Historical Military SP-16 (1963/7/18)

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OND ISA FILE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONALAERONAUTICS and SPACECOUNCIL PMJK
WASHINGTON
By UN ARS.Dato July 181963 LAS
MEMORANDUM FOR
Mr. Robert F. Packard
Office of International Scientific Affairs
Department of State
Washington 25D.C.
SUBJECT: Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question
During recent discussions the question has occasionally, though
rarely, arisen that perhaps we should consider the policy question
of what to do if an alien intelligence is discovered in space. Some
discussion of this occurred, as you will recall, during deliberations
on BNsP Task I. This memo contains some miscellaneous thoughts
on the question.
The consensus of scientif …