Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

U.S. Department of War · 1955 · 220 pages · text by OCR, confidence 95%

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From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 1955, Various. This file contains correspondence relating to Project Blue Book, a 1952-1969 U.S. Air Force program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The correspondence includes letters and memoranda sent between various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, the Legislative Branch, and private citizens concerning UFO sightings and the research and findings of Project Blue Book.

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MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR, AFOIN-4 ATIN: Mr. A. F. Arcier SUBJECT: UFOB Program 1. Reference is made to our discussion, subject above, of 7 September 1955 concerning the release of ATIC Special Report No. 14. 2. Present responsibility of AFOIN-4 is to bring Special Report No. 14 up-to-date as of June 1955. 3. Twenty-five copies of this declassified document, which this Headquarters now has, will be withheld from public dissemination but will be made available on an office retention basis to interested persons in the USAF Office of Information Services and the USAF Office of Legislation and Liaison. 4. It has been agreed that Mr. Arcier and Captain Hardin will attend a discussion in Washington on 28 September 1955, at which time the final release will be given to Information Services for necessary action. 5. It is believed this release will clarify the many false impressions presently existing concerning the USAF UFOB Program. JOHN A. SAMFORD Major General, USAF Director of Intelligence AFOIN-X Lt Col Johnson D/I File Cy, X2B2 D/I X-Ref File Cy, X2B2

Cases discussed

The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film) 1952
The Tremonton, Utah motion pictures, taken by Navy Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, July 2, 1952
Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: the Battelle statistical study, 1955 1955
Project Blue Book, Special Report No. 14... now been made available to the press

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Case file, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 95%); expect the odd misread word. 220 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.