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Roo aud Gani Ousx . —_ Approved For @..:. 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP81 roose lion: 00040001-7 In other words, the burden of proof is on the sighter, not the explainer. Potential Related Dangers. The Panel Members were in agreement that although evidence of any direct threat from these sightings was wholly lacking, related dangers might well exist resulting from: a. Misidentification of actual enemy arti- facts by defense personnel. b. Overloading of emergency reporting channels with "false" information ("noiseto signal ratio"). c. Subjectivity of public to mass hysteria and greater vulnerability to possible enemy psychological warfare. The first two of these problems may seriously affect the Air Defense intelligence system, and should be studied by experts, possibly under ADC. If UFO's become dis- credited in a reaction to the "flying saucer" scare, or if reporting channels are saturated with false and poorly documented reports, our capability of detecting hostile activity will be reduced. More competent screening or filtering of reported sightings at or near the source is 10 Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100040001-7