Walter B. Smith

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Walter Bedell Smith (1895–1961) was a United States Army general who served as Director of Central Intelligence from 1950 to 1953 and later as Under Secretary of State. He appears in the archive as the CIA Director who convened the Robertson Panel — the 1952–1953 Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects whose report is a central document in this collection.

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• 1952-1953CIA

  CIA-UAP-002: Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects — The Robertson Panel Report, 1952–1953