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Project Blue Book Special Report (second copy)

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This is Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, "Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects," Project No. 10073, dated 5 May 1955. The study reduced about 4,000 sighting reports received by the U.S. Air Force between June 1947 and December 1952 to IBM punched cards and analyzed them statistically, including chi square tests comparing knowns with unknowns. It concludes that the reports very probably do not represent technological developments beyond present scientific knowledge, and it notes that no case produced physical evidence.

  • p. 17 …Therefore, a designation of OBJECT SIGHTINGS was established, with the following definition: OBJECT SIGHTING - (1) The…
  • p. 18 …An example was the finding of the approxi- mate angular velocity and acceleration of the object…
  • p. 23 …the reported color of the objects, because of the multiplicity of reports on some of the…
  • p. 76 …a greater proportion of UNKNOWNS in the multiple object classification. Apparently these are harder to identify…
  • p. 299 …Unit sightings, single observers Unit sightings, multiple observers Object sightings X Y 0 1 2 3…
CODE 56 DISAPPEARANCE BEARING
X - Disappeared suddenly
Y
0 - N
1 - NE
2 - E
3 - SE
4 - S
5 - SW
6 - W
7 - NW
8
9
CODE 57-58 ELEVATION
WITH RESPECT TO GROUND, DEGREES
X
Y
0
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Initial
Variable
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
X
Y
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Final
Variable
0-9
10-19
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60-69
70-79
80-89
CODE 61 OBJECT ORIENTATION
Apparent inclination of principal
axis of object from horizontal
X
Y
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
6
9
Variable
•90 to ^0
«.6O to 30
4.30 to 10
4-10 to 0
0
0 to -10
-10 to -30
-30 to -60
-60 to -90
CODE 65 SERVICE
X
Y
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Coast Guard
Merchant
Commercial Air
CAA
Gov't,
Other
. Contractor
CODE 62-63-64 CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
Dictionary of Occupational Titles,
Vol. II, 2nd Edition, pp. XIX-XXVI.
U.S* Department of Labor, Bureau of
Employment Security. U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D. C , 1949.
See pp. XIX-XXVI.
CODE 66 DUTY
X
Y
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Pilot
Weather tech.
Radar tech.
Tover op.
Balloon obs.
Tech. spec.
Guards, lookouts
Ground or deck crews
Navig. or bombardier
Other
294

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