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Approved i GOP Ra AROPE Ro0s|gg000100040001-7 . as, oo orn me! aF Dd Sn te Be RD 90 JUL 1966 __ MEMORANDUM BOR: Chief, Defensive Systems Division/GSI SUBRPECT ¢ Air Force Request to Declassify aa Onl Paper on UFO's RESERENCE: CIA/OSI "Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified *lying Objects” dated February 2955 1. ys, Sara B, Hunt, of the Office of Information, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, visited[_ | on 19 July 1966 to discuss an dir Force re- Eo declassify the referenced report. 9. Mrs, Hunt indicated that this request was trige “ -~ .s vered by the 12 May "CES Reports" program, 25X1A° 25X1A [__+_ Chairman of the panel, was on the show and rew portecly made sufficient references to CIA involvement in UrO analysis to cause a press reaction, 2, <A review of the documents supplied by Mrs. Hunt 25X1A shower that had approved a similar Air Force request In cemrer 57. This resulteu in a san- itized version of the orisinal consultants’ report, This report presented most of the conclusions but it tid not refer to the criginal meeting minutes, case historics, or indicate CIA involvement. [—__) has OSI copies 95x1A of the veports and correspondence). 4, Although the Air Force request now in OSI docs net request additional declassification, Mrs. Hunt ex pressed the view that this was intended, Mrs. Hunt said tunt the Air Force is nog¥trying to declassify all U.5. Gayerumnent werl on UFO's, 5, Inunswuch as my review cf the original material showed that significant deletions would he reauired for Curthex declassification, I suggested that Mrs, Hunt ask. she Air Force originater tc submit & second request, if they wanted declassification of additional material from the minutes and case histories. f TCH Tih; GUAT CNTIAL Approved For Release 2004/03/26 : GIA-RDP81R00560R 0040001-7'