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- 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. 55 …These requests will be made in conjunc-
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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…
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Secretary ot the Air force. Olice of Public Anoirs. Washington. D.C. 20330
Thank you for your request for information on the Air Force's
investigation of unidentified flying objects, or UFO's.
The Air Force investigation of UFO's began in 1948 and was
known as Project Sign. Later the name was changed t~ Project
Grudge, and in 1953, it became Project Blue Book. Between 1948
and 1969 we investigated 12,618 reported sightings. ·
Of these sightings, 11,917 were found to have been caused by
material objects (such as balloons, satellites, and aircraft),
immaterial objects (such as lightning, reflections, and other
natural phenomena>, astronomical objects (such as stars, planets,
the sun, and the moon>, weather conditions, and hoaxes. As
indicated, only 701 reported sightings remain unexplained •
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On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force
announced the termination of Project Blue Book. The decision to
discontinue UFO investigations was based on an evaluation of a
report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled,
•scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects;• a review of the
University of Colorado's report by the National Academy of
Sciences; past UFO stud i es; and the Air Force's two decades of
experience investigating UFO reports.
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As a result of these investigations, studies, and experience,
the conclusions of Project Blue Book were: (1) no UFO reported,
investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any
indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been
no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that
sightings categorized as •unidentified• represent technological
developments or principles beyond the range of present day
scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence
indicating that sighting& categorized as •unidentified• are
extraterrestrial vehicles.
With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force
regulation establishing and controlling the program for
investigating and analyz i ng UFOs was rescinded. All documentation
regarding the former Blue Book investigation was permanently
transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and
Record Service, 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC 20408,
and is available for public review and analysis.
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