1963 Memo on Space Alien Policy
NASA official weighs policy if alien intelligence discovered amid UFO debate.
Jul 18, 2052
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No specific UAP sighting or object described; document speculates on hypothetical alien intelligence and references flying saucer claims without evidence.
Notable Characteristics
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Evidence Notes
- Mentions flying saucer advocates' claims but dismisses scientific consensus against.
Declassified 1963 memo thoughtfully explores policy implications of discovering alien intelligence, acknowledging flying saucer claims while favoring scientific skepticism.
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Prosaic Leads
- Theoretical policy discussion, no empirical UAP evidence presented.
Anomalous Indicators
- References to UFO advocates' 'overwhelming evidence' claims; speculation on lunar anomalies.
Evidence Gaps
- No specific sightings, sensor data, or objects described.
- Author's personal views vs. official policy.
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."
W. Huntatt, Author / National Aeronautics and Space Council
Conclusions section.
"Consensus of scientific view says possibility of running across an alien intelligent race in our solar system is negligible."
W. Huntatt, Author / National Aeronautics and Space Council
Opening assessment of alien discovery policy.
"the flying saucer advocates claim, of course, that the scientific viewpoint is nonsense, and that there is overwhelming evidence of such beings."
Unknown speaker
Discussing scientific consensus on alien life.
Pattern Mesh // linked sightings
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Chronology Trace // before & after
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Japan
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Turkmenistan
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State Department Cable on Mexico UAP Hearing, 2003
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Official Files // source material
1 linked59_64634_711.5612[7-2852
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