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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 National 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 $6. Remittance should be made payable to the National Archives Trust Fund. Motion picture film, sound recordings, and some still pictures are maintained by the Motion Picture & Sound & Video Branch (NNSM) and the Still Picture Branch (NNSP). RG 3), Records O 38 Hoadquarters United States Air Force Project BLUE BOOX e. . te a me on ee eee TOSS BPP FL! S3AIHOMW TYNOS4YN 3HL LV GFONOOHdIY Roll No. File No. Index jee aa 180 - 271 271: ~, 342 343 - 443 444 . 599 600 848 -g49 - 1011 AOi2 = 1187 1188 - 1376 1377 1494 1495 - 1673 1673 1836 1837 - 1999 2050 - 2167 2168 - 2300 2301, =-2505 2506 - 2615 2616 - 2792 2793 Project BLUE 800K x BA i é j Microfilm Rolls Index Date Summer 1947 - 7/9/47 7/9/47 - 7/24/48 7/26/48 - December 1948 December 1948 - sie 4/9/49 - 6/26/49 6/27/49 - 11/25/49 11/27/49 - 12/6/50 12/9/50 - 12/9/51. 12/10/51 - 5/7/52 5/8/52 - 7/1/52 7/2/52 - 7/19/52 7/19/52 - 7/28/52 7/28/82 - 8/5/52 3/5/52 - 8/27/52 8/21/S2 - 10/15/52 10/16/52 —<12/27/52 12/28/52 - 3/19/55 5/19 (S50 « 7/2755 q/3{53 — 11/16/55 11f7/53 - 5/24/54 McIntosh, ce { ) sh z S$ J ° S| él Information File - tHidland, M Grand Falls, Newfoundland - AL © Chamblee, GA.- Kirtland AFB, NM Kirtland AFB, NM > Rockford, IL ae CASE FILES OF INDIVIDUAL SIGHTINGS | | | Location — Tolédo, OH - Pennsylvania, OH Kirtland AFB, NM - Ht. Palonar, CA NM - Ft. Myers, FL London, England - Andrews AFB, } SS: et RO, Riverside, CA - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31. 20N70- ooN (Atlantic) - Phoenix, AZ neeuartone UT ~-Elkins Park, PA © Rock Island, IL - Washington, DC Washington, DC - Westover AFB, MA Malaya - Birmingham, AL Baltimore, HD - Bay of Bengal Korea - Canadian, 1X Albuquerque, NM Haxmon AFB, ten rounli atl Crystal Lake, Ol - Timker AFB, OX Fremont, WI -- Catalina, CA New York, NY - Richmond, IN 46 47 48 49 SO =~ 51 S2 23 54 55 56 o/ fe .60 File No. 7120 = 7321 7522 - 7505 7509 - 7641 7641 - 7818 7819 - 7970 7971 - 8180 8181 - 8366 8367 - 8512 8513 8700 8701 - 8848 8849 - 8968 8969 - 9148 $148 - 9312 9313 - 9462 9463 - 9647 9648 - 9786 97387 - 9902 9903 - 10043 10044 ~ 10216 Date 11/23/60 - Spring 1961 3/14/61 - 7/19/61 7/20/61 - 9/20/61 9/20/61 - 2/25/62 2/26/62 - July 1962 July 1962 - 10/22/62 10/23/62 = 5/26/65 5/28/63 - 8/13/63 8/13/63 - 2/23/64 2/24/64 - 5/30/64 5/30/64 - 7/25-26/64 7/21/64 = 10/30/64 10/30/64 - 3/12-13/65 3/13/65 - 7/4/65 7/4/65 - 8/2/65 8/2/65 - 8/15/65 8/15/65 - 9/4/65 9/4/65 - 10/27/65 10/27/85 - 3/1/66 3/1/66 — 3/31/66" | Location Kansas City, KS - Kemah, TX San Diego, CA - Hamilton, Oil 39,30N 125.58" (Pacific) - Lincoln, NH Lincoln, Ni - Kotzebue, AX. 9.14N90.32W(Panama Canal) - North Brunswick, NJ Glenside,. PA - 65.20N28.50W (Atlantic) 60.14N13.36W(Atlantic) - Gulf of Mexico : Philadelphia, PA - Borger, TX ~ Smithland, IA - Philadelphia, PA. California §& Oregon - COMANVSUP for Antarctica Orangeville, CA - Hamilton, Mr Norwich, NY - Yorkshire, England et Yorkshire, England - Brooklyn, NY Rochester, NY - Taiwan Bloomsburg, PA 4 Albuquerque, Ni Florence, AZ - Thackery, OH. Dayton, OH .- Pittsburgh, PA Ketchikan, AK. - Newton teiten: hae Cloverdale, OH - Stafford Springs, Beloit, WI -< Uttica, NY . woot CY ae | : S3AIHOUY TWNOS LYN 3HL LY GIOMNOOUdIY | . “ROTI 3.0., 6) 62 64 65 66 63 69 70 71 {7 73 74 75 76 77 78 “On 11468% - 11593 11594 . 11700 11802 L1ISN9A - 12010 12011) 12083 12071 E227) File No. 19546 - 10479 10380 - 10622 10623 - 10764. 10765 ~ 10870 10871 - 10982 10983 - 11106 11107 - 11245 11246 - 11357 “11358 - 11468% | - 11699 - 11801 - 11909 - 120382 Sealy awisse Date of 517 OO = 247 22/05 4/22-29/66 - 6/5/66 6/6/66 - 7/19/66 7/19/66 - 8/18/66 §/18/66 - 10/1/66 10/2/66 - 10/30/66 10/30/66 - 12/66 1967. - 2/12/67 P/12/ 67 < Spl) GF 3/1-4/67 - 4/1/67 4/1/67 - 4/30/67 4/30/67 - 6/20/67 6/20/67 - 6/31/67 6/31/67 - 9/21/67 9/21-29/67 - 10/24/67 10/24/67 - 12/5-11/67 12/12/87 - 3/6/67 March-April - 4/21/67 4/23/67 - July 1967 July 1967 - 7/15/68 ' Colorado Springs, CO - Youngsville, N Location —_———,_-—-——— Rehoboth, HA-- Middlebury, V1 Leeburg, Fi = Dexter, OH Sahunnins OH - Houston, TX Del Paso Hts, CA - Xenia §& Dayton, O!D Deluth, MN - Dayton, OH % West Chester, PA~ Additional: Sightings Los Angeles, CA‘- Deluth, MN Cheltennan, iD ~ Additional: Sightings Additional Sightings ~ Tucson, AZ South Wellington, TX - Newburg, NY - Austin, TX ~ Denver, IA ~ . “2: | Dayton, OH - Indianapolis, LN Indianapolis, IN - Nashville, TN Additional Sightings - Blytheville AFB, AR ae See | Greenville, OH - Additional Sightings Tyler, TX - Traverse,City, MI Additional Sightings - Kettering, OH San Bexrmardino, CA - Dayton, Of Dayton, Oi] - Yellow Springs, OH ~ S3AIHOMW TWNOM#4AVN FHL LY OIMNACd 3» | 5 ROLi: NO’ File No. Date Location Mi ‘ * > 92 12546 - 12628 10/26/68 - 2/10/69 Boone, NC - St. Louis, MI E ©} eae _ ik > | 83 12629 - 12711 2/10/69 - 8/24/69 Pine Bluff, AR - Dayton, OH z= 84 12712 - 12750 §/26/69 - December 1969 Dayton, OI - Round Lake, IL = fi iees- ai uz fae ale gale Bo eee Brees et Wee aera ey: Administrative Files: Box ] PROJECT (ADMINISTRATIVE) FILES “ee me oe -—— +e <= —_— — — — —- ee ee eee 7 ee ee ee oe se | Technical Report, "Unidentified Aerial Objects, Project SLGN,”' ; Feb, 1949: ‘74 pp. | = Technical Report, "Unidentified Flying Objects, Project GRUDGE," Aug. 1949: . 408 pp. | | Final Report, Project TWINKLE, 27 Nov. 1951: ‘25 pp. Status Reports and Special Reports, GRUDGE - BLUE BOOK Reportels: 2 55<pp. Report 7: 28 pp. a, Report 2. 29) pp. Report . 8: 40 pp. eae hKepoce, Oo; ell po. Report 9: 46 pp. Report 4: 19 pp. “Report 10; S61 pp. Report 5: 17 pp. Report ll: | 354 pp. * Report 6: 20 pp. Report 12: 35 pp. (All reports are Status Reports; Report 1 includes Special Report 1). } S6 Administrative: Fates 2" Box 2 Staff Study - 1952 (Capt. Rupelt): 49 pp. | AISS folcer (Miscellaneous dates): 58 pp. AFCIN Plan on UFO's {May 1987 - Feb. 1958); ili pp. ‘Start Study, Dec, 1958%- 56 pp. FID UFO Panel (1959-1960): 25 pp. Review of Motion Picture "Unidentified Flying Objects" (1960): ‘17 pp. plus newspaper clippings Staff Study, 28 Sept. 1959: 5S pp. Proposed Transfer to SAFOI (Dec, 1959 - April 1960): 20 pp. | ae Proposed Transfer to ARDC (Feb. 1960 - April 1962): 15 pp. Deputy Director File Jan, 1961: 39 ND. & Untitled folder containing copies of Air Force Regulation 89-17 w/Revisions (1966-1968): 11 pp. Summary to Project BLUE BOOS (Jan. 1956): 3 pn. First Status Report, Project STORK (Preliminary Work for Special Report #14), April 25, 1952: 102 pp. Special Report No. 14 (May S, 1955): 5315 pp. Correspondence and miscellaneous file relating to Special Report No, 14: °S4 pp. | Administrative Files: Box 3 Dr. Fitts’ Reports (April 1949): 17 pp. - USAFE "Aids to Identification of Flying Objects" (1957): 57 pp. Untitled folder of photographs, containing about S0-60 photos, mostly of USAF personnel, with many duplicates | | Advisory Panel on the Scientific Use of Balloons Meeting - 1S Nov, 1965: 78 pp. Sub-Committee Hearing, March 1966 (USAF SAB): 40 pp. 2. S.A.B. and Recommendations 1966: 31 pp. ‘USAF Test Group: UFO Material 19 Sept, 1966 - 25 Oct. 1969: 30 pp. ‘Foreign Technology Division: "Soviet Effort to Contact Extraterrestrial . Lifte,! 