“Something Going On”: H. Marshall Chadwell and the CIA’s 1952 Saucer Memos

Part 38 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR The CIA’s 1952 records document serious private concern, proposed research and a deliberate decision to conceal Agency involvement. Chadwell’s 2 December “something going on” judgment was followed by case reviews and a narrower proposal before the Robertson Panel met. The panel recorded no recovered hardware. Chadwell’s January letter states concurrence; Swords interprets the abandoned MIT plans as...