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F.C. Durant

1953-01-14Robertson Panel

Frederick C. Durant - rocketry and astronautics expert who served as secretary/rapporteur of the 1953 CIA Robertson Panel and authored its summary, ever since known as the Durant Report - the primary record of the panel's deliberations and recommendations.

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Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01

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Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Convened by Office of Scientific Intelligence, CIA, January 14-18, 1953 (the Durant Report)

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…ffice of Scientific Intelligence. Part I and Part II are by F.C. Durant, the Panel's rapporteur. TAB A is signed by the five panel…

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Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I

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secretary/rapporteur; authored the panel report (the Durant Report)

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CIA officer Frederick Durant drafted a report for CIA's Assistant Director of OSI on the Robertson Panel's work and findings. Durant's memorandum provided a brief history of the panel and an unofficial supplement that provided comments and suggestions from members which they had not included in the final report.

Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I, 2024
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Caveat AARO SAYS "DRAFTED", NOT "SECRETARY/RAPPORTEUR" - it gives him no title on the panel. The authorship half is squarely supported; the role half is not in this document. It is left in the relation because the Durant Report itself, which this project holds and has read, carries it.