The CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence reviewed UFO cases following a surge in sightings over Washington D.C. in 1952.
“After an increase in UFO sightings in 1952, particularly those that gained widespread attention over the Washington, D.C. area during that summer, CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence, Robert Amory Jr., tasked the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence's (OSI) Physics and Electronics Division to review UFO cases.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 17, CIA Special Study Group section
H. Marshall Chadwell briefed the Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith on UFOs in December 1952.
“In December 1952, H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, briefed the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Walter Bedell Smith, on the subject of UFOs.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 18, CIA Special Study Group Results
The CIA Director Walter Bedell Smith was privately advised in 1952 that UAP sightings raised serious national security concerns.
“The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Walter Bedell Smith, who commissioned the so-called Robertson Panel, was earlier privately advised that 'the reports of incidents convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention'. The sightings of UAPs raised serious national security concerns and were 'of such nature that they are not attributable to natural phenomenon or known types of aerial vehicles'.”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
2021
The Robertson Panel was convened by the CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence from 14 to 18 January 1953.
“'Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects Convened by Office of Scientific Intelligence', CIA, 14–18 January, 1953.”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
Chapter 3, endnote 26
The Robertson Panel advised the Air Force to enlist Walt Disney and mass media in a campaign to debunk UAP.
“Claiming to fear US air defense communications might be overwhelmed by UAP reports, this CIA panel advised the Air Force to enlist the Walt Disney Company and the mass media in a campaign to "debunk" UAP.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Foreword, paragraph 4
There was at least one USG proposal by the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel to engage in an active debunking effort using public media.
“There was at least one USG proposal - by the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel - to engage in an active "training" and "debunking" effort using various public media tools to steer the public away from reporting UFOs.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 28, Key Findings section
The climate of hostility toward the UAP issue was a direct result of US government policies formulated by the CIA's Robertson Panel in 1953.
“This climate of hostility toward the UAP issue was a direct result of US government policies formulated by the CIA's Robertson Panel in 1953.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Foreword, paragraph 4
In 1964, Director of Central Intelligence John McCone tasked the CIA to update its evaluation of UFOs following White House discussions.
“Following high-level White House discussions on what to do if alien intelligence was discovered or there was a new outbreak of UFO sightings, DCI John McCone tasked the CIA to update its evaluation of UFOs.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 20, CIA Evaluation section
The CIA's scientific division acquired UFO-sighting case information from NICAP in 1964.
“The CIA's scientific division officially acquired UFO-sighting case information from the director of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), a private organization founded in 1956.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 20, CIA Evaluation section
More than half of UFO reports in the 1950s and 1960s were assessed to be US reconnaissance flights, per a declassified CIA assessment.
“More than half of the UFO reports investigated in the 1950s and 1960s were assessed to be U.S. reconnaissance flights, according to a declassified CIA assessment on reconnaissance aircraft.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 42, Project Aquatone section
President Eisenhower approved the CIA-led OXCART programme in 1958 to develop a successor to the U-2.
“President Eisenhower approved this CIA-led program to develop a successor to the U-2 spy plane in 1958, which became fully operational in 1965.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 42, Oxcart/A-12/SR-71 section
UFO reports would spike when the U-2 was in flight, especially from airline pilots.
“The report noted that UFO reports would spike when the U-2 was in flight, especially from airline pilots to Air Traffic Control.”
AARO Historical Record Report Volume I: U.S. Government Involvement with UAP
page 42, Project Aquatone section
The Stargate Programme was embedded in the federal government, run for years by the CIA and later the DIA.
“Stargate was embedded in the federal government, run for years by the CIA, and later the DIA.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Chapter 3, paragraph 29
Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ were approached by the CIA while Puthoff was a Stanford University researcher and NSA employee.
“Hal had been a Stanford University researcher and an employee of the NSA when he and his colleague Russell Targ were approached by the CIA”
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Chapter 3, paragraph 31
The CIA told Puthoff and Targ that Russia had a remote-viewing programme and the US needed to develop one in response.
“told that Russia had a remote-viewing program. The US needed to catch up and beat their efforts.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Chapter 3, paragraph 31
The Stargate Programme became so successful that Puthoff reported directly to the director of the CIA and the White House.
