UNITED
STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
From 1947 until
17 December 1969, the United States Air Force actively investigated
reports and sightings of unidentified flying objects - UFOs, under
a program called Project Blue Book. The project which was headquartered
at Wright-Patterson AFB, was terminated in December of 1969 after
22 years. US Air Force Secretary Robert C. Seamans, Jr., terminated
the project because the US Air Force could no longer justify the
project for national security reasons or scientific study. After
closing Project Blue Book the US Air Force has not publicly acknowledged
any further interest in UFO sightings.
The final
results of Project Blue Book were:
- No UFO
reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air Force was ever
an indication of threat to our national security.
- There was
no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings
categorized as "unidentified" represented technological developments
or principles beyond the range of modern scientific knowledge.
- There was
no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified"
were extra-terrestrial vehicles.
Project
Blue Book stated that the sightings of UFOs were the result of:
- A mild
form of mass hysteria.
- Individuals
who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity.
- Psychopathological
persons.
- Misidentification
of various conventional objects.
Project Blue
Book investigated 12,618 UFO sightings and 701 of those sightings
remained unidentified. Many UFO researchers feel that the investigations
of the UFO sightings were unprofessional and unscientific. The program
used poor research methods and researchers were too eager to label
a mysterious sighting as "identified" phenomena.
Individual
researchers and UFO organisations believe that members of Project
Blue Book were pressured to "identify" UFO sightings to calm the
public hysteria about UFOs. This theory has been supported by the
recent release of CIA documents pertaining to UFOs. They also suggest
that any report that was initially perceived as unexplainable or
would cause public concern was never included in Project Blue Book.
They allege that these reports were passed on to a higher authority
that never reported the results to the public.
Project Blue
Book, it seems, was just a low level collection and disinformation
program created under Project Sign (of December 1947) which evolved
into Project Grudge (of December 1948) to cover up the true investigation
into the alien presence on Earth.
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