CIA UFO Documents

Summary

This CIA document from July 1953 discusses a conversation between Dr. Jessup and an agency official. Jessup, interested in a meteorite study in Mexico, also mentioned UFOs. According to the report, Jessup believed the CIA would have little interest in the matter and that he himself was primarily focused on advancing his scientific work. Additionally, a meeting with Dr. Wayne Sho was arranged through the Office of Coordination, attended by specialists from the Fundamental Sciences Division. Copies of the conversation and a column by George Dixon in the Washington Post about Sho are attached, indicating the agency was monitoring media coverage of the topic.

The document concludes with the author's opinion that there is little to gain from further follow-up, but the information is shared due to the connection between Jessup and Sho. It includes the signature of Philip G. Stingle, a high-ranking scientific intelligence officer, and a distribution list showing who received the report. Despite OCR errors, the content reflects how the CIA handled UFO-related topics in the 1950s, blending scientific interest with media surveillance.