“Stargate became so successful, Hal reported directly to the director of the CIA and the White House on a regular basis.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Chapter 3, paragraph 31
After Carter's inauguration, Carter sought a UAP briefing from CIA Director George Herbert Walker Bush, who refused.
“According to celebrated civil rights attorney Daniel Sheehan, before Carter's January inauguration he sought a meeting with the then Director of the CIA, George Herbert Walker Bush, later the 41st president, but the CIA Director flatly refused to give the president-elect a briefing on UFOs telling Carter he had no 'need to know'.”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
Chapter 6, paragraph 15
Bill Clinton ordered CIA Director James Woolsey to release more files on UAPs in 1993.
“on entering the White House in 1993, both Bill and Hillary Clinton took a strong interest in UAPs, and after lobbying from billionaire businessman and UAP believer Laurance Rockefeller, the president ordered his new CIA Director James Woolsey to release more of the files on the subject”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
paragraph 1
Steven Greer claims he held a covert briefing on UFOs with CIA Director James Woolsey in 1993.
“he dramatically casts a meeting he had with the then Director of America's Central Intelligence Agency, James Woolsey, in 1993 as 'a covert briefing on the topic of UFOs under the guise of a dinner party'”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
paragraph 4
CIA agents confiscated all radar evidence at a meeting held at the FAA's Washington office after the JAL 1628 sighting.
“a meeting was held at the Federal Aviation Administration's Washington office in which Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents confiscated all the radar evidence.”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
paragraph 9
There was an order by the CIA to deny the 1986 JAL radar evidence meeting even happened.
“there was also an order made by the CIA to deny the 1986 meeting even happened. The CIA agent said revealing the existence of 'a UFO' would panic the American public”
Ross Coulthart UAP Book - Prologue, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2
paragraph 9
Jim Semivan joined the CIA in 1982 and retired in 2007 after a twenty-five-year career.
“Jim joined the CIA in 1982 and retired in 2007 after a twenty-five-year career.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Chapter 17, paragraph 34
After retiring from the CIA, Jim Semivan remained a CIA contractor and stayed connected to CIA efforts.
“Having recently left the agency, Jim remained a CIA contractor but was still 'plugged in.'”
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Chapter 17, paragraph 34
Luis Elizondo after 2012 worked with CIA officials on the Pentagon AATIP UFO programme.
“From then on, Mr. Elizondo said in an interview, he worked with officials from the Navy and the C.I.A.”
Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program (2017)
paragraph 17
Luis Elizondo led classified investigations worldwide with partners including the CIA and FBI.
“I led classified investigations worldwide with partners that included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).”
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Chapter 1, paragraph 2
The NSA and CIA offered to provide assets for OPLAN Interloper, and weekly meetings were launched in SCIF spaces.
“The NSA and CIA offered to provide assets as well, and we launched weekly meetings in the SCIF spaces we had available. Some of these meetings occurred at the Pentagon, while others were held at other agencies.”
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Chapter 15, paragraph 18
Elizondo held a meeting with Navy officials, CIA representatives, and an NSA representative at which the Gimbal video was screened.
“A few months later I was sitting in a room with high-level Navy officials, CIA reps, and someone from the NSA. After the usual exchange of pleasantries and some backslapping, we rolled the tapes.”
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Chapter 15, paragraph 31
No one in the room when the Gimbal video was shown to CIA, NSA, and Navy representatives believed the UAP was made by humans.
“To be clear, no one in that room thought this UAP was made by humans.”
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Chapter 15, paragraph 32
Norm Kahn was a former CIA expert on biological weapons and part of Tom DeLonge's TTSA advisory board.
“Dr. Norm Kahn, a former CIA expert on biological weapons”
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Chapter 21, TTSA advisory board paragraph
Former CIA Director John Brennan stated he had seen UAP videos which were eyebrow-raising and that some phenomena could involve a different form of life.
“I have seen some of the videos… and they are quite eyebrow-raising… . I think it would be presumptuous and arrogant for us to believe there is no other form of life anywhere in the entire universe… . I think some of the phenomena we're going to be seeing continues to be unexplained and might, in fact, be some type of phenomenon that is the result of something that we don't yet understand”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs — Chapter 2 (image only)
Appendix, Statements section