Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1136 09 1136-09-p020

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POTENTIAL RELATED DANGERS The Panel Members were in agreement with O/SI opinion that, although evidence of any direct threat from these sightings was wholly lacking, related dangers might well exist resulting from: a. Misidentification of actual enemy artifacts by defense personnel. b. Overloading of emergency reporting channels with "false" information ("noise to signal ratio” analogy--Berkner) . ¢. Subjectivity of public to mass hysteria and greater vul- nerability to possible enemy...