The CIA didn&#x27;t exist until several months after the 1947 Roswell crash of a US Air Force &quot;weather balloon&quot;.<p>The CIA doesn&#x27;t have complete access to Area 51.  They fund projects and advise, but there are projects and Special Access Programs that are outside of their mandate and authority.<p>It is probable that in the 50s, 60s and 70s the CIA advised the Air Force on disinformation or other tactics, but I do not believe UFO mythology was created by them.  I am almost certain but, of course, I do not know everything and I have no evidence to support my assertion.<p>A large part of the UFO-government mythology did originate from a psyop against Paul Bennewitz perpetrated by the Air Force-<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;philipcoppens.com&#x2F;bennewitz.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;philipcoppens.com&#x2F;bennewitz.html</a><p>The first time a UFO expert (Bruce Maccabee) spoke at the CIA was in the late 1970s.