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SUBJECT: VALLEE'S OBSERVATIONS ON THE PENTACLE PAPERS FILE: UFO2099
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The "Pentacle Memorandum" has been a controversial item since its existence
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was revealed to the wider UFO community by Dr. Jacques Vallee in his excellent
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work _Forbidden Science_, (Copyright 1992, Jacques Vallee, North Atlantic
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Books, Berkeley CA, ISBN 1-55643-125-2).
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Vallee found the two page memo in 1967 while working with Dr. Allen Hynek
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papers and partially described it in _Forbidden Science_, giving the author of
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the memo the code name "Pentacle".
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Shortly thereafter, a document which purported to be the Pentacle Memo came
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into limited circulation among certain researchers. We obtained our copy from
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Mr. Barry Greenwood of Citizens for UFO Secrecy, (Citizens Against UFO
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Secrecy, (CAUS), P.O.Box 218, Coventry, CT 06238).
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Among other things, this document contains confirmation that Battelle Memorial
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Institute was working on UFO project(s) at the time of the Robertson Panel,
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(January 1953), and apparently could exercise some amount of control over the
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handling of the subject matter.
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Since we believe that the 1952 - 1953 period is pivotal to understanding the
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nature of our government's response to UFO, we were very pleased to discover
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that Dr. Vallee was working in some of the same areas (preparing _Forbidden
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Science_) as we were in preparing the _Confirmation Paper_, (available from
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CUFON, The Computer UFO Network, see the end of this file for information).
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Although there is now testimony of an important and respected person in the
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'UFO Community' regarding the Pentacle memo's authenticity, confirmation of
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the document by official release would be final proof. Since that has not as
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yet happened, this file has been placed the "Other Files" file section of
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CUFON.
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This file contains the text of correspondence between Jacques Vallee and Dale
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Goudie, and between Dr. Vallee and Barry Greenwood. Mr. Goudie has provided
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the texts and we have chosen to post the letter from Vallee to Greenwood
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because we felt that it represented a clear, concise statement of the reasons
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Dr. Vallee thinks the Pentacle document so important, and as such, should be
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made available. The text of the Pentacle Memo is also included.
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17-AUGUST-1993 Dale Goudie Jim Klotz
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REFERENCES:
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"Disclaimer": CUFON lists the following references to the Pentacle Memo as a
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service to the reader only; there is no intention of providing a
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comprehensive listing of references. CUFON does not necessarily endorse any
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of the viewpoints expressed in the listed articles.
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1. UFO Magazine, Vol.8, Nos.2 and 3, 1993. UFO Magazine P.O.Box 1053,
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Sunland, CA 91041-1053.
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2. Just Cause, Number 35, March 1993. Citizens Against UFO Secrecy,
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(CAUS), PO Box 218, Coventry, CT 06238.
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3. International UFO Reporter (IUR), Vol. 18, No. 3, May/June, 1993.
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J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS), 2457 W. Peterson Ave.,
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Chicago, IL 60659
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San Francisco, CA
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12 June 1993
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Dear Dale:
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I welcome your inquiries, and I am glad to see that the 'Pentacle'
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memo has come out of obscurity. The document you sent me appears to be
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genuine. It corresponds to the one I saw.
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The question of its origin may be unimportant. Perhaps the people who
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released it will go public eventually (I have an idea who they might be). The
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best course of action, however, would be to seek access to the original
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document, and to others of the same vintage.
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I enclose a copy of my recent comments to Barry Greenwood on the same
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subject.
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With best regards,
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/s/ Jacques
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Dale: FYI
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(I don't know if this will be published
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by Greenwood.) J.V.
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27 April 1993
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Barry Greenwood
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JUST CAUSE
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Dear Barry:
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Thank you for sending me your thoughtful commentary about the Pentacle
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document. I do agree with you on one point: the significance of the memo
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comes, in part, from what it does not say. In particular, it makes no
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reference to any recovered UFO hardware, at Roswell or elsewhere, or to alien
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bodies. The greater significance of what it does say will slowly emerge in
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coming years as the overall implications come to light. Let me draw your
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attention to three specific points.
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1. Project Twinkle and other observational efforts by the military, which
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you mention in an effort to show that Pentacle was only dusting off an old
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idea, were purely passive projects. In sharp contrast the Pentacle proposal
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goes far beyond anything mentioned before. It daringly states that "many
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different types of aerial activity should be _secretly and purposefully
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scheduled within the area_ (my emphasis)." It is difficult to be more clear.
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We are not talking simply about setting up observing stations and cameras. We
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are talking about large-scale, covert simulation of UFO waves under military
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control.
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2. The greatest implication, which is perhaps not obvious on first reading
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but which amounts to a scandal of major proportion in the eyes of any
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scientist, has to do with the outright manipulation of the Robertson panel.
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Here is a special meeting of the five most eminent scientists in the land,
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assembled by the government to discuss a matter of national security. Not only
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are they not made aware of all the data, but another group has already decided
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"what can and cannot be discussed (Pentacle's own words!)" when they meet. Dr.
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Hynek categorically stated to me that the panel was not briefed about the
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Pentacle proposals.
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3. Revelation of this document may seem irrelevant to _Just Cause_, but its
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explosive nature wasn't lost on Battelle. As I noted in _Forbidden Science_,
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and as Fred Beckman vividly recalls to this day, the Project Stork team
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reacted with fury when Hynek went back to Battelle in 1967, demanding to know
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the truth. The man I have called Pentacle snatched his notes away and told him
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in no uncertain terms that the contents of the memo were not to be discussed,
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under any circumstances.
