 a song" in getting away and he intimated that his intentic-:= to
 speci icslly visit CIA ray have been the difficulty.  By oblique
 references it was dater   sith t Colonel Donald L. Bower (Chief,.
 Amal3sis Division) was blocking his trip. Rote:  If this is
 true, it is difficult to understand since Colonel Bower, in
 discussions with E. Twass and ryself on 25 l1ovecber, indioated
 ccr; ete u-111ingness f.= cooperation.  Ruppelt stated that he
 vc  ' try again and bored to be in Washington next week. I
 gave no indication of the agreements reached on this subject in
 the MO" z:eeting on 4 De_anber.
 3.  Regarding the TL mestone-Jresque Isle case, Captain
 Auppelt reported that the observation is suspected of being the
 planet Saturn.  A sighting of Saturn with the sane theodolite
 will be made within the next few days.  An exunination of this
 data vihh rossibl a theodolite reading error's should indicate
 whet^er the sighting could conceivably have been of this planet.
 I fi_'i it difficult to believe that the moors of .Saturn could
 be scan visibly..
 4.  Capta n ' uppelt stated that be had a package of
 real ses and re;ojs which he desired to have ?C/SI study and
 . was pia ni g to bzni-Carty to Washington.. I mentioned that
 smmec-e fron o/SI night be ra.ng a trip to ATIC within the
 sex week or so. P.uppelt stated that he would be pleased to
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 hear f rim no at aiq time.  Nis office te1ophcne nuuaber is Dayton,
 Chio, Renmore 7111, extension 65365 and 4s home telephone number
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