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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 14 facts
accountJ. Allen Hynek founded an independent organization to continue UFO research after the Robertson panel's influence, but he died in 1986 at age seventy-five without significantly altering public opinion.
procedureThe Robertson panel recommended that national security agencies strip U.F.O.s of their special status and aura of mystery, infiltrate and monitor civilian U.F.O. groups, and enlist the media to debunk U.F.O. reports.
accountJ. Allen Hynek, an Ohio State astronomer and former member of the Robertson panel, served as the only in-house scientist for Project Blue Book.
claimThe Robertson panel concluded that the U.S. was being inundated with too many U.F.O. reports, which posed a national security risk because genuine incursions could be lost in the volume of reports.
quoteThe Robertson panel's mission resulted in the end of the 'golden age' of official investigations, congressional hearings, press conferences, independent scientific study, powerful citizen groups, best-selling books, and magazine cover stories.
procedureThe Robertson panel recommended that national security agencies strip U.F.O.s of their special status and aura of mystery, infiltrate and monitor civilian U.F.O. groups, and enlist the media in debunking efforts.
claimThe Robertson panel succeeded in its mission to end the 'golden age' of official investigations, congressional hearings, press conferences, independent scientific study, powerful citizen groups, best-selling books, and magazine cover stories regarding UFOs.
claimThe Robertson panel succeeded in ending the 'golden age' of official U.F.O. investigations, which included congressional hearings, independent scientific studies, and significant media coverage.
accountJ. Allen Hynek, an Ohio State astronomer and former member of the Robertson panel, served as the only continuous in-house scientist for Project Blue Book.
accountIn January 1953, the C.I.A. convened an advisory group led by Caltech mathematical physicist Howard P. Robertson to evaluate U.F.O. reports.
claimThe Robertson panel concluded that the U.S. government was being inundated with too many U.F.O. reports, which posed a national security risk because genuine incursions (such as Soviet spy planes) could be lost in the volume of reports.
claimThe Robertson panel determined that the U.S. was being inundated with too many U.F.O. reports, which posed a national security risk because genuine incursions could be lost in a mass of false reports, potentially allowing Soviet spy planes to operate with impunity.
claimThe Robertson panel succeeded in ending the 'golden age' of official UFO investigations, congressional hearings, and independent scientific study.
claimJ. Allen Hynek, an Ohio State astronomer and former member of the Robertson panel, served as the only in-house scientist for Project Blue Book.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 6 facts
accountThe CIA's Office of Scientific Investigation proposed that the National Security Council establish a priority investigation into UFOs and recommended the creation of an external research project of top-level scientists, which became known as the Robertson Panel.
accountThe CIA's Office of Scientific Investigation ended its UFO investigation following the negative conclusions reached by the Robertson Panel in January 1953.
claimThe Robertson Panel was a scientific committee convened by the CIA and chaired by Howard P. Robertson that met in January 1953 to review the Project Blue Book report.
perspectiveBy 1953, the Robertson Panel of intelligence officials expressed concern that genuine incursions by enemy aircraft over U.S. territory could be lost in a 'maelstrom of kooky hallucination' caused by the volume of UFO reports.
claimThe CIA's Directorate of Science & Technology conducted a review of UFO reports between 1952 and 1953, which led to the formation of the Robertson Panel.
claimNegative conclusions regarding the utility of UFO investigations were found in highly classified studies, including the UK's Flying Saucer Working Party, Project Condign, and the U.S. CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel.
The U.S.-Government UFO Cover-Up Is Real—But It's Not What You ... theatlantic.com Nov 17, 2023 1 fact
accountThe CIA convened the Robertson Panel, a secret research group chaired by Caltech physicist Howard P. Robertson, to investigate ongoing UFO reports.