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This office
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inquiry regarding
UFOs, referred
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As the inclosed fact
sheet indicates,
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UFOs wasterminated on

related documentation

and Records

Service.

was turned

cember l7,
1969, and all
o to
the National
Archives

The inquirer referred to us hasbeen apprisedof these

events. Hopefully,the inclosedfact sheetwill be of help

in responding
to anyfuture inquirieson this subject.
.1

Sincerely,

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MCCLANAHAN, LtCO1, USAF

Chief, Civil

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Conmunity Relations
Office of

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On December
17, 1969
announced the
termination of
program for
the investigation
The decision
on an evaluation of
Colorado entitled,
Objects;"
areview

SHEET

the Secretary
Project Blue
of UFOs.

of the
Air
Book, the

Force
Air Force

to discontinue
UFO investigations
was based
areport
prepared by
the University
of
"Scientific Study
of Unidentified
Flying
of the
University of
Colorado&#39;s report
by

the National
Academy of Sciences; past
UFO studies;
and Air
Force experience
investigating UFO
reports during
the past
two-decades. .

As

aresult

of these

investigations and

studies, and

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

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present day

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evidence

scientific knowledge;

indicating
that

and !

there has

sightings
categorized

are extraterrestrial

vehicles.

with
the
termination of
Project Blue
regulation establishing
and controlling

igating and

analyzing UFOs

Book, the
the program

was rescinded.

Archives and
Washington, D.C.
and analysis.

Records Service,
20408, and

8th and
is available

Attached for
your information
is
the
sighting summary
for the
period 1947-1969.
alisting
of UFO-related
materials currently

".1

Air Force
for invest-

All documentation

regarding the
former Blue
Book investigation
manently transferred
to the
Modern Military

been no

as
"unidentified

has been
perBranch, National

Pennsylvania Avenue,
for public

review

Project Blue
Also included
available.

Book
is

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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1947

1948
1949

1950
1951
1952
1953

4
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1954
1955
1956
_

1957

TOTAL_pF0 szsurzncs,

122 12
156 7
166
210 27

1960

169 22

1965

1966
1967
1968
1969

1969
UNIDENTIFIED

622

1,501 303
509 42

497 46
545

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670 14
1,006 14
627 10
390 12
557 14
591

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474 15
399 14
562 19

887 16
1112
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937 19
375 3
146

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1947 -

TOTAL SIGHTINGS"

1958
1959
1961
1962
1963
1964

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12,618 701

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UFO MATERIALS

Scientific
Stugy
Flyingunder
0b&#39;ects.
Study
conducted_by
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University
tUnidentified
of Colorado
contract
F44620-76-C-0035. Three

Photoduplicated hard
be ordered

for $6

as AD 68O:975, AD

National Technical

of Commerce,

volumes, 1,465

copies of

the official

per volume,

$18 the

680:976, and

Information Service,

Springfield, VA

AD 688:54l

Service, U.S.

<

lma

Report on Unidentified

y ap

b anel

of the

National

Aca emy o Sciences.

National Academy
of Sciences,
1969,
6p.
Photoduplicated hard
copies may
be ordered
$3
as

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three,

from the

U.S. Department

22151.

Review of Universityof Colorado

plates.

report may

set of

AD 680:977,

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from the

Department of

National Technical

for

Information

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VA 22151.

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scientific organizations

the Advancement of Science,

and professional

such as the American Association for

which have

considered UFO

phenomena duringperiodic meetings and seminars. In addition,

alist

of private

organizations interested

in aerial

phenomena

may be found in Gale&#39;s Encyclopedia

of Associations Edition 8,_
Vol I, pp. 432-3!. Such timely review of the situation by
private groups
insures that
sound evidence
looked by the scientific
community.

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ilYour
letter
of
P-eptember
1 has
been
received, and Iam
very
ppreciative
of
hearing
from you.
I8

Your letter

presented information

to you, in my
letter

of
July

that I

had already mentioned

21.; so this was

information I

knew.

I had
given
this
to
you as "advance" information
that
you
would
probably receive from
other
Government agencies, and departments,

and which

is
the

Again, the

standard
release

material.

new Project Blue Book is acivilian

original Project
years later,

Blue Book, which did

close

som e of
the

other persons

are,

same
original

still,
looking

phenomenon. That is
the

of
the

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Blue Book, Pentagon, and

for the

reason, too,

continuation

in 1969.

real answer

to the

UFO

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Goldwater, etc. I was hoping to go "deeper" into the intelligence-

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President

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asohe

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the

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Offices

of
the

Project Blue book, and

UFO &#39;s
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scheme

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whichare,
andthis date,
to
real,
hardun@wns&

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participation with

regard to the better

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Sessions:

You
may
recall.3hat,vvhile
you
were
inFortSmith
visiting
your

Fath:r,dE!calle
and,_briefly,_mengioned
m
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tomeet:&#
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yo -~ andto discussthe phennenon.
of
and the role of
U.
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in particular.

