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PURSUE Release 03 — British Activity in the Field of Unidentified Flying Objects (CIA-UAP-014)

PURSUE Release 03 — British Activity in the Field of Unidentified Flying Objects (CIA-UAP-014)

Source: U.S. Department of War, PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) — Release 03 (third tranche), published 12 June 2026. Document CIA-UAP-014.
URL: release portal https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/03/ · bundle https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/release_03_documents.zip (file: CIA-UAP-014_British_Activity_in_the_Field_of_Unidentified_Flying_Objects.pdf)
Captured: 2026-06-12. Text below is the clean born-digital / OCR text extracted from the released PDF (2 pages).
What this is: British Activity in the Field of Unidentified Flying Objects. Index/analysis: ../../../sources/pursue-release-03-uap-records.

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18 JDecemeer 1952
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British Activity in the field 0f "Unidentified Flying Objects"
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On 15 December, the recem.tly arrived messenger from Britain reported

the following.

Re 1aa4 talked with R. V. Jones and

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The British have be.4 a standjng committee created a.bout sixteen
months ago on f'lyillg saucers. . Pre8'1Dlably this is now ud.er Dr. Jeaes through
inheritance. The RAF are aetien peopl.e. The graup bas c~ncludea. that the
observations are not eneiq aircraft and ~ t none have been. over Brita.in.

  1. The activity has been quiet and normal up to about tem. to twelve
    days ago, at wJaich time the Yorkshire incident took place. In some W' field,
    there was same sort of demenstratien to whieb. high official.a of the BAF in
    Lendon had been invited. During the show, a "perfect f ~ g saucer 11 -~ •seen
    by these officials as well ..as BAF pilots. So.Dlal:lY peaple saw it tbat ~
    articles appeared in the pulic presa. Thi~ is disturbing te Jones because
    he rea1izes that the ·ereatisn of the e0rrection Qf pablic opinion is a part
    of' his responsibilities.

Jones reminded us ef the SWedisb. incident (pres'QD18.bly he refers
to the 013.e in 1946-)., and reminds us o'f a paper on the origin of' meteari tes
pu.blisllted ill the French Acu.em;y of' Sciences betlfeen 176o and 1780 by Cb.la.dni.

The traveler teld Jones of' 0ur interest at this time, mentioned
the film vhich had been taken by the Naval non-commissioned officer (1'remonton
incident). It is possibl.e that Jones. Will. write asking for a copy of'. the film
or :further on the same subJect . .

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While there is no indication that these objects represent a
direct threat to the national defense, there are certain potential
dangers which are related to these sightings. These are:
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The difficulty and delay in positive 1dentification
which could weaken the early warning system in alerting defense
in the event of commencement of hostilities.*
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The possibillty of mass hysteria whieh might be ~ ­
posely induced by an enemy at a critical time by faked reports.

  1. The possibillty that the emergency eonmnmications
    systems to command headquarters might be seriously overloaded
    at a critical time by such reports.
    It is believed that the problems of communications confusion and
    overload and the serious e:ff'ects of mass hysteria mist be dealt with
    outside the intelligence community, and 1t is planned to bring these
    matters to the attention of those agencies with whom the prime respon­
    sibility appears to rest. With respect to ma.ss hysteria, it is believed
    this problem would lie with the Federal. Civil Defense .Administration and/
    or the Interdepartmental. Cammittee on Internal Security. Accordingly,
    it is planned to bring this to the attention of the FCDA and ICIS through
    established channels. With respect to emergency eommm:deatiellS overload­
    ing, it is believed that each of the individual Mil.itary Services should
    examine this problem. Accordingly, we intend to introduce the subject
    at a meeting of the Joint Communications and Electronics Cammittee.

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