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This office
recently received
inquiry regarding
UFOs, referred
to us from the Bu e u.a public
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
Sincerely,
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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'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
gs.
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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was rescinded.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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YEAR
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
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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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24
670 14
1,006 14
627 10
390 12
557 14
591
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13
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'ects.
Study
conducted_by
e of
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
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three,
from the
U.S. Department
22151.
plates.
report may
set of
AD 680:977,
' 50b
Flying
iect Rs. e v ofiew p re ort
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p. 68
from the
Department of
National Technical
for
Information
Commerce, Springfield,
VA 22151.
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scientific organizations
and professional
considered UFO
of private
organizations interested
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Dear Mr.
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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
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.
original Project
years later,
som e of
the
other persons
are,
same
original
still,
looking
phenomenon. That is
the
of
the
Here, twenty-
for the
reason, too,
continuation
in 1969.
real answer
to the
UFO
gathering
agencies
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received somet o
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reports
whichnever
did
go to Project Blue Book. __
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been to
original Blue
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Book material
Archives,
an
have
that is
there....I
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looked
NASA's headquarters,
in Washington, following their
request
fran
President
Carter....I met
President....I sent
at
the
know some of
it's former personnel,
of
things,
with
President
New Executive
pertaining to
etc. So,
asohe
he
receipt of
the
Carter's chief
Offices
of
the
UFO 's
-except for the
hidden Intelligence-
reports,
whichare,
andthis date,
to
real,
hardun@wns&
gathering agency
participation with
UFO sighting
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is
appreciated
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of
Justice
Federal Bureau_ of Investigations
Washington,
D.C.
Dear Mr.
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Sessions:
You
may
recall.3hat,vvhile
you
were
inFortSmith
visiting
your
Fath:r,dE!calle
and,_briefly,_mengioned
m
Eisire
tomeet:&#
. in general,
fw
yo -~ andto discussthe phennenon.
of
and the role of
U.
S. Government participation,
in particular.
I saidgatI wished
to issue
a "challenge"
to younotthat
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
established
by
stated
to
be
Book,
Project Blue
Book
announcements - in
a
of the Air
Force.
Original
happened
members of the
thisgroup,
but went
tointelligence-gathering
agencies.
Al{7L!
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'While
Director
ofthe
F.B.I., Mr.
J. Edgar
Hoover
personne
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I
reported some
of
brought
.~
repeatedly
Force
the UFO's
- to no avail.
They the
certain case reports to Mr.
Hoover.
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Mr. William
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while Chairman
Goldwater asked
a "need to know"
an initial
of the
,.
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
about this,
and/or former,
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'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
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
th
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in this
matter, but,
looking into
the matter.
office; personnel
to start
making
inquiry about
UFO 's,
in general,
and see
which Agencies
to which
you
inquiring about
Book closed
the other
-and
in mind,
however, that
agencies, may
will tell
would be
Force Project
Air Force
Blue
no longer
investigqtes Sightini
UFO reports
-and
thisintoI already
know. The
importan
the other
agencies;
such as
President Bush,
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..
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
visit,with your
is an
honest one.
avisit
again, soon.
Very sincerely
,
r
P.S. As
sort of
an "ultimate"
challenge
himself?
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not ask
President Bush,
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I have
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
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.
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aware of
any Federal
investigating UFOs
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agency tasked
and
hope
wi
the
this information
sincerely yours,
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