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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…
U. S. Air Force Technical
Information Sheet Question
Punched
Card
Column Code Description
I.
f? •
f V :
HIT
39
Uq
Ui
U3*
US
75*
76*
77*
Hour
Angle
Angle of
Elevation
of the
Sun
5.
15.
U7*
U8
U9.
5o
5l^
53
5U
55^
56*
Group Classification
Sun
Bearing
Angle
Time Units
Duration
of Observation
Groups Classification
Hpw Observed
16a.
16b.
16b. 17.
19.
lla. lib. 39.
17. 18. 2U.
llf. 21. 22. 2U.
10, lie.
5. 1 1 . 17. 20.
33.
29. 31. 1.
23. 30. 31. 2.
31. 32.
i>7*
5 8 *
59*
60*
61*
62*
63*
6U*
6 5 *
6 6 *
6 7 *
6 8 *
69*
7CH^
71*
Y2*
73*
Sound
Object Color
Light Color Physical
Color-Group
Classification
Number
Speed
Shape Description
Size
Light Brightness
Angular Velocity
Angular Acceleration UGI'1Gn
Appearance bearing
Disappearance Bearing
Initial Elevation ^ . J..
Final Elevation D^oiipti
Orientation
Maneuvers
Observer Occupation
Observer Rating Observer
Report Rating
Reliability Group
Classification
Final Identification
•* Denotes that separate code key is needed.
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