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Black Vault compilation, pp. 91-93

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This Black Vault compilation contains a September 1997 reply from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense to John Greenewald's FOIA request, enclosing its UFO records. The enclosures include a Navy information sheet dismissing the Philadelphia Experiment and an Air Force UFO fact sheet listing 12,618 Project Blue Book sightings, 701 of them unidentified. They also include the National Academy of Sciences review endorsing the University of Colorado report and the concluding pages of a 1994 Air Force Roswell report attributing the wreckage to Project MOGUL.

  • 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. .• . - 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 • 8 November 0600 EST . . . ' 1.975 • -- .. ~ ..- - . ... .. . 1. 0308 EST FONECON from NORAD Command Director…
  • 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…
  • p. 38 -- • ' TOTAL UFO (OBJECT) SIGHTINCiS (CompUed 1'1 Jan 66) TOTAL YEAR SIGHTINGS UNIDENI IFIED SOURCE 194…
  • p. 43 …the Am.v-bJ;t to was sighted over the we~pons storag~ · l~a~ional…
  • p. 55 …These requests will be made in conjunc- tion with sightings of unusual phenomenon along the northern…
  • p. 57 …c=. ..: ""~- ~~ 2400 EST • 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 thehelico-:;ter- Guard helo, and was sighted over ~ • • 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!. • ll75 1. The SAC Command…
  • p. 89 …l - • (U) ....-as to of The uro sightings occurred on an ·extremely clear night. miles. Although…
  • p. 91 …f oll oo;...· -u-o• info:-mation. __....._•.· ··~ -,.. _.....,....-..~ ... ·-·-..,..:-"" _......~ ··-- -- » ~ r . .. !.JLJ.....,· • • ' - sightings "-'i th NOR;.D "'al ..... s…
  • 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 • 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…
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Balloons conttme to be reported a.s UFOs. Several tbou.sand balloons are released each day from
mWtary and civWan airports, weather ttaUons, and researeh activities. There are several types o!
balloons • weather balloona, rawmsondes, rad1osnndea, and the large research balloons which have
diameters up to 300 feet. At night, balloons earry runn1nc lights which cawse an unusual appearance
when obaernd. Rlflec:Uon of the sun on balloons at dawn and .sunset sometimes produce strange ef-
fects. This usually occurs when the balloon, bec;mseof iU altitudes, is exposed to the sun. Large bal-
loons can move at speeds of over 100 mnes per hour when moving in high altitude jet winclstreams.
These balloons sometimes appear to be flattened on top. At other times, they appear to be saucer-
Shaped and to have Ucbts mounted inside the bag itself due to the sun's rays reOeeting through the
material of the balloon. The Balloon Control Center at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, main-
tains a plot on all Military Upper Air Research Ballooaa.
Another category ot UFO evaluations labeled Otber ineludes mlssUes, reflections, mirages,
searchlights, blrds, kites, spurious radar tndieatioua, boues, fireworks, and nares.
Aircraft, sateWtes, balloons, and the Uke sbould NOT be reported since they do not fall within
the definition of an unldeatified fiyq objecL
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