3: Peb. 1967: 67 pp. 87 - Project BLUE BOOK (USAF SAB, 3 Feb. 1966): 137 pp. . Administrative Files: Box 4 . ATIC UFO Briering 1 April 1952: 44 pp. Press Conference - Gen, Samford 1952: 42 pp Capt, Ruppeit ADC Briefing 24 Jan. 1953: 29 pp. ay {34 87 tandard BLUE ROOK Briefing, 9 Feb. 1953: 18 pp. Indoctrination D/I Representatives, 18-19 Feb, 1957: 2 pp. McClellan Sub-Committee Hearings, Feb. - March 1958: ; Dp. 20 June 1958 Bricfing, Representative Henderson: 16 pp. S& Aug. 1958 McCormack Sub-Committee Briefing: 30 pp. Proposed Hearing 1961 (Including Mr. Hine's Visit): 17 pp. 1J-15 July 1960: Congressional Briefings (Mr. R. Smart): 21 pp. Eglin AEB Briefing by Dr. Hynek (27 April 1960): 39 pp. Briefing AFIT by Lt. Col. Friend, 9 Feb. 1961: 6 pp. UFO Briefing - Troy Ohio, 14 March 1961: 6 pp. UFO Briefing 29 Oct. 1962 - 30 Jan. 1963; 40 pp. hee FTI) Correspondence Folder, 10 July - 1 Aug. 1963: 27 pp. The UFO Progran to the Anerican Society of Newspaper Editors, 22 April 1967: 21. pp. Briefing 7 July 1967 to Gen. Garland: 24 pp. ae August 1952 Air Intelligence Digest Article (Ruppelt): 34 pp. AVRO Car Folder: §8 pp. UFO Policy Meeting, Feb, 1959: 27 pp. (Note: All materials this folder marked "For Official Use Only'’) | ATI School. Training Lecture, "The UFO Program' (1957): 54 pp. Arastrong Circle Theater, "UFO: Eniyma of the Skies," Broadcast i of 22 Jan.1958: 78 pp. | : Col. Tacker Radio Interview, Dec. 1960, on "Washington Viewpoint:" 15 pp. Comnittee on Science and Astronautics (1961): 150 pp. publications € 2 pp. per reproduction; 6 pp. other material 5 a oe ~ Beh I ae e.g Ly 196 e e e Cana rnce naselatirxaen Dafarancra Carieira UVsipni we ote Ste FP MULE LR VW B88 9 YG Sh On oie Ok ae fan > 48 pp. 7 . MEacts Ahout UFOAtS FF e e@ - 7 & ea7 — 3 CN rh L 5 J Ay) % b D.O.D. News Releases and Fact Sheet (1952-1968): 18S pp. Le | l SS 90 92 ar VO ° District Files, INSPECTOR GEN File Chronological Files Chronological Files District Files, 1949-67 District Files, 1949-67 District Files, 199-67 (1949-67 Overseas Commands, 1949-68 sRAL, USAF OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS (OST) Date or Location 9/9/48 - 8/31/49 9/14/49 - 10/5/62 District 1 - Westover AFB, BMA District 2 - New York, NY District 3 - Harrisburg, PA District District District DISEFVEL District District District District District District District District District District District District District District District District District District District DIStTLLEt District 5 4 5 aon! oO 9 oD Harrisburg, PA Bolling AFB, DC Wright-Patterson AFB, payton, OH 9. > Robins AFB, Robins Field, GA MacDi lL AFB, Tampa, FL Maxwell AEB, AL Barksdale AFB, LA 1 =helly Alb helty Field. Tx det 12 13 14 iS 16 17 1S 19 20 Alaskan Air Caribbean Command Far East Air Forces USAF in Europe Military Air Transport Service Newfoundland Rase Command ' McChord AFB, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK scott AF8, IL Orfutt AFB, Omaha, NE Lowry AFB, Denver, CO _ Great Falls, AFB, Mr ~ Hill AFB, baci neh UT USAF Specialized Depot, Maywood, CA Fairfield- Suisun AFB, CA WA Langley AFB, Langley Field, VA Griffiss AFB, Rome, NY Carswell AFB, Fr. Worth, Tx Chicago, IL Selfridge AFB, MI wo Records Ramey AFB, PR Comnand CPS eS. ETL IT ITT I SENSI LB LITT HEN LA FH TID OPAC TONER? RTL ETN CT LE AN IIIS RMIT WALL RYE AGORA SJAIHDYVY TYNOWIWN AHL L¥ OFONGONdIy ! > abe ae LE TT a ee SOs a te es os ke ee a ee ; , a: he PHOTOGRAPHS < Poll No. File 0. Date : 93 Case File Nos. 10 - 4715 6/24/47 - 5/2/57 | 94 Case File Nos. 4750 - 12615 5/2/57 - February 1969 | | OSI Files siete | a om cay em, ete SIATHOMY TWNO#@IYN JHL LY GIMOOIIY ie Artifacts Removed from Project BLUE BOOK Sighting Case Files Record Group 341 Item Number pitted = | a Viste ee bee Rererence .) Location 243-1-465 Project Bluebook | Wile # 1003409 Box 42 he US Log te a ) 1ew2 2. Lafayette, Indiana | 8/5/A Se. Observer: 4h, Small pieces of metal fused together 341-2-466 i.) May 20, 1955 File. #1003426 Box &5 2. Alexandria, Minn. | af JeN2 3. Civilian opserver | is 8/5/B 4. Rock - | 341-3-67 ls. May 27, 1955 "Bite 1003427 ~~ Boxe As 2. Englewood, Ohio | oe eel | | | LOW2 3. Observer -~Giiigm rar | 8/5/B 4h. Large Rock ae ee 341~+4-L68 i. duly 7/1955" - . File 771003430 Box hé Qe Baltimore, Maryland Pets ec me 3 Jewe a 3. Observer — Multi ) _ 8/5/B aE: ace small bottles of chemical compound i ee : 3h1-5-L69 te Nov. 27, 1957 “-‘File 4 1003188 Box ST 2. Middletown, Onio | | | Sa ewe 3. Observer @aaaiee | te ORS /D | rie beads and small pieces of metal . ———. ‘ 341-6-470 Leo Dec. S, IDS Sw Olean ey a Te # 1003491 Box 58 | - ®, New Orleans, La. | | eit eye L2W2 3. Observer Witmwa a 8/5/D eae }. H-131 Parachute Flare | 3 | | oad s 3h1-7-472 1. June 3, 1953 fa File # 1003503 Box 62 ; 2. Marshaltown, Iowa | | ies vats eee 3. Observer: cai a | : 4. Volcanic Debris 341-8-472 ao a Awe B, 2658 | ‘File #1003507 Box 63° ae Wadsworth, Ohio 5m | | | seve >| 3. Ovserver: heer a | | 8/5 /D ~ caer 4. Yellow Brass Tubing Geet | Ra 3h1-9-L4.73 OU Cat, 1052950 | File # 1093514 Box 6h Ee Lemple, Oxlanoma | Jew? 3. Observer: <aHgiam 8/5/= 4. Weather balloon o aah es *' = ey “se * : 3 ~ - @ asp he ‘co Src tke ober a t Jen Veen ta r ve i x SPY ee a ah nen Seta esas tT + ox < ~-' a _& : =e eo? & Ss ee heed ons ks Ske SF she ee sein Ss - a BP : t > « ~~ * > . -~— ~ ax x 4 ye ny e ro Pd ave 73 WS +: >? , ix) @ ke SPREE ss _ ; o Le ae : 4 : bs . -—- ed ‘ Woe. ae Os 9 ey, Mes eas es ‘ ~% = Ocm , a Z Netto 2 getty 8 ae 34, — Fn eC TR : fit Hee 0 ; : Aa All Sia 5 ee ee ee ee 8 eee ee Oe - Ttem Numcer 341-10-4-74 341-11-475 341-12-475 34.1-13-477 341-14-478 BuA-15-479 341-156-420 341-183-182 item Project Record Group ah File Reference Blueopcok Feb. f, 1959 Jackson, Tenn. Observer: itm. balloon | File 7 1003524 July 28, 1959 S.5. of Dayton, Ohio Observer: ~@eaiite Coke (pieces) File + 10035 36 Dec. 5, 1957 File # 1003492 Mew Orleans, La. Observer : “ida | Part of Plare | Apri. 12, 1960 mas ; LA Camp, la Observer: Gian Rocket Oct. 12, 1960 Sweetwater, South Car -olina Observer: SR . . Remains of roli on deodorant stick ‘File £ 1003566 sept. 1961 | rear ries Connoisville, Ind. ie let Saal Wo recoreded observer Large Rock: Avril,: 1.962 West Manchester, , Ohio Cinder Block Sevt. 13, 1962 Newark, Ohio Observer: nim Object from steel processing ‘1003549 ‘File 7 1003592 File £ 1003603 Location Box 66 LOWe 8/5/E Bax 81 1ew2 | 6/6/B a onl ey ml a ET 8/6/83 Box @ YW 8/6/B: Box Ok HI ci (D 3 ist : a) rt La B tag ie ny '@) i 2 It: Project Bluevook dw oe 3. a he 7 Record Group 342 File Reference File # 1003622 Oct. 20, 1902 eer is Sabon Island Ooserver Ray ES liylon Residue Location Box §&5 1272 B/s/c a. ciavwiaae, “Ohio . | Dy 3. Ovoserver: A 8/6/c bh. Salt crystal 3h3-23-L57 341-214-483 3441-25-89 So) tse j-? ID O\ rs e % oar AY fu Ww NN) [-! St. George Ve Bouce, P.0., Canda : Observers RCMP Rocks @ stones Sept. 4, 1964 y ae: File # 1003665 Glassboro, NH. J. Seat Bz, 1904 | File = 1003666 oe ., April ie 596 cai et, Rela SOS pedar” Ct Baltimore, lid. Ooserver: Multi PLECES (Oc SuLcks ee Van Hays, Sat, Ocoserver: pees Burned sod iDi 8/6/D WD : (8/6/D Box 95 122 8/6/D Box 95 2 ee eee oe Sapte e +1 w- ‘ . ¢ 208 es OG"s Petes ‘me ene ee Oe Os end ae Oe On OY To Shicteninctn valsndnneasiAyo> Gg | M5, Fie oS eee CACRGONES Backes ape : py ee ee a > a in nan owe ~—_— “y ~~“ or . ee : =. ee “_ ~~ © -; Ta i. . fe rr * A ~ ad el = — nee ao “* be “ry = - f e - o a a ae. tot os Se Aer Se cee Ty ree BoE oe 5 Noy cela ante een Rea as, oo wring SR a de OR a te cha eB a ie tL SPO ee SPOT a ta en LY 7 + we tte tare Sn eh, oe OT - Ve, yo de eee rot eee ES en eg = eget bse. oe) AS cot 4.8 wees ACSES eae 97 ei es Awe Cre Ot cee oS eee ar Be ee eis Set er oa rs we re “ eee As CaS Lee 3 Fete ar Be pipet creer ent ones pote a aha: frm Tin , oe gee . ~@ ‘ ° ~ “= in Air Po ae Se PN sagt tgle Uden pceaiey. : ee Re ee NNR Re EN , ae 341-229-493 3441-39-49) FW HY FWD Octet, 2o5F TOS Angeles, Cal. 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Z é yey oe Dow, 2)” e:. ? aly ‘ An ‘ . . ‘ o's F . .* ee |) : a ’ 7 ner et sc .. : - : Os o> ah Sar ey tae ee t aa ee ieee Rieti a0 7: = ‘ . ] 4 ‘ Nhe : 8 is «4 e e -: 4 *@ - ——— —— a o -—T . « 4 . 7 yy PO Ro. 2 “? a at . ~* 4 Se ~ > £. “Sey g.% “= e tp ina : . be * » « ° . ~ , ; - et Sh a , e#- a OS >, * as vie , he Cant We 3! i tr ga! oh Fae dk 7 7 \.