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CIAJune 12, 2026PURSUE Release 03 (June 2026)

CIA-UAP-014, British activity in the Field of "Unidentified Flying Objects"

Summary

A December 1952 Memo on the activities the British are taking to identify UFOs. The memo references a UFO sighting at an RAF field seen by high officials and RAF pilots.

Key highlights

  • The British established a committee on flying saucers about sixteen months prior.p.1

    The British have had a standing committee created about sixteen months ago on flying saucers.
  • RAF officials witnessed a 'perfect flying saucer' during a demonstration.p.1

    During the show, a 'perfect flying saucer' was seen.
  • The report discusses potential overload of emergency communication systems.p.2

    The possibility that the emergency communications systems to command headquarters might be seriously overloaded.
  • The document mentions the need to address communication confusion outside the intelligence community.p.2

    It is believed that the problems of communications confusion and overload...must be dealt with outside the intelligence community.

Source

Department of War — PURSUE / CIA
Public domain (US Government work)
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