1949 US Army Study Finds No Foreign Threat in Flying Saucers

1949 Army Study Clears Foreign Powers in Saucers

In April Its central conclusion was unambiguous. " That finding matters because it inverted the question that had prompted the review in the first place. The evaluation was not undertaken to catalogue sightings for their own sake, nor to assess whether witnesses had observed something unusual.

" The answer, as recorded, fell on the side of natural phenomena and away from foreign attribution. The scope of the conclusion is worth stating precisely. The record does not claim that every report was explained, nor that the phenomenon itself was dismissed.

It states that across the cases actually investigated, no foreign nation implication was found. The distinction between "all cases investigated" and all cases reported is one the document preserves rather than blurs. P&O's handling of the result was procedural rather than dramatic.

The memorandum directed that the study be circulated as indicated and then filed in P&O, with the Intelligence Division…

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