Government & military · Research & investigation
Frederick C. Durant III
Robertson Panel associate and report author
Also known as Frederick C. Durant · F. C. Durant
Who they are
Frederick C. Durant III participated as an associate in the CIA-convened Robertson Panel review and prepared its February 1953 meeting memorandum. His account distinguishes the formal panel report from additional comments and suggestions. It preserves how participants approached selected sightings, investigative resources and public communication.
He supplies a key written record of the 1953 intelligence-community review.
Selected contributions
- Wrote the February 16, 1953 memorandum recording the panel’s meetings and supplementary discussion.Source ↗
Selected works
Report · 1953
Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, January 14–18, 1953
Durant records the panel’s meetings and supplements its formal conclusions with discussion of reporting overload, education and security concerns. The text distinguishes the panel’s recommendations from evidence about particular sightings.
Covering memorandum dated February 16, 1953; later NCAS transcription.
Reading scope & citation
Covering memorandum and meeting narrative freshly read; prior supporting-text inspection of recommendations reused. Government archival scan not rechecked.
In the timeline
- Jan 14, 1953 – Jan 18, 1953The Robertson Panel reviews UFO reports and recommends public education
Biography sources
- Durant report on the Robertson Panel ↗CIA; text reproduced by NCAS