CIA OSI: Tauss tells Clark fewer than 100 credible reports remain unexplained
On August 1, 1952, Edward Tauss, acting chief of the Weapons and Equipment Division of the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence, wrote to OSI Deputy Assistant Director Ralph L. Clark that fewer than 100 credible reports remained unexplainable and recommended that no indication of CIA interest reach the press or public.
Background
On August 1, 1952, Edward Tauss, acting chief of the Weapons and Equipment Division of the CIA's Office of Scientific Intelligence, wrote a letter to OSI Deputy Assistant Director Ralph L. Clark. He stated that fewer than 100 credible reports remained unexplainable, with 'interplanetary aspects and alien origin not being thoroughly excluded from consideration.' He recommended that the CIA continue to cooperate with ATIC, but that 'no indication of CIA interest or concern reach the press or public.' The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.