“Sightings”41 pages
- p. 6 …Between 1948 and 1969, the Air Force investigated 12,618 reported sightings.
The following is a…
- p. 7 …cov,red by the Air Foree that sightings categorized •s ~unidentified"
represent technological developments or principles…
- p. 10 …The Report states that nearly all
UFO sighting are of short duration, seldom last an hour…
- p. 11 …It is also clear, as one goes through the
descriptions of UFO sightings, whether in the…
- p. 12 …On defense. (a) I~ there eVidence that OFO sighting! may represent
a defense hazard? No such…
- p. 13 …apply scientific methods to the occasional transient sightings with
any chance or success. While further study…
- p. 17 …The Air Foree base nearest the location of a reported sight-
ing is charged with the…
- p. 18 …Some examples are the omission of the duration of the
sighting, date, time, location, position in…
- p. 20 …or discovered by the Air Force that sightings
categorized u unidentified represent teetmo\ogical dnelopme_nts…
- p. 23 …Between 1948
and 1969 we investigated 12,618 reported sightings. ·
Of these sightings, 11,917 were…
- p. 26 …Batween 1948 and 1969 the Air Force investigated
12.618 reported UFO sightings. Of these, 11…
- p. 27 …that further ~xtensive
s~udy of DFO sightings is not justifi ed in the expectation tha…
- p. 28 …has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidenti-
fied" are extraterrestrial vehicles. .•
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Project Blu…
- p. 29 …Between 1948 and 1969 we investi-
gated 12,618 reported sightings.
The following is a stat13t1oal…
- p. 30 …A computerized data
base in Chicago prints out pattern analy-
ses ot UFO sightings, seeking a…
- p. 31 …White the vast majority
of UFO sighting reports are made by hon-
est. perplexed. often reluctant…
- p. 34 …Unidentified Sightings
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- p. 35 …SAC s~te c-1 still had a visual sighting on objects.
4. NORAD stated that…
- p. 36 …dis-
covered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as nunidentified"
represent technological developments or principles…
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TOTAL UFO (OBJECT) SIGHTINCiS
(CompUed 1'1 Jan 66)
TOTAL
YEAR SIGHTINGS UNIDENI IFIED SOURCE
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- p. 43 …the
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- p. 55 …These requests will be made in conjunc-
tion with sightings of unusual phenomenon along the northern…
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Uni~enti!ied Flying Object Sighting
1. J:.t 310805 received nhoncon from…
- p. 58 …0345 ·-An Ar.my ~olice Sgt _on the way to work at
reported sighting a UFO…
- p. 59 …ects4 "' { t:TOs )
;' allege~ sightings. ~he first exten~e~ !=orn t~e su~!ace to
: I…
- p. 64 …At 2902.00 EST AFOC informed IDICC that an unidentified
helicopter, possibly two, had been sighted…
- p. 67 …i~9~med NMCC that the arcy helo
assisting on the scene had not sighted the…
- p. 70 …the
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Guard helo, and
was sighted over ~
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resocncec to•J...my · 1\c:~ional…
- p. 71 …At 290300 EST the helicopter was sighted over
the weapons sto:age area and t."le…
- p. 85 …Low Flying Aircra£t/Belicopter Sightings at
rrortsmith AFB, l-1!.
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- p. 97 …Air Force no longer
investigates reports of UFO sightings.
This was not alwavs the case. On…
- p. 98 …or discovered by the Air force
that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent
technological developments or principles…
- p. 99 …to NASA concerning UFO sight-
ings address themselves to the reported sightings by astronauts
during Earth…
- p. 100 …The
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regional N!CAP repres~ntative investigated the sighting and
reported there was no evidence to…
- p. 101 …In addition, a nunber of private domestic and foreign groups
continue to review UFO sighting reports…
- p. 102 …A computeriZed data
base in Chicago pnnts OUt pan em analy-
ses of UFO sightings. seeking…
- p. 103 …While the vast majotity
of UFO sighting reports are made by hon·
est. perplexed. often reluctant…
- p. 113 …Although some pro-UFO
researchers argue that sightings of UFOs go back to Biblical times, most…
- p. 114 (although some researchers claim there were as many as 800 sightings during that
period). Interestingly, the…
or man-made phenomena, twelve provided insufficient data for anal~is,
and seven were considered to be possible fabrications; none proved to
be "real objects with high strangeness." )
Teohni call y trained personne 1 were utili zed by the Uni. ve r s 1 t y.
The University gz'Oup included a sub-group on field investigation:s of
UFO reports; their narration and interpretations or cases are reasonable
and adequate. Leading gt'Cups were engaged uncler contract for specialized
work-- e.g., Stanford Research Institute on radar anomalies and a subsidiary
or the Raytheon Corporation for photograDIII.etric analyses. Divergent
Views or those rev scientists who have looked into · UFO:s were taken into
account. The history or the subject was also surveyed, including the
experiences in some other nations. Finally, extensive use was made
or many specialists in various public and private laboratories.
The Report makes clear that with the best means at our disposal, positive
correlation or all UFO reports with identifiable, known phenomena is
not possible. No study, past, current or future, can provide the basis
for stating categorically that a familiar phenomenon will necessarily
be linkable to every sighting. The Report 1! free or dogmatism
on this matter. It is also clear, as one goes through the
descriptions of UFO sightings, whether in the Report or in other literature,
that while some incidents have no positive identification with familiar
phenomena, they also have no positive identification with extraterrestrial
visitors or artifacts.
We think the methodology and approach were well chosen, in accordance
with accepted standards of scientific investigation.
UI. FINDINGS
The study concludes (a) that about 90 percent of all UFO reports
prove to be quite plausibly related to ordinary phenomena, (b) that
little if anything hu COlle fraa the stuey or UFOs in the past 21 years
that has added to scientific knowledge, and (c) that further extensive
study or· UFo sightings is not justified in the expectation that science
will be advanced thereby. At the same time it is emphasized in the
Report that (c) is an opinion based on evidence now available.
The Report's findings and evaluations -- essentially eight in number,
presented in its first section -- are concerned with official secrecy
on UFOs, UFOs as a possible defense hazard, the future governmental
han411ng or OFO-sighting reports, and five of them relate to the question
or wbat it any further investigation of O'FOs appear warranted in the
light or the study. We paraphrase and s•mnarize these findings and ·
evaluations be:ow, appending our comments.
1. On secrecy. Is the subject "shrouded in official secrecy"?
The study found no basis for this contention.
We accept this qnding or the stu.dy.
Attachment 2, pg 7