Robertson Panel Recommends UFO Debunking Campaign
In January 1953, the CIA convened a secret scientific panel chaired by physicist H.P. Robertson to assess the national security implications of UFO reports.
Narration
A classified government report reshaped America's relationship with the unknown forever.
Inside the Pentagon, a windowless room held America's most classified secrets in January 1953.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek sat apart, quietly uneasy as the panel rushed its four-day review.
The Tremonton Utah footage showed twelve luminous disc-shaped objects maneuvering against clear sky.
The panel's classified report recommended debunking UFOs through mass media and entertainment industry resources.
Thirteen years classified, the Robertson Panel set government UFO policy for two haunting decades.