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REFERENCE REPORT PROJECT BLUE BOOK Textual records of Project BLUE BOOK (the documentation relating to investigations of unidentified flying objects), excluding names of people involved in the sightings, are now available for research in the National Archives Building. The records include approximately 2 cubic feet of unarranged project or administrative files, 37 cubic feet of case files in which individual sightings are arranged chronologically, and 3 cubic feet of records relating to the Office of Special investigations (OSI), portions of which are arranged chronologically, by OSI district, and by overseas command. A cubic foot of records comprises about 2,000 pages. Finding aids for these records include a file list for the project files and an index to individual sightings, entered by date and location. Access to BLUE BOOK textual records is by means of 94 rolls of 35mm microfilm (T-1206) in the National Archives Microfilm Reading Room. The first microfilm roll includes a list of contents for all of the rolls and the finding aids. Photographs scattered among the textual records have also been filmed separately on the last two rolls. Requests for copies of individual rolls of microfilm ($23 each) should be addressed to the N ational Archives Trust Fund Board, PO Box 100793, Atlanta, GA 30384. Requests for the 19-page report summarizing Project BLUE BOOK, dated March 1967, may be placed with the Archives II Textual Reference Branch (NNR2), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. The cost of photocopy orders is $.25 per page, with a minimum order cost of $6. Remittance should be made payable to the National Archives Trust Fund. Motion picture film, sound recordings, and some still pictures are maintained by the Motion Picture & Sound & Video Branch (NNSM) and the Still Picture Branch (NNSP).