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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. 3 …The frequency of these queries predict- ably intensifies each time the experiment is mentioned by the…
  • p. 5 P ~ rsonnel a~ the Fourth Naval District believe that the ouestions -surrounding the so-called -Philadelphia…
  • p. 7 …Such timely review of the situation rv ~rjv~t~ g~~ups i~s~res t~at…
  • p. 11 …At the same time it is emphasized in the Report that (c) is an opinion based…
  • p. 18 …Some examples are the omission of the duration of the sighting, date, time, location, position in…
  • p. 19 …At other times, they appear to be saucer- Shaped and to have Ucbts mounted inside the…
  • p. 22 …the sun, planets, comets, meteorites, the universe, stars, constellations and planes; telescopes, the computation of time…
  • p. 24 …such timely review of the situation by private groups insures that sound evidence will not be…
  • p. 30 …According to The New York Times. ·unidentified !lying objeCts should be mvestigated further. a majority of…
  • p. 31 …The scans support the skeptical "Condon Comminee- conclusion that the photo could in fact be of…
  • p. 34 …At the time_of tne initial voice . report personnel at· 1-!a.lmstrom AFB and SAC…
  • p. 35 …of the incidents described above. They . had not received any information prior to this time. . • 6…
  • p. 36 …Such timely review or the situation by private groups insures that sound evidence will not be…
  • p. 42 …Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used. (4…
  • p. 63 …Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used. {4…
  • p. 72 …kt 290300 ~ST C~t 75, the ·..; r;iu ent:!. fied helico-:=ter ·.,;as siqhted ever…
  • p. 86 …PRCON showed several aircraft at the time, one near the l·:S}. (there was . no hovering…
  • p. 100 …Carter may have viewed the Planet Venus which, at certain times, may appear many times brighter…
  • p. 102 …AccorcMg :o The New York Times . ·unidentified flying ob jects should be •nvestigated further. a ma…
  • p. 105 …the Roswell Incident, this event has become the most celebrated UFO encounter of all time and…
  • p. 107 …collected at the Foster ranch site. UFO researchers, including those 2. New York Times. "Balloon Staggers…
  • p. 109 …Nevertheless, the attached report is a good faith effort and the fint time any agency of…
  • p. 111 …until the 1978-1980 time frame. Prior to that, the incident was dismissed because the AAF…
  • p. 113 …times, most research- ers will not dispute that anything in UFO history can compare with the…
  • p. 114 …the "Roswell Incident" was not considered one of these 1947 events until the 197Pr-1980 time…
  • p. 115 …weather balloons on the ranch, but _that what he found this time did not in any…
  • p. 116 …the persons interviewed were, in fact, stationed at, or lived near Roswell during the time in…
  • p. 117 …Collectively, the above represent the "pro" UFO writers who allege that the government is engaged in…
  • p. 120 …at Roswell Army Air Field during the period of time in question. It is anticipated that…
  • p. 121 …Since much of this testing done at nearby White Sands was secret at the time, it…
  • p. 122 …the 509th Bomb Group was the only military unit in the world at the time that…
  • p. 123 …U such a system had been in effect at the time, it would 21 l
  • p. 124 …Marcel, MD (son of the late Major Jesse Marcel; 11 years old at the time of…
  • p. 125 …Brazel; 14 years old at the time of the incident). Affidavit dated September 22, 1993. " ... The…
  • p. 126 …He thought at the time, and continued to do so today, that what he found was…
  • p. 128 …of the project, but they did not know of the project nickname at the time. They…
  • p. 129 …Additionally, a copy of a professional journal maintained at the time by A.P. Crary, provided…
  • p. 131 …first generation) prints of the photographs taken at the time by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram…
  • p. 132 …Although that project was Top Secret at the time, there was also no specific indication found…
  • p. 133 …faith but in the "fog of time," misinterpr.eted past events. The review of Air Force…
Sheet
Secretary of the Air FOfce, Office of Public Affairs. Washington. D.C. 2033o- 1000
87-34
Unidentified Flying Objects
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The Air Force began investigating UFOs in 1948 under
a program called Project Sign. the pegram's name
. was changed to Project Grudge, and In t 953 It became
known u Pro;ect Blue Book. On Dec. 17, 1969, the
secretary of the Atr Force announced the tennination
of Project Blue Book.
The tD cfiiCCJI 11i IU8 UFO was
blsed on a number~ farJors. including repa~ts and studies
by the University of Colorado and 1he National Academy
~Sciences. as weUaspest UFOIIulial andthe.V FOR:e's
two decades of experience iiWe~ling UFO repcwts.
As a result of then Investigations, studies, and
'trienc:a, the cordJibw ol PKjiCIBiue Boot 'Mite.
No UFO reported. investigated and evaluated by
the AJt Force has ever gi.,.n eny Indication of threat
tD our national security.
• There has been no evidence submitted to Of
dtscovefed by the Air Fatce thai lightings categorized
as repreHnt technotogical developments
or pnnciptes beyond the range of present-day scientific
knowledge.
Local Reproduction Authorized
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.• There has been no evidence Indicating that
aightings categortzed as "unidenttlied" are
extraterrestrial vehiclei.
Batween 1948 and 1969 the Air Force investigated
12.618 reported UFO sightings. Of these, 11,817 were
found to have been caused by material obiects IUCh
as balloons. satellites. and aircraft: immaterial objects
such as lightning, reUectiona, and other natural
phenomena: astronomical objects such as stars, planets,
the sun, and the moon: weather conditions; .and houes.
Only 701 reported sightings remain unexplained.
More lntormetlon A"el,.ble
An documentation regarding 1he former Blue Book
investigation was pennanentty transfelfed to the Modem
Military Reference Branch, National Archives and
Recotds Administration, 8th and Pennsylvania Ave..
Washington. D.C. 20408, and is available fof public
review. A list of private organizations interested in aerial
phenomena can be found in Gale's Encyclopedia of
Associations, available in the reference section of most
libraries.
October 1117
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