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to issue
a "challenge"
to younotthat
you

do notjc allenges on adaily

basis! pertaining to UFO&#39;s.

You

.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
- itwill
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

Government has played important roles

UFO reported sightings.
The new Project

Blue Bookis a "continuation"

of
the original Project
Blue

established
by

Air Force Base, Dayton,

Ohio.
"announcements"
came
from

stated

to
be

Book,

the Air Force, and was located at wright-Patterson

someof the most important sighting

the Air Force, and
which
were, later,

something not in the original

cover-up of the initial

much to the chagrin

Project Blue
Book

announcements - in
a

announcement. This repeatedly

of the Air
Force.

Original

happened

members of the

found that manyreports never were received

by

thisgroup,
but went
tointelligence-gathering
agencies.
Al{7L!

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personne
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of

brought

the sightings themselves and who were, otherwise,

in to some of the cases!

for complete information

about
Air Force! would not release

Evenwith the present

F.O.I.,

received and with information

.~

repeatedly

asked the Air

Force

the UFO&#39;s
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certain case reports to Mr.
Hoover.

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while Chairman
Goldwater asked

a "need to know"
an initial

of the

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Senate Committee

on Science,

for information

and was

basis. This

request, of

announcement from

the Air

Senator Barry

told that

he was

not on

Goldwater, had

Force that

to do

a"saucer"

with

had crashed

and that alien bodies

were at thn point
in time!
located in ahanger,
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&#39;s
information about
UFO&#39;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.

The new Project Blue

Book has 1&8 present,

about this,

and/or former,

NASA, and intelligencegathering agency

personnel, among
as adviser-consultants
to PBB -anonymously.
These are

the most

part, have/had

their respective

been actively

agencies, and

who are

Air Force,

NC

others, acting
persons who,

engaged in
earlier
still
muchly

because I

fo

UFO reports fo
interested.

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&#39;s takenby Air
Force personnel
through onboard
gun cameras,
and
similar questioning.
I am positive you
would find
that even
you would
be getting
ageneral
run-aroun and
could not
receive satisfactory
answ

to the above. I

think you

will/would find

all the
information you
should be
evident to
you after
making several

matter, thinking
will not

you are

b_e the case, Ia

receiving answers
ssure you.

that you

receiving and
inquiries. You

are
not

which should
may tend

to your

receiving

be very
to drop

questions, but

this

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if you are interested,

not take more of your time

I would appreciate your

You may wish to appoint one of our

in this
matter, but,
looking into
the matter.

office; personnel

to start

making

inquiry about
UFO &#39;s,
in general,
and see
which Agencies
to which
you

would be directed. Keep

personnel, in

inquiring about

Book closed

the other

-and

in mind,

however, that

agencies, may

will tell

it&#39;s "doors"in 1969,

some present office

not know what

you

you that the

Air
and that
the

would be

Force Project

Air Force

Blue

no longer

investigqtes Sightini
UFO reports
-and
thisintoI already
know. The
importan
the other
agencies;
such as

key is to go beyond the

ir Force
the
Office
of Defense, C.I.A., etc.

President Bush,

when asked about

UFO&#39;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..

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&#39;s
to a

conclusion

I hope you had a nice

-if

that conclusion

visit,with your

is an

honest one.

Dad, and come back for

avisit

again, soon.

Very sincerely

,
r

P.S. As

sort of

an "ultimate"

challenge

himself?

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received your

July 24th

letter in

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which you

ask

for my
help in
securin
information
relative to
investigations of
ob ect UFO! sightings.

unidentified flying

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

regarding investigations
itsArch ves and Records
UFOs
of Administration,
the
Modern
to
Military
Eighehn

Branch, National

Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue,
understand this
data is
available
You may wish to make an
inquiry
the answers

to some
Also of

Air

of your

N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20408.
I
for public
review and analysis.
of the Modern Military
Branch for

questions.

possible interest,

the National

Space Administration

was asked

b President

be gained

investigation, and

Aeronautics and

Carter to

look into

the possibility
of resumin
UFO investigations
in 1977.After
studying all
the factsavailable, itdecided that
nothing would
by further

the Department

of the

>.

Forceonal
agreed
with that
decision..
You
may also
want
to
check with
Aeronautics
and
Space
Admin
stration
in connection

the
Nat

with your

research.
I am
not

responsibility of

CL.
Ll-I

aware of

any Federal

investigating UFOs

O 15-Po -121?!
agency tasked

and
hope

wi
the

this information

dill be of helpto youand

your organization.

sincerely yours,

U!

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