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The Robertson Panel was a scientific committee which met in January 1953 headed by Howard P. Robertson. The Panel arose from a recommendation to the Intelligence Advisory Committee in December 1952 fr
Robertson Panel member Luis Alvarez.
From July 12 to 29, 1952, a series of unidentified flying object sightings were reported in Washington, D.C., and later became known as the Washington flap, the Washington National Airport Sightings,
Robertson Panel
…flying objects, Project Blue Book. The CIA review itself was in response to widespread reports of unidentified flying objects, especially in the Washington, D.C. area during the summer of 1952. The panel was briefed on U.S. military activities and intelligence; hence the report was originally classified Secret. Later declassified, the Robertson…
Washington National Airport terminal in 1944