* ‘ “e 7 a v » 3 Vy Pi sah ee - > 44 Rede ff 7 ° ed ee 2 4-7 * wat . P gece : sy e We i Et SR pak cM PAL ed) SAIHOUY“1VNO LLYN ee ( 3HL 40 SONIGIOH WOUS G3ONGONd3Y the investigation The Air Force FIED, (2) INSUFFIC »» analysis, and approach and an open mind. PROJECT BLUE BOOK groups its evaluations of UFO re IENT DATA, and (3) UNIDENTIFIED, ports MNaoudsy S3AIHOMV TWNOILYN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WOU C30 * 399 - eee ere ees * «¢ * *# oe @@e RR Reports categorized as INSUFFICIENT DATA are those for which one or more elements of in- formation, essential for evaluation, are missing. Some examples are the omission of the duration of the sighting, date, time, location, position in the sky, weather conditions, and the manner of appear- ance or disappearance. If an element is missing and there is an indication that the sighting may be of a security, scientific, technical, or public interest value, the Project Blue Book Office conducts an additional investigation and every attempt is made to obtain the information necessary for identi- fication. However, in some instances, essential information is requested from the observer and is never received; therefore, no further action can be taken. The third and by far the smallest group of evaluations is categorized as UNIDENTIFIED. A sighting is considered unidentified when a report apparently contains all pertinent data necessary to suggest a valid hypothesis concerning the cause or explanation of the report, but the description of the object or its motion cannot be correlated with any known object or phenomena. TYPES OF UFO IDENTIFICATIONS AND EVALUATIONS There are various types of UFO sightings. Most common are reports of aeiponnaina! sightings, which include bright stars, planets, comets, fireballs, meteors, auroral streamers, and other celestial bodies. When observed through haze, light ‘fog, moving clouds, or other obscurations or unusual con- ditions, the planets, including Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, have been reported as unidentified flying objects. Stellar mirages are also a source of reports. > Satellites are another major source of UFO reports. An increase in satellites reported as UFOs has come about because of two factors. The first is the increase of interest on the part of the public; the second is the increasing number of satellites in the skies. Positive knowledge of the location of all satellites at all times enables rapid identification of satellite sightings. Keeping track of man- made objects in orbit about the earth is the responsibility of the North American Air Defense Com- mand Space Detection and Tracking System at Ent AFB, Colorado. This sophisticated electronics system gathers complex:space traffic data instantly from tracking stations all over the world. Other space surveillance activities include the use of ballistic tracking and large telescopic Cameras. ECHO schedules of the South/North equator crossings are prepared by the Smithsonian Institution at Cambridge, Massachusetts. From the data produced by these agencies, satellites mis- takenly reported as UFOs can be identified quickly. Some of these are visible to the naked eye. Aircraft account for another major source of UFO reports, particularly during adverse weather conditions. When observed at high altitudes and at some distance, aircraft can have appearances ranging from disc to rocket shapes due to the reflection of the sun on their bright surfaces. Vapor or condensation trails from jet aircraft will sometimes appear to glow fiery red or orange when re- flecting sunlight. Afterburners from jet aircraft are often reported as UFOs Since they can be seen . from great distances when the aircraft cannot be seen. The Project Blue Book Office has direct contact with all elements of the Air Force and the Federal Aviation Agency civil air control centers. Allaerial refueling operations and special training flights can be checked immediately. Air traffic of commercial airlines and flights of military air- craft are checked with the nearest control center, enabling an immediate evaluation of aircraft mistakenly reported as UFOs. However, since many local flights are not carried, these flights are probable causes of some reports. Balloons continue to be reported as UFOs. Several thousand balloons are released each day from military and civilian ai orts, weather stations, and research activities. There are several types of balloons - weather balloons, ‘rawinsondes, radiosondes, and the large research balloons which have 2 o” . G3MNGOwd3s4y S3AIHOMY TVNOILYN 3HL 4O SONIGIOH WOU @ t diameters up to 300 feet. At night, balloons carry running lights which cause an unusual appearance when observed. Reflection of the sun on balloons at dawn and sunset sometimes produces strange effects. This usually occurs when the balloon, because of its altitudes, is exposed to the sun. Large balloons can move at speeds of over 100 miles per hour when moving in high altitude jet windstreams. These balloons sometimes appear to be flattened on top. At other times, they appear to be saucer Shaped and to have lights mounted inside the bag due to the sun’s rays reflecting through the material of the balloon. The Balloon Control Center at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, maintains a plot on all military upper air research balloons. | Another category of UFO evaluations labeled Other includes missiles, reflections, mirages, searchlights, birds, kites, Spurious radar indications, hoaxes, fireworks, and flares. Aircraft, satellites, balloons, and the like should NOT be reported since they do not fall within the definition of an unidentified flying object. ° eer - + 2 i ¢ CONCLUSIONS To date, the firm conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) no unidentified flying object reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) 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 present-day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as UNIDENTIFIED are extraterrestrial vehicles. The Air Force will continue to investigate all reports of unusual aerial phenomena over the United States. The services of qualified scientists and technicians will continue to be used to investi- gate and analyze these reports, and periodic reports on the subject will be made. The Air Force takes no stand on whether or not extraterrestrial life could or does exist. Scien- tists believe that it is entirely possible that the universe contains life on planets other than our own. ‘No evidence yet exists that there is other life. The Air Force continues to extend an open invitation to anyone who feels that he possesses any evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles operating within the earth’s space envelope to subm:; his evidence for analysis. Initial contact for this purpose is through the following address: | ’. PROJECT BLUE BOOK INFORMATION OFFICE SAFOI WASHINGTON, D.C. 20330 Anyone observing what he considers to be an unidentified flying object should report it to the nearest Air Force Base, Persons submitting a UFO report to the Air Force are free to discuss any aspect of the report with anyone. The Air Force does not seek to limit discussion on such reports and does not withhold or censor any information pertaining to this unclassified program. S3AIHOUV TWNOILYN 3HL 4O SONICIOH WONS GIONOOYdTY . 