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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AFOIN-X/Lt Col Bloomer/met/71092/18 Jan 18 January 1955 Howard Sockel 3321 W. Grenshaw Street Chicago 24, Illinois Dear Howard: Your recent letter addressed to the Secretary of the Air Force has been referred to this office for reply. As you are undoubtedly aware, the Air Force has had a major active program in the field of unidentified flying objects for the past several years. Far from withholding information from the public on this particular program, it is rather our policy to distribute to the press and radio and other news media periodic revisions of progress made. For your convenience, I am attaching a copy of "U. S. Air Force Summary of Events and Information Concerning the Unidentified Flying Object Program," which compiles all of the latest facts established by the Air Force in its program in this area. Thank you for your interest in the Air Force. Sincerely, SIGNED 1 Incl "USAF Summary" JOSEPH A. BLOOMER Lt Colonel, USAF Directorate of Intelligence OUT 20 JAN 1955 DIRINT HQ USAF Coord Cy X-Ref Cy NWW 911198 DocId:34745775 Page 24

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.