Great study booklet about UFO phenomena.
In the document is very notable the fact of the seriousness that the scientific community took UFO sightings and their presence over the skies of the
Earth. The whole study is prepared by Robert Chartrand, specialist in Science and Technology, Science Policy and Research Division, assisted by
William Brown, Analyst in Science and Technology, Science Policy and Research Division.
This study laid the road for the Blue Book and since the first page marks the steps that a ufo investigation should go through.
THE UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
1. Description of various typos of UFO
2. Trend in UFO activity
3. Historical Sightings of Aerial Phenomena
4. Identification of Flying Objects (Versus ufos)
Then we have something more specific for the investigations governmental agencies and military.
1. Air Force establishes a Special Project (the forerunner of Blue Book)
2. Special Studies of UFOs
3. Special Briefings on UFO activity.
And at the end proposes the part that deals with the Public Reaction to UFO's.
Based on this schematics and after the investigation by Air Force and independent consultants the efforts of this study published contain five major
points:
1. UFO's do not pose a threat to the nation
2. UFO's do not represent developments or principles beyond present-day scientific knowledge (we're talking about 1966
)
3. There is no evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles under the control of an intelligent being
4. There is no evidence of physical matter left behind by a reported UFO
5. Some fraction of total sightings remain "UNIDENTIFIED"