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I find it odd that a group that claims to be interested in the historical
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study of our field, as _Just Cause does, should fail to see the significance
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of the Pentacle Memo, which is an authentic document, when so much time, money
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and ink have been devoted over the last several years to an in-depth analysis
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of the MJ-12 papers, which were faked. Perhaps the Pentacle memo only proves
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that scientific studies of UFOs (and even their classified components) have
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been manipulated since the fifties. But it also suggests several avenues
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of research which are vital to the future of this field: why were Pentacle's
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proposals kept from the panel? Were his plans for a secret simulation of UFO
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waves implemented? If so, when, where and how? What was discovered as a
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result? Are these simulations still going on? I invite your group to turn its
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investigative resources and its analytical talent to this important task.
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In reading _Forbidden Science_, you should recognize that the book is a
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Diary, not an analytical report or a memoir. Therefore many important
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inferences, many relevant details, can only be found by reading between the
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lines. Your preliminary analysis of the Pentacle memo is not unfair, but it is
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somewhat simplistic, and it takes it out of context. I invite you to go back
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for a second, closer reading.
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cc: Fred Beckman
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/s/ Jacques Vallee
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SECRET
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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G-1579-4
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cc: B. D. Thomas
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H. C. Cross/A. D. Westerman
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L. R. Jackson
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W. T. Reid
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P. J. Rieppal
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V. W. Ellsey/R. J. Lund January 9, 1953
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Files
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Extra [handwritten]
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Mr. Miles E. Coll
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Box 9575
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
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Attention Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt
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Dear Mr. Coll:
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This letter concerns a preliminary recommendation to ATIC on
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future methods of handling the problem of unidentified aerial objects.
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This recommendation is based on our experience to date in analyzing
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several thousands of reports on this subject. We regard the
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recommendation as preliminary because our analysis is not yet complete,
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and we are not able to document it where we feel it should be supported
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by facts from the analysis.
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We are making this recommendation prematurely because of a
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CIA-sponsored meeting of a scientific panel, meeting in Washington,
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D.C., January 14, 15, and 16, 1953, to consider the problem of "flying
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saucers". The CIA-sponsored meeting is being held subsequent to a
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meeting of CIA, ATIC, and our representatives held at ATIC on December
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12, 1952. At the December 12 meeting our representatives strongly
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recommended that a scientific panel not be set up until the results of
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our analysis of the sighting-reports collected by ATIC were available.
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Since a meeting of the panel is now definitely scheduled we feel that
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agreement between Project Stork and ATIC should be reached as to what
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can and what cannot be discussed at the meeting in Washington on January
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14-16 concerning our preliminary recommendation to ATIC.
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Experience to date on our study of unidentified flying objects
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shows that there is a distinct lack of reliable data with which to work.
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Even the best-documented reports are frequently lacking in critical
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information that makes it impossible to arrive at a possible
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identification, i.e. even in a well-documented report there is always an
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element of doubt about the data, either because the observer had no
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means of getting the required data, or was not prepared to utilize the
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means at his disposal. Therefore, we recommend that a controlled
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experiment be set up by which reliable physical data can be obtained. A
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tentative preliminary plan by which the experiment could be designed and
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carried out is discussed in the following paragraphs.
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Based on our experience so far, it is expected that certain
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conclusions will be reached as a result of our analysis which will make
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obvious the need for an effort to obtain reliable data from competent
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observers using the [... unreadable...] necessary equipment. Until more
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reliable data are available, no positive answers to the problem will be
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possible.
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Mr. Miles E. Coll -2- January 9, 1953
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We expect that our analysis will show that certain areas in the
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United States have had an abnormally high number of reported incidents
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of unidentified flying objects. Assuming that, from our analysis,
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several definite areas productive of reports can be selected, we
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recommend that one or two of theses areas be set up as experimental
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areas. This area, or areas, should have observation posts with complete
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visual skywatch, with radar and photographic coverage, plus all other
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instruments necessary or helpful in obtaining positive and reliable data
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on everything in the air over the area. A very complete record of the
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weather should also be kept during the time of the experiment. Coverage
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should be so complete that any object in the air could be tracked, and
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information as to its altitude, velocity, size, shape, color, time of
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day, etc. could be recorded. All balloon releases or known balloon
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paths, aircraft flights, and flights of rockets in the test area should
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be known to those in charge of the experiment. Many different types of
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aerial activity should be secretly and purposefully scheduled within the
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area.
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We recognize that this proposed experiment would amount to a
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large-scale military maneuver, or operation, and that it would require
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extensive preparation and fine coordination, plus maximum security.
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Although it would be a major operation, and expensive, there are many
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extra benefits to be derived besides the data on unidentified aerial
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objects.
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The question of just what would be accomplished by the proposed
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experiment occurs. Just how could the problem of these unidentified
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objects be solved? From this test area, during the time of the
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experiment, it can be assumed that there would be a steady flow of
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reports from ordinary civilian observers, in addition to those by
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military or other official observers. It should be possible by such a
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controlled experiment to prove the identity of all objects reported, or
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to determine positively that there were objects present of unknown
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identity. Any hoaxes under a set-up such as this could almost certainly
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be exposed, perhaps not publicly, but at least to the military.
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In addition, by having resulting data from the controlled
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experiment, reports for the last five years could be re-evaluated, in
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the light of similar but positive information. This should make
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possible reasonably certain conclusions concerning the importance of the
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problem of "flying saucers".
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Results of an experiment such as described could assist the Air
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Force to determine how much attention to pay to future situations when,
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as in the past summer, there were thousands of sightings reported. In
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the future, then, the Air Force should be able to make positive
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statements, reassuring to the public, and to the effect that everything
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is well under control.
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Very truly yours,
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[unsigned]
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H. C. Cross
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HCC:??
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