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RELEASE 03 / CIA-UAP-014

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

File ID
CIA-UAP-014
Agency
CIA
Release
Release 03, 12 Jun 2026
Event date
December, 1952 (read as Dec 1952; precision: month)
Location
Not given
Type
PDF
Redactions
None flagged

The official record

Official copy at war.gov
First page of the official copy

Official summary, as published

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. A more redacted version of the memo has been available on CIA's public website.

Named in this file

1 name

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Our reading

Reading in progress

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Our saved copy

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  1. First seen

    279 KB (286,099 bytes)

    SHA-256 a1eefc277c9c98450d4d5cf6dde3e191184a38db541b82a767804ab503926a6c