4 | - & eae -7e-_*- -- & ee ee a ceed, A The following items are for internal use only and are not available for distribution to the public. These concern internal management and procedures for forwarding UFO reports to the appropriate agency. The Air Force has no objection to persons visiting Air Force bases and reading them: 1. Air Force Regulation 80-17 2. JANAP 146E The Air Force has no films or photographs that indicate our planet has been visited by extra- terrestrial vehicles. Photographs that have been submitted for evaluation in conjunction with UFO reports have undergone intensive photographic analyses and none have provided evidence that sub- Stantiate the presence of extraterrestrial vehicles. Many widely circulated photographs have never been submitted to the Air Force for comprehensive analyses. The Air Force returns all original photographs and negatives to the owners upon completion of analyses. J The Air Force possesses only record copies, and thus does not have for distribution outdated reports on Project SIGN, Project GRUDGE, or Blue Book Special Report No. 14. Copies can be made by the Project Blue Book Information Office at the expense of the request: yr at a rate of twenty-five cents per page. Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 contains 323 pages; Project SIGN, 44 pages; and Project GRUDGE, 405 pages. Each report must be reproduced in its entirety. S3JAIHOMW TIWNOILWN 3HL JO SONICIOH WOUS G3NaGowdsy ee ek ee READING MATERIAL The non-military publications listed below may be obtained from the publishers, not the Air Force. Some may be found in local libraries. They deal with facts and theories about our solar sys- tem (the sun, planets, comets, meteorites, the universe, stars, constellations, and galaxies); tele- scopes; the computation of time as it relates to astronomy; starmaps and charts; the history of astronomy; and information on optics and lights. SKY & TELESCOPE, by Sky Publishing Corporation, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, ee Massachusetts 021 38. Monthly Magazine, 40 cents per copy. WEATHER ELEMENTS, by BLAIR, THOMAS A., published by Prentice-Hall. Has an excellent chapter on often misidentified weather phenomena. PLANETS, STARS, AND SPACE, by CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH M. & NICHOLSON, THOMAS D. An illustrated, non- -technical explanation of the earth, planets, stars, and the universe. Prepared in co- operation with the American Museum of Natural History. JUNIOR SCIENCE BOOK OF STARS, by CROSBY, PHOEBE. An easy-to-read, exciting sides of what scientists know about the stars, planets, and the moon. CHALLENGE OF THE UNIVERSE, by HYNEK, J. ALLEN & ANDERSON, NORMAN, Discusses the nature of the universe; astronomy, and cosmology, publish ‘d by Scholastic Press. THE STORY OF THE STARS, by MALONEY, TERRY. An introduction to the universe; our solar syS- tem, our galaxy, and other galaxies. Many interesting illustrated analogies help build concepts of size and distance. Includes references to the Van Allen rac “tation belts and zodiacal light observation of 1960. 7 THE WORLD OF FLYING SAUCERS, by MENZEL, DONALD H. & BOYD, LYLE G. A scientific ex- amination of the classic, UFO reports. THE MOON, METEORITES, AND COMETS, 1963, by MIDDLEHURST & KUIPER. Contains analyses Pan he IRes eit MEidceiaia tie iaroeenite) £ Pan malar aieatie Dae meee ISS, of Soviet moon photos, a chapter on a Siberian meteorite, photos of comets, and computation of vari- ous comet orbits. THE NATURE OF LIGHT AND COLOUR IN THE OPEN AIR, by MINNAERT, M., Dover Publications. This is an excellent paperback written in understandable layman’ Ss language. METEORS, by OLIVIER, CHARLES P., a standard text by foremost authority on meteors. PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF MARS, 1905-1961, by SLIPHER, E. C., published by Lowell Observa- tory. : ANATOMY OF A PHENOMENON, by VALLE, JACQUES. FIRST MAN TO THE MOON, by von BRAUN, WERNHER. ——— S3AIHOMY TVNOLLVN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WOUs GIONGOYdIY '- “eed, 0 hg debe tee oA ew ember fe 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 TOTAL TOTAL UFO (OBJECT) SIGHTINGS TOTAL SIGHTINGS 122 156 186 210 169 1,501 209 487 345 670 1,006 627 | 390 557 591 474 399 562 887 1,060 11,108 UNIDENTIFIED 12 y | 22 27 22 303 42 46 24 14 14 10 12 14 13 15 14 19 16 30 676 (Compiled 15 Feb 67) SOURCE Case Files Case Files Blue Book, Page 108 Case Files Case Files Blue Book, Page 108 Case Files Case Files . Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files Case Files S3AIHOYY IWNOILYN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WOYS GINNGONdSY ‘ REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STATISTICAL DATA FOR YEARS 1953-1965 TOTAL CASES BY CATEGORY | (Compiled 15 Feb 67) SS VASES BY CATEGORY | 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 TOTAL Astronomical mid W3t e135 222): 341. 951 faa age 203 1360 85123 25027 ’ Aircraft 73 80.124 148 218 106 63 6677 68 73 71. 222 1,389 ~ Balloon ye 83 102 93) 1145831 kg 28246 20—Sfs=7586 701 Insufficient Data | 79 103° ("95.132 191 17] 65 105 115 94 59 99 85 1,333 Other 62 ri ee RE P20) 193 gg og. | ae 65 58 88 86126 =: 11,042 Satellite oO 0 0 0 8 tS eee 69 77 82 142 152 569 Unidentified ca a ae 10 12 14 13 a9 14 19 16 _ 253 TOTAL 50 o7 845670 «1,006 «= 627 S390 BETSY 474 399 562 BRT ' ASTRONOMICAL SIGHTINGS CAL SIGHTINGS ; Meteors 70-9279 8B179-s 168 = 400s ag 119 95 | 57 61 101 1,396 Stars and Planets AON Ae 828 ASI 144 Gh ag as 78 36 icergs 55 140 945 Other Asta enl Sug: ie rn. ae ee ere ce ae | B= Re we bas TOTAL 175-137-1350 222 (eT 44° 235-=« 203-136 «5S CTH3)— CE 2,417 OTHER CASES | Hoaxes, Hallucinations, Unreliable Reports and Psychological Causes 15 6 18 16 37 29 14 13 17 11 16 34 34 260 Missiles and Rockets 2 1 it 3 2. 26 66ttC«CSY 12 43 9 13 7 10 93 . Reflections 4 6 4 < ee ee anes, li 9 3 3 0 2 7 61 Flares and Fireworks 1 4 8 6 f° 3 Gey 4 3 3 7 4 63 Mirages and Inversions cana 2 4 1 9) 2 s 9 6 3 0 2 9) 42 Search and Groundlights 9 6 14 9 12 8 5) 6 l 3 2 6 9 90 Clouds and Contrails 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 4 5 4 5 0 3 50 Chaff , 0 2 0 1 2 6 1 4 3 5 2 1 1 28 Birds 4 4 2 6 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 4 11 45 Radar Analyses ~ 15 7 1 8 27 3 8 6 9 0 1 2 3 90 Photo Analyses 1 1 2 4 1 7 4 6 3 2 3 6 6 46 Physical Specimens re | 6 5 3 5 ‘10 3 7 4 15 3 8 12 82 Satellite Decay 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3 3 4 3 8 31 Other wake ordre aid 0 9 5 3 3 4 2 4 6 13 61 TOTAL 62 58 6 8 =~6l 60 120 $3.)tisC “84 TT “$5 Se Be 126 =: 1,042 ap ge = 2. *-* Pe ee *@- < “*- “wee > " ~« ‘ + STATISTICAL DATA FOR 1966 (Compiled 15 Feb 67) JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC TOTAL Astronomical 14 8 44 47 15 12 20 20 12 38 21 4 255 Aircraft 8 4 32 42 31 26 29 28 14 24 22 10 270 Balloon 0 0 yA ae 5 3 2 7 4 2 5 1 1 32 : Insufficient Data 8 3 34 27 30 22 19 19 19 34 = 6 242 Other 5 1 19 15 7 5 10 5 7 3 8 3 94 Satellite 2 0 22 5 12 21 5 23 5 11 2 1 109 Unidentified 1 2 5 2 1 4 3 3 4 3 1 1 30 Pending 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 6 14 28 TOTAL 38 4«=6s 18~—Ssé«d'5S 143 99 92 £93 104 67 126 62 40 1,060 ASTRONOMICAL Meteors 8 1 8 19 5 3 10 7 4 8 8 2 83 Stars/Planets 4 6 32 23 7 8 9 10 q 29 12 2 149 Other 2a la _4a Sa 3a da da Sab lata de TOTAL 14 a 44 47 5 iz 20 20 12 38 21 4 255 (a) moon (b) unusual sunset (c) unusual meteorological condition OTHER Hoaxes, Hallucinations, Unreliable Reports and Psychological Causes 2 1 6 3 2 2 2 1 3 4 3 29 Missiles and Rockets 1 1 2 Reflections 3 1 2 1 2 9 Flares and Fireworks 1 : 1 1 1 4 Search and Groundlights 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 10 Clouds and Contrails ye 3 in 2n In ) Chaff 1 1 2 Birds 1 4 1 2 1 9 Radar Analyses 1k 1 Photo Analyses S5bcdeh 2ef 2c lp 10 Physical Specimens 2r8 2 Satellite Decay 1 1 : Other - 2a li 1 1 TOTAL MORO: Cees MN Sie, lek i ee a re (a) swamp gas (b) stellar image (c)noimage (d) insuf data (e) processing defect (f) electric light (g) blown transformer (h) Uighthouse (i) blimp (j) plasma — (k) anomalous propagation (n) artificial cloud release (p) time exposure of moon reported to be UFO (q) electric wires Sparking (r) indentations in ground and soil samples (gs) unknown animal eve y SAATHOUWY TVNOILYN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WONs d3I9NGOwdS FIREBALL REPORT Persons observing