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Bluebook, Project, Investigation, Ufo Report
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UFO FACT SHEET
On December 17, 1969 announced the termination of program for the investigation The decision on an evaluation of Colorado entitled, Objects;" a review
two-decades. .
to discontinue UFO investigations was based a report prepared by the University of "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying of the University of Colorado's report by
the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies; and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the past
As a result of these investigations and studies, and
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experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are: l! no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; ! there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of
present day scientific knowledge; and ! there has been no
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evidence
indicating that
sightings categorized
vehicles.
as "unidentified
Book, the the program Air Force for invest-
are extraterrestrial
All documentation
has been perBranch, National for public review Book is
regarding the former Blue Book investigation manently transferred to the Modern Military
Pennsylvania Avenue,
Attached for your information is the sighting summary for the period 1947-1969. a listing of UFO-related materials currently
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Since the termination of Project Blue Book, no evidence has been presented to indicate that further investigation of UFOs by the Air Force is warranted. In view of the considerable Air Force commitment of resources in the past, and the extreme pressure on Air Force funds at this time, there is
no likelihood of renewed Air Force involvement in this area.
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YEAR 1947
1948 1949
1950 1951
1952
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TOTAL_pF0 szsurzncs,
TOTAL SIGHTINGS" 122 12 156 7 166 210 27
169 22
1947 -
1969
UNIDENTIFIED
1958 1959
1960
6 22
1,501 303
509 42
497 46 545
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670 14
1,006 14
627 10
390 12 557 14 591 ' 13
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1965
474 15 399 14
562 19
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12,618 701
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UFO MATERIALS
Scientific Stugy Flying 0b'ects. Study conducted_by e of University tUnidentified of Colorado under contract
F44620-76-C-0035. Three volumes, 1,465 p. 68 set of plates.
Photoduplicated hard
be ordered
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copies of
per volume,
the official
$18 the
report may
three,
for $6
as AD 68O:975, AD
National Technical
680:976, and
AD 680:977, 22151.
b anel
from the
Information Service,
U.S. Department
of Commerce,
Springfield, VA
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Aca emy o Sciences. National Academy of Sciences, 1969, 6p. Photoduplicated hard copies may be ordered
$3 as AD 688:54l from the National Technical Information
Report on Unidentified
y ap
of the
National
for VA 22151.
Service, U.S.
Department of
Commerce, Springfield,
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Dear Mr.
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ilYour letter of P-eptember 1 has been received, and I am very ppreciative of hearing from you.
Your letter I had given this to you as "advance" information that you would probably receive from other Government agencies, and departments,
is the standard release material.
to you, in my letter
presented information
of July
that I
knew.
and which
original Project
years later,
other persons
Again, the
in 1969.
continuation
Here, twentyUFO
of the
gathering agencies -which received some to e "better"};RO reports which never did go to Project Blue Book. __ _
original Blue
request
I did - about J. Edgar Hoover, President Carter, Senator Barry Goldwater, etc. I was hoping to go "deeper" into the intelligenceI h.ve
reason, too,
for the
5 it
been to
Book material
t..e National
that is there....I
at the
Archives,
an have
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Offices
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Sessions:
.stated that you were interested, and to write you - and which I am now doing. Icnuld write "pages" on the matter, but rather than to do so - it will be lengthy enough for me to endeavor to give you information I wish to convey in this letter. In any event, the U.-S. in the evaluation of established by
stated to be
Government has played important roles UFO reported sightings. The new Project
Book,
someof the most important sighting the Air Force, and which were, later,
happened
Original members of the
reported some of
brought
for complete information about Air Force! would not release received and with information
the UFO's - to no avail. They the certain case reports to Mr. Hoover.
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of the
Senate Committee
and was
on Science,
told that Force that
Senator Barry
he was a "saucer" not on
for information
a "need to know"
an initial
basis. This
request, of
the Air
Goldwater, had
to do
with
announcement from
had crashed
and that alien bodies were at thn point in time! located in a hanger, or other building, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, at Dayton, Ohio. Senator Goldwater was refused any information in this matter, along wit not being allowed to personally look inside of the alleged building. Before taking office as President, Jimmy Carter announced to the public that, if elected, he would give the American people the Government's information about UFO's. This did not happen, and Mr. Carter was given
a complete run-around and I could tell you more was contacted by the Pentagon on the matter. about this, because I
and/or former,
Air Force,
others, acting persons who,
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NASA, and intelligencegathering agency personnel, among as adviser-consultants to PBB -anonymously. These are
engaged in earlier
still muchly
UFO reports fo
interested.
their respective
agencies, and
So, with this brief back-ground of information about me and about Gover ment participatiaz, the "challenge" I have mentioned would be to have you make inquiries at the highest levels of "officialdom" about what ou Government really knows, whether or not there ARE alien bodies located ANYWHERE, what happened to the crashed "flying saucers", where are the photo's takenby Air Force personnel through onboard gun cameras, and similar questioning. I am positive you would find that even you would be getting a general run-aroun and could not receive satisfactory answ
to the above. I
think you
will/would find
that you
are not
receiving
this
all the information you should be evident to you after making several
be very to drop
th
matter, thinking
will not
you are
receiving answers
ssure you.
to your
questions, but
0 MI.
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inquiry about UFO 's, in general, and see which Agencies to which you
inquiring about
the other it's "doors"in 1969,
office; personnel
to start
making Blue
-and
will tell
agencies, may
in mind,
however, that
UFO's, the ush gerson told askirg "You do the not know the half ofit". As ym know, President was formerly with C.I.A@ His comments are on
tape, by the way..
investigqtes Sightini UFO reports -and this I already know. The importan into the other agencies; such as
President Bush, when asked about
Air Force
Well, I think this should suffice for this time. I appreciate your patience in reading this letter, and should you desire any additional infonnation, please do not hesitate to let me know. I would like, ver; much, to work through you, and with you, to endeavor to bring the matte
of UFO's to a conclusion -if that conclusion is an honest one.
visit,with your
a visit
Very sincerely
,
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P.S. As
sort of
an "ultimate"
challenge
-why
not ask
President Bush,
himself?
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I have
received your
July 24th
letter in
which you
ask
I have discussed your request with my colleagues, and I would first like to explain that the investigation of UFOs is not now nor has it ever been the responsibility of the FBI. The Department of the Air Force conducted investigations and studies of UFO reports from 1947 to 1969. On Deceber 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of "Project Blue Book," and the Air Force has furnished all documents
Branch, National
regarding investigations its UFOs of the Modern to Military Arch ves and Records Administration, Eighehn
to some Also of of your questions. the National
b President Carter to
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, understand this data is available You may wish to make an inquiry
the answers possible interest,
was asked
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20408. I for public review and analysis. of the Modern Military Branch for
Aeronautics and
look into
Air
the possibility of resumin UFO investigations in 1977. After studying all the facts available, it decided that nothing would
Space Administration
Forceonal agreed with that decision.. You may also want to check with Aeronautics and Space Admin stration in connection
research. I am not aware of any Federal
by further
investigation, and
the Department
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investigating UFOs
and hope
this information
sincerely yours,
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