The panel’s findings, outlined in the Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1953, explained that the “‘debunking’ aim would result in reduction of public interest in ‘flying saucers’ which today evoke a strong psychological reaction … this education could be accomplished by mass media, television, motion pictures and popular articles.” (Even Walt Disney would end up getting in on the perception management act.) They further recommended