a fireball or meteor should report the information to the American Meteor Society. The information desired is contained below. A very brilliant meteor or fireball is reported to have passed in your vicinity on... . at the hour of ... . Will you please answer as fully as possible the following questions, which are asked on behalf of the American Meteor Society inorder that permanent records of such phenomena may be obtained. When these reports are published each contributor. whose report is fairly complete will be mentioned, if possible, and due credit given. It is only by the help of those who can give personal in- formation that data can be secured for the computation of the orbits of meteors. These data are of great scientific value and all reasonable efforts should be made to obtain them. You will be unable probably to answer all questions below, but answer those you can, as they may be of the greatest importance. (1) Give your name and address. (2) Where were you when you Saw the meteor? (If the town is small please give county as well.) (3) Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used. (4) In what direction did it appear (or in what direction was it first seen)? This is not asking in what direction it was going! (5) In what direction did it disappear (or in what direction was it last seen)? For questions 4 and 9, simply N, E, S, or W is not accurate enough, unless these were the exact directions. If compass is used, state it; also if magnetic correction has been applied to compass reading. (6) At what height did it appear? (Use degrees in answering.) (7) At what height did it disappear? (Use degrees in answering.) (8) Did it pass directly o° 2rhead (i.e., through the zenith) ? : (9) If not, to which side of the zenith did it go, and how far from it? (Use degrees in answering.) (10) Did it appear to reach the horizon? What sort of a horizon have you? (11) What angle did the p-th of the meteor make with the horizon and in which direction was it then going ? (12) If you are familiar with constellations describe the path of the meteor through the sky with ref- erence to stars. (13) Did the meteor appear to explode? (14) What was the duration of its flight in seconds? (15) Describe the train if one was left. If it lasted long enough to show drift, most carefully tell in what direction train drifted. Give sketch, if possible, showing this with regard to horizon. (16) What was the duration of the train in seconds? | (17) Did you hear any sound? How long after seeing the meteor was it before you heard this sound? Did you hear an actual explosion? How long after seeing the explosion was it before you heard it? (18) Of what color was the meteor? (19) What was the size of the meteor? (Compare it with the Moon or with a planet or star.) (20) Was more than one body seen before the explosion (if any)? (21) What was condition of sky at time?- (22) Give names and addresses of others who saw the meteor. (23) Please mail this reply to CHARLES P. OLIVIER AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY 521 N. Wynnewood Ave Narberth, Pennsylvania 19072 10 S3AIHOYMW TWNOILVYN 3H1L JO SONICIOH WOUs G3INGOddsy ARRIVING FROM MARS BY UFO? In recent years there have been many reports of unidentified flying objects (UFO’s), especially Since the first Soviet Sputnik went up on October 4, 1957. From time to time the question has been raised as to whether the UFO’sS might have come from Mars or Venus, perhaps bearing intelligent beings. Usually the answer to this question hasbeen simply a guess which depended to a considerable extent on what the individual wanted to believe. Most Scientists have been inclined to doubt that the UFO’s came from Mars or Venus, preferring to credit the sightings to natural phenomena which are not aS well known as.they should be. There is a logical approach to this questionas to whether or not UFO’s have come from Mars or Venus. It is well known that if Some one on the earth wants to Send a Space vehicle to Mars or Venus, there are specific favorable times, times when a body can be launched so that it will travel along a minimum-energy orbit, arriving at the path of Mars (or Venus) just as that planet comes to the same point. For example, favorable times for launching a rocket to travel to Venus have been listed as Oct. 27, 1965, June 5, 1967 and January 11, 1969, and for Mars, December 23, 1964, January 26, 1967 and February 28, 1969. (SPACE HANDBOOK, Gov’t Printing Office 1959.) Of course, there are Similar favorable times for launching a space vehicle from Mars (or Venus) to the earth, and for each of these launching times, there would be a corresponding arrival time at the earth. These favorable arrival times come at intervals of about 584 days for Venus and about 780 days for Mars. Actually, in each case, the interval is a close approximation to the synodic period of the planet; for Venus, the synodic period varies from 579.8 to 587.8 days, and for Mars, from 767 to 803 days. One could then choose intervals of 20 days, say, ten days on either side of a favorable arrival date, and look to see how many UF ’s were Sighted in each Such ‘‘favorable arrival interval’’, here named fai, (plural fais). If there were no increase in the number of UFO’s in these fais, then it would be unlikely that any considerable number of UFO’s had been arriving from Mars or Venus. Someone is certain to raise the question as to whether or not a Martian or a Venutian would elect to travel in a minimum-energy orbit. Here I shall assume that intelligent beings from any part of the universe will choose to travel by means and paths that will minimize the expenditure of energy. This fai approach to the problem can be carried a step farther. One can make a list of the UFO’s observed in the fais, and look at the record of each to See if the UFO was observed travelling in the direction it would have if it came from Mars (or Venus) in a minimum-energy orbit. Roughly speak- ing, a space vehicle from Mars should overtake the earth from behind and one from Venus should be overtaken by the earth. Thus one could determine whether the path of approach was associated with the proper radiant point in space; here we use the term in the senSe in which it is used in connection with meteors. Now to look at the evidence! Alist of UFO’s sighted between September 8, 1956 and December 31, 1963 was examined. Nine fais of 20 days were found in this interval, 5 for Venus and 4 for Mars. Circular paths were assumed for Venus, Earth and Mars in computing travel times for space ve- hicles, but no particular difficulty is encountered if one elects to allow for the eccentricities of the various paths. In table I below, the number of UFO’s reported in each fai of 20 days is given, and is to be compared with the average number of UFO’s per 20-day interval outside the fais, namely, 1.88. 11 WOUs dsINGOdd3y S3AIHONY TWNOILYN 3H1 4O SONICIOH ae er dommes "8 “Onn Derg + FAI 1956 Sept. 8-28 1956 Dec: 5-25. 1958 Apr. 16 - May 6 1959 Feb. 10 - Mar. 2 1959 Nov. 18 - Dec. 8 1961 Mar. 26 - Apr. 15 1961 June 28 - July 18 1963 Jan. 29 - Feb. 18 1963 May 1-21 1956 Sept. 28 to 1963 Dec. 31 outside fais TABLE I PLANET Venus Mars Venus Mars Venus Mars Venus Venus Mars NUMBER UFO’s 1 1 242 in 2570 days Thus the evidence seems to indicate that Martians and Venutians have not been arriving in large numbers if at all. When one find not a single case of the U on Mars or Venus. 12 goes back to examine the direction from which the UFO’s arrived, we FO coming in from the proper direction to indicate that it had originated Charles H. Smiley, Brown University u S3AIHOWY TWNOILVN 3H1L JO SONICTOH WONs G3NNdwdS 6°o re ree Re “ «4 we @ Sit be tow ° { S3AIHOUY TWNOILYN 3H1L 30 SONIGIOH WON G3ONGONd3Y Extract from Wernher von Braun’s book First Men to the Moon, -— eine naan eRe eeenenetneneneeeetendiantadtiiee namaieeiammdneememmenentemeae Copyright 1958, 1959, 1960 by Dr. Wernher von Braun, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Ltd. “Question: What is your opinion on ‘U. F.O.’s’ ?”’ “‘Answer: There is a rational and rather straight-forward explanation for the great majority of ‘sightings of unidentified flying objects,’ or ‘flying saucers,’ as they are more familiarly called. During the last ten years, official U.S. investigators have tabulated about six thousand ‘sightings.’ They could account for all but two per cent as belonging to any of the following categories: High-flying balloons of various kinds High-flying aircraft illuminated by the sun after the sun had set on the ground Nightly ‘Fata Morgana’ type reflections in the atmosphere of distant light sources on the ground Artificial satellites of U.S. or Soviet oficin Meteorites and fireballs Birds The planets Venus or Jupiter Searchlights illuminating cloud layers Hoaxes perpetrated by pranksters 2 Even the most ardent believers in flying objects of extra-terrestrial origin will usually concede that most reported ‘sightings’ can be traced back to one of these sources. But it is that unaccounted tw per cent that makes enthusiasts cling tenaciously to their conviction. \ I cannot account for the mysterious two per cent, either. But a lifetime spent with testing of guided missiles has taught me to be extremely careful with eye-witness accounts on rocket firings running into some in-flight trouble. Of three experienced observers questioned after a typical mishap, one swore that he clearly saw a part coming off before the rocket faltered; a second hotly denied this but claimed that the missile oscillated violently before it veered off the course; while the third trained observer Saw neither a part coming off, nor an oscillation, nor any veering off the course but insisted that the rocket was flying perfectly steadily until it was abruptly ripped apart by an internal explosion. Such contradictions in the eyewitness accounts of old rocket men are by no means an exception; we are almost invariably confronted with this situation. Yet, we are dealing here with experienced ‘observers who not only had seen many firings, but who had the great advantage of being mentally prepared for the imminent test. For this reason, I am highly skeptical about the objective of any ‘sighting’ report of a fleeting, mysterious object in the sky submitted by an equally surprised and unexperienced observer. And those unaccounted two per cent of U. F.0.’s absolutely fail to raise my blood pressure. To me, ninety- eight per cent is a mighty good batting average. I wish we could account for ninety-eight per cent of . what we observe in many other fields of human endeavor! Yet, ever since the Middle Ages it has not been customary for science to call on ghosts or witches - or little green men from Mars - whenever we are confronted with a phenomenon for which we do not yet have a satisfactory answer. To those who, either through personal observation or through hearsay based on other people’s accounts, still insist that objects of extra-terrestrial origin are roaming through our atmosphere, I can only say that I have never seen such an object and cannot believe in their existence until I do.” ee ‘ 1 * es *“#- NIGHTTIME ASTRONOMICAL SKY SURVEYS AND UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ~ Carl Sagan’: ‘ _ Harvard College Observatory . a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ae Cambridge, Massachusetts as @ There are ‘severdl instances of extended observations of large fields of view of the night sky by ‘trained astronomical observers. These observations are usuaily performed in the context of meteor studies. One such is the Harvard Meteor Project, in which visua] and photographic observations were performed (the latter with Super-Schmidt cameras, and a 60 degree field of view) in New Mexico during the period 1954-1058, Note that this is a locale and period characterized by extensive reports of unidentified flying objects. In all, a surface area of 7 x 10% km? was observed to 80 km altitude for a total period of 2x 10° minutes. Observations were good down to magnitude +4. No unexplained-ob- jects were detected. ieee | a: : a “=: \ ar > ~~ 9 | A second cxainple of such an observation program {sa the photographic and visual Prairie Network of the Smithsoninn Astrophysical Observatory. The total area covered is about 10 km?, but only bright objects - brighter than magnitude -8 - can be photographed. The cameras cover essentially . the entire sky, and the netwo)k encompasses parts of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Niinois, Colorado, and‘Missouri. In 2500 hours observing to date, no unexplained flytur objects have been detected. In fact, in the cases of both the Harvard Meteor Project and the omithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Prairie Network, no bright moving objects other than meteors and occasional aircraft were detected, An even more extensive metcor survey, worldwide in scope, was performed during the LG.Y. under the direction of’Dr. Peter Millman of the-National Research Council of Canada. Unfortunately, much of this data is still unreduced. ee ya er od . =e * These sky surveys ar¢ much more extensive in area and time than such previoyvs stellar astro- nomical surveys as the Palomar Sky Atlas, which also stowed no unusual objects. Especially ccn- Bide ring the experience of the observers inthe forezoing observations, it seems likely that the frequent reports of unidentified flying objects observed at night by individuals relatively unfamiliar ;with the skies are due to iniainterpretationa of common astronomical cbjects. -—.. ah ges i ee a SAAIHOMV TWNOILVN 3HL 4O SONIGIOH WOYS G3DNGOYdSY REPRODUCED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNIDEN TIFIED FLYING OBJECTS by Carl Sagan il Men Pe ee ie, ay Sa Le Be er. O60 0 OOo Os 36. 8 We i ek ee OM SE Nl ee TK OE) iy et iT “es ae “Tee Baw eat Don es FE. Oe OS eh ee Se O10) O78 @- 2. OOS aoe O03) ae .0) O00 4 Os C8 Oe: =.0 0, OY, OC Oa nya se a ee at Sie A MR SOO De Tae ee ae. Oe ST > OL? wR a oe Oo > OL Oe ee Vi OC 0.96 HOO 18/028 OC ae ee 96. 6-0, 6, 0 66. 6.4, 0_ 84 oY e676 -@: 0410). 6716, 06. oC Ves S60 02-00) @ @- 2b: = '* ake aos see kell ots Ye en Wire, a fe tas fas Sh Sa 6. Oe be *. 9S ee ees F. 8 ae - wee b)-> 6 We Oe 2- Oe wee, 0 eo, eee ss. 6.4.8. we, 18.0 O86 .4- 4-2 6.18. oa 2 8} 6 6 O86. 6 87.8 2 ee Ob: ae a @ 8.6 2 60.4 6 0.0 6¢ 8.8 OF 2.2 @ 6 410 Caer 4i e ~*~ e é UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT, a moving aerial or celestial phenomenon, detected visually or by radar but whose nature is not immediately understood. Interest in unidentified flying objects (UFO’s) stems from speculation that some of them are the products of civilizations beyond the earth, and from the psychological insights into contemporary human problems that this inter- pretation provides. Observations. - Unidentified flying objects have been described variously as rapidly mov- ing or hovering; disc-shaped, Cigar-sShaped, or ball-shaped; moving silently or noisily; with a fiery exhaust, or with no exhaust whatever; ac- companied by flashing lights, or uniformly glow- ing with a silvery cast. The diversity of the observations suggests that UFO’s have no com- mon origin and that the use of such terms as UFO’s or ‘‘flying saucers’’ serves only to con- fuse the issue by grouping generically a variety of unrelated phenomena. In the United States, popular interest inun- identified flying objects began on June 24, 1947, when a group ?f rapidly moving, glistening ob- jects was observed from the air in daytime, near Mount Rainier, Washington. The observer, a Seattle resident, dubbed them ‘‘flying sSau- cers.’’ The si hting received extensive public- ity. Somewhat similar sightings have been reported ever Since. The differences among these observations, however, are as Striking as the observations themselves. Investigations.-Because of its national de- fense responsibility, the U.S. Air Force inves- tigates reports of unidentified flying objects over the United States. The number of sightings investigated by the Air Force inthe period 1947- 1965 varied greatly from year to year. UFO SIGHTINGS INVESTIGATED BY U.S. AIR FORCE 1947-1950 3/7 1956-1960 3,350 1951-1955 2,880 1961-1965 2,912 Source: Tocker, L.J., Flying Soucers and the U.S. Air Force (Princeton 1960) ond Library of Congress, Focts About Unidentified Flying Objects (Washington 1966). Evaluation of these reports is difficult. Ob- servations frequently are sketchy, and different reports of the same phenomenon are often dis- _ Similar, or even irreconcilable. Observers tend to exaggerate. Deliberate hoaxes, some involving double-exposure photography, have been perpe- trated. . : x 17 Most UFO’s have been identified as belong- ing to one of the following categories: uncon- ventional aircraft; aircraft under uncommon weather conditions; aircraft with unusual exter- nal light patterns; meteorological and other high-altitude balloons; artificial earth satellites; flocks of birds; reflections of searchlights or headlights off clouds; reflection of sunlight from shiny surfaces; luminescent organisms (includ- ing one caSe of a firefly lodged between two ad- jJacent panes of glass in an airplane cockpit window); optical mirages and looming (a mirage in which images of objects below the horizon appear distorted); lenticular cloud formations; ball lightning; sun dogs; meteors, including green fireballs; planets, especially Venus; bright Stars; and the aurora borealis. Radar detection of unidentified flying ob- jects has also occurred occasionally. Many of these sightings have been explained as radar reflections from temperature inversion layers in the atmosphere and other sources of radar ‘fangels.’’ Considering the difficulties involved in tracking down visual and radar Sightings, it is remarkable that all but a few percent of the re- ported UFO’s have been identified as naturally occurring-if sometimes unusual-phenomena. It is of some interest that the UFO’s which are unidentified do not fall into uniform categories such aS motion, color, and lighting, but rather run through the same range of theSe variables as the identified UFO’s. In October 1957, Sput- nik I, the first earth-orbiting artificial satellite, was launched. Of 1,178 UFO sightings in that year, 701 occurred between October and Decem- ber. The clear implication is that Sputnik andits attendant publicity was responsible for many UFO Sightings. Earlier, in July 1952, a set of visual and radar observations of unidentified flying objects over Washington, D.C., caused substantial pub- lic concern. Government concern was reflected in the creation in November of that year ofa Special panel to evaluate these reports. The panel was established by the Office of Scientific Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency, -and was headed by H.P. Robertson of the Cali- fornia Institute of Technology. The Robertson panel, after a thorough investigation of the UFO reports to that date, concluded that all were probably natural penomena, wrongly interpreted. The most reliable testimony is that of the professional astronomer. Jesse L. Greenstein of SIJAIHOMY TWNOILVN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WOU G3 NN d0wdSsy — Re ‘pens _ ~ Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories pointed out that a vehicle 100 feet (30.5 meters) in diam- eter, at an altitude of 50 miles (80.5 km), would leave a broad track on photographic plates of the sky taken with large telescopes. This track could be differentiated easily from those of ordinary astronomical objects, Such as Stars, meteors, and comets. Nevertheless, it appears that such tracks or unambiguous visual observations of classical UFO’s have never been made by pro- fessional astronomers. In the Harvard Meteor Project performedin New Mexico during the period 1954-1958, exten- Sive photographic observations were made by Super-Schmidt cameras, with a 60° fieldof view. In all, a surface of about 3,000 square miles (7,700 sq km) was obServed to a height of about 50 miles (80 km) foratotalof some 3,000 hours. Visual and photographic observations were made which could detect objects almost as faintas the faintest objects visible to the naked eye. These observations by professional astronomers were made in a locale andperiod characterized by ex- tensive reports of unidentified flying objects. No unexplained objects were detected, despite the fact that rapidly moving objectS were being Sought in a study of meteors. Similar negative results, obtained by large numbers of astrono- mers, help to explain the general skepticism of astronomers toward flying Saucer reports. A Series ofpuzzling and well-publicized fly- ing saucer sightings in the mid-1960’s againled to the appointment of a government investigating panel, this time under the aegis ofthe Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. It is Significant that this panel was convened not at the requestof the operational or intelligence arms of the Air Force, but in response to a request by the Air Force public relations office. The panel, under the chairmanship of Brian O’Brien, a member of the board, met in February 1966 and restated the general conclusions of the Robertson panel. It recommended that the Air Force make a more thoroughgoing effort to investigate selected UFO reports of particular interest, although the prob- ability of acquiring significant scientific infor- mation (other than psychological) seemed small. The O’Brien panel suggested that the Air Force establish a group ofteams at various points with- in the United States in order to respond rapidly to UFO reports. Each team would consist of (1) a physical scientist familiar’ with upper atmo- spheric and astronomical phenomena, (2) a 18 clinical psychologist, and (3) a trained investi- gator. In October 1966 the University of Colo- rado was Selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to manage this program and to prepare a thorough analysis of the UFO prob- lem. The National Academy of Sciences agreed to appoint a panel to review the Colorado report. Hypotheses of Extraterrestrial Origin.-Re- peated sightings of UFO’s, andthe persistence of the Air Force andthe responsible scientific com- munity in explaining away the sightings, have suggested to some that a conspiracy exists to conceal from the public the true nature of the UFO’s. Might not at least a small fractionof the unexplained few percent ofthe sightings be space vehicles of intelligent extraterrestrial beings observing the earth and its inhabitants? It now seems probable that the earth is not the only inhabited planet in the universe. There is evidence that many ofthe starsinthe sky have planetary systems. Furthermore, research con- cerning the origin of life on earth suggests that the physical and chemical processes leading to the origin of life occur rapidly in the early his- tory of the majcrity of planets. From the point of view of natural selection, the advantages of intel- ligence and technical civilization are obvious, and some scientists believe that a large number of planets withi . our Milky Way galaxy-perhaps as many aS a miillion-are inhabited by technical civilizations in advance of our own. Interstellar space flight is far beyond our present technical capabilities, but there Seem to be no fundamental physical objections to it. It would be rash to preclude, from our present van- tage point, the possibility of its development by other civilizations. But if each of, say, a million advanced technical civilizations in our galaxy launched at random an interstellar spacecraft each year (and even for