Unidentified Flying Objects: Project "Grudge" (Technical Report No. 102-AC 49/15-100)

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## ASSOCIATIONS

This investigator would like to offer three recommendations, one in the general interest of the nation's airmen, and two as aids toward more effective investigation of the problem of unidentified aerial objects, if such work is continued:

First and foremost, it is definitely recommended that air Forces personnel be apprised of simple astronomical phenomena like the recurrent brilliance of Venus and the characteristics of a typical fireball, so that much confusion and alarm and even possible tragic consequences can be avoided. If, as seems possible, Lieutenant Mantell not his death while attempting to chase down Venus, certainly the need for such basic education is great.

Second, if Project GRUDGE is authorised to extend its investigations, it might be found profitable to interrogate personally varied trained personnel concerning any unanticipated aerial objects which they may have observed in the past. Many competent observers might hesitate to take the initiative in reporting such phenomena for fear of ridicule or criticism, yet it is only from such people that accurate and meaningful descriptions can be obtained; reliance on the general public for such observations is almost certain to prove of little value. It would be of considerable aid to know whether (aside from the few cases reported here) experienced pilots, weather observers, and other "watchers of the sky" have ever found unidentified objects there. Even negative results would prove valuable, for they would offer evidence for the belief held by many that the unexplained