Project Second Storey, also known as Project Second Story, Project Flying Saucers and also Project Theta, was a committee set up on April 22, 1952 in

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, to deal with material concerning

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. In 1952, in connection with the establishment of Project Magnet by Wilbert Smith at the

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, the committee was formed by members of other

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and dedicated solely to dealing with "flying saucer" reports. This committee was sponsored by the

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. Its main purpose was to collect, catalogue and correlate data from UFO sighting reports.

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