Washington, D.C.: CIA Applied Science Division sets rules for retaining UFO reports
On 9 February 1956 the CIA's Applied Science Division recorded in the memo “Responsibility for Unidentified Flying Objects” which incoming UFO reports it would retain, forward or destroy.
Background
In a memorandum for the record, “Responsibility for Unidentified Flying Objects,” the CIA's Applied Science Division stated that it would retain files of incoming raw reports that might provide information on foreign weapons research and development. Other reports were to be forwarded to the Fundamental Sciences Area for review of information on foreign scientific developments. Still others were to be destroyed. Eberhart cites the CIA memorandum of 9 February 1956 and Fawcett and Greenwood's Clear Intent. 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.