CIA-UAP-007, Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project.

File ID: CIA-UAP-007
Agency: CIA
Release: Release 03, 12 Jun 2026
Event date: December, 1953 (read as Dec 1953; precision: month)
Location: Not given
Type: PDF
Redactions: None flagged

The official record

Official summary, as published

This December 1953 memorandum provides a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities, including ongoing intelligence operations, equipment procurement for photographing UFOs, and Canada’s establishment of a "laboratory" for recording observable phenomena. A more redacted version of this memorandum has been available on CIA's public website.

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Tier A Central Intelligence Agency institution
Named in the title and the official summary.
Independent civilian foreign intelligence service; convener of the Robertson Panel
Tier A Air Technical Intelligence Center institution
Named in page 1.
USAF technical intelligence centre, Wright-Patterson AFB

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