1963 Memo on Space Alien Policy
NASA advisor weighs policy if alien intelligence discovered in space.
Jul 18, 2063
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AI Disclosure Brief
AI assistedReported Object Read
No UAP sighting or object described; document speculates hypothetically on alien intelligence discovery.
Notable Characteristics
- Environment: unknown
Reported Motion
No confident entries yet.
Evidence Notes
- Mentions flying saucers and advocates' claims but provides no specific observations.
Declassified 1963 memo speculates on policy for hypothetical alien contact, referencing flying saucer claims without describing sightings.
Unclear
Pending
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Prosaic Leads
- Scientific policy discussion amid Cold War space race interests.
Anomalous Indicators
- Acknowledges 'overwhelming evidence' claimed by flying saucer advocates.
- Considers finite probability of alien intelligence.
Evidence Gaps
- No specific UAP incidents or sensor data provided.
- Author unnamed in text.
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"Although all plausible scientific thinking suggests that we will not find any other intelligence race, the probability that we will is finite, and perhaps should not be completely ignored."
Unknown speaker, Author / National Aeronautics and Space Council
Conclusions section on policy implications.
Source"the flying saucer advocates claim, of course, that the scientific viewpoint is nonsense, and that there is overwhelming evidence of such beings."
Unknown speaker / National Aeronautics and Space Council
Discussing scientific consensus vs. flying saucer claims.
SourcePattern Mesh // linked sightings
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Chronology Trace // before & after
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Japan
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Official Files // source material
1 linked59_214434_SP 16 [7.18.1963]
OFFICIAL USE ONLY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL AERONAUTICS and SPACE COUNCIL WASHINGTON 01 DECLASSIFIED UND 93955 1 CARS, Date July 18, 1963 By K 4 MEMORANDUM FOR Mr. Robert F. Packard Office of International Scientific Affairs Department of State Washington 25, D. C. SUBJECT: Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question During recent discussions the question has occasionally, though rarely, arisen that perhaps we should consider the policy question of what to do if an alien intelligence is discovered in space. Some discussion of this occurred, as you will recall, during deliberations on BNSP Task I. This memo contains some miscellaneous thoughts on the question. The consensus of scientific view says, with quite good reasons, that the possibility of running across an alien intel