an advanced civilization, such a launching would not be a trivial under- taking), and even if all of them could reach our solar system with equal facility, our solar syS- tem would, on the average, be visited only once every 100,000 years. UFO enthusiasts have sometimes castigated the skeptic for his anthropocentrism. Actually, the assumption that earth is visited daily by in- terstellar spacecraft is far more anthropocen- tric - attaching as it does some overriding significance to our small planet. If our views on the frequency of intelligence in the galaxy are correct, there is no reason why the earth should bo. ‘ SSAIHOMY TWNOILVWN 3H1 430 SONIGIOH WOXS G3Nd0dd3y wi Se ere). ree é be singled out for interstellar visits. A greater frequency of visits could be expected if there were another planet populated by a technical civilization within our solar system, but at the present time there is no evidence for the exis- tence of one. Related to the interstellar obServer ideaare the ‘‘contact’’ tales-contemporary reports of the landing of extraterrestrial Space vehicleson earth. Unlike the UFO reports, theSe tales dis- play a Striking uniformity. The extraterrestrials are described as humanoid, differing from man only in some minor characteristic such as teeth, speech, or dress. The aliens-so the ‘‘contac- tees’’ report-have been obServing earth and its inhabitants for many years, and express concern at ‘‘the present grave political Situation.’’ The visitors are fearful that, left toour own devices, we will destroy our civilization. The contacteeis then selected as their ‘‘choSen intermediary’’ with the governments and inhabitants of earth, but somehow the promised political or social intervention never materializes. Psychological Factors.-The psychologist Carl] Jung has pointed out that the frequency and persistence of these contact tales-not one of which has been confirmed by the slightest ob- jective evidence-must be of Substantial psycho- logical Significance. What need is fulfilled by a belief that unidentified flying objects are of extraterrestrial origin? It is noteworthy that in 19 the contact tales, the spacecraft andtheir crews are rarely pictured as hoStile. It would be very satisfying if a race of advanced and benign crea- tures were devoted to our welfare. The interest in unidentified flying objects derives, perhaps, not so much from Scientific curiosity as from unfulfilled religious needs. Flying saucers Serve, for Some, to replace the gods that Science has depoSed. Withtheir distant and exotic worlds and their pSseudoScientific overlay, the contact accounts are acceptable to many people who reject the older religious frameworks. But precisely becauSe people de- Sire so intenSely that unidentified flying objects be of benign, intelligent, and extraterrestrial Origin, honesty requires that, in evaluating the observations, we accept only the most rigorous logic and the most convincing evidence. At the present time, there is no evidence that unam- biguously connects the various flying saucer Sightings and contact tales with extraterrestrial intelligence. CARL SAGAN, Smithsonian Institution Astro- . physical Observatory, Cambridge. Mass. Further Reoding: Jung, Carl G., Flying Soucers (New York 1959); Menzel, D.H., and Boyd, L.G., The World of Flying Sov- cers (New York 1963); Ruppelt, Edward, The Report on Unidenti- fied Flying Objects (New York 1956); Shklovskii, losif, and Sagan, Carl, Intelligent Life in the Universe (Son Francisco 1966); Tacker, Lowrence, Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force (Princeton 1960); Vallee, Jacques, Anatomy of a Phenomenon (Chicago 1965). SAAIHOMY TWNOILWN 3HL 4O SONIGIOH WONS GINNGONdSY , Public Affairs Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 (AC513) 257-4248 UFOs & PROJECT BLUE BOOK On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the ter- mination of Project Blue Book, | the-Air:Force,. pPEORT Am for the investigation of ee i. 2 bes atl eee ies Sa at aa hore: he als Cm ee ae iS mie 7 aaa From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12,618 sightings were reported to Project _ ... Blue Book. Of these, 701 remained NWanidenteed edt " - cas ; a RPE x tg Pats tl ORR EESTI TRA RORY 0m carats ca eae oy A ARO OE BE OR APS TL 2B RE TK = The project’ “was headquartéréd’ at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, whose personnel no longer receive, document or investigate UFO reports. The decision to discontinue UFO investigations was based on an evaluation of a report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects"; a review of the University of Colora- do's report by the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the '40s, '50s, and ‘60s. As a result of these investigations and studies and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sight- ings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as “uniden- tified" are extraterrestrial vehicles. With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force regulation es- tablishing and controlling the program for investigating and analyzing UFOs was rescinded. Documentation regarding the former Blue Book investigation has been permanently transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Service, Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20408, and is available for public review and analysis. News media inquiries regarding the Blue Book files at the National Archives may be made to the National Archives Public Affairs Office; tele- phone, (202) 523-3089. Other public inquiries about these records may be made to the Modern Military Branch; telephone, (202) 523-3340). (MORE) SSAIHOYV TWNOILVYN 3HL JO SONIGIOH WOUS G3IMNGOYdSY « Since Project Blue Book was closed, nothing has happened to indicate that the Air Force ought to resume investigating UFOs. Because of the consider- able cost to the Air Force in the past, and the tight funding of Air Force needs today, there is no likelihood the Air Force will become involved with UFO investigation again. There are a number of universities and professional scientific organi- zations, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which have considered UFO phenomena during periodic meetings and seminars. In addition, a list of private organizations interested in aerial phenomena may be found in Gale's Encyclopedia of Associations (edition 8, vol. 1, pp. 432-3). Such timely review of the situation by private groups ensures that sound evidence will not be overlooked by the scientific community. A person calling the base to report a UFO is advised to contact a private or professional organization (as mentioned above) or to contact a local law enforcement agency if the caller feels his or public safety is endangered. Periodically, it is erroneously stated that the remains of extraterres- trial visitors are or have been stored at Wright-Patterson AFB. There are not now, nor ever have been, any extraterrestrial visitors or equipment on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 4366 (January 1985) S3AIHOYY TWNOILWN 3HL 4O SONITIOH WONS GIMNGOdSY ~ SL LARD ED PREPRESS TR EE ERS BP NET A Re ek em me ve BIBLIOGRAPHY: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS Adamski, George. Behind the Flying Saucer Mystery. New York: Paperback Library, 1967. Blum, Ralph with Blum, Judy. Beyond Earth: Man's Contact with UFOs. New York: Bantam Books, 1974, Catoe, Lynn E, UFOs and Related Subjects: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1969. Condon, Edward U., project director. Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. New York: Bantam Books, 1969. Edwards, Frank. Flying Saucers--Here and Now! New York: Bantam Books, 1967. Fuller, John. Aliens in the Skies. New York: Berkeley Medallion, 1969. Hynek, J. Allen. 1972, Jung, Car] G. Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky. Translated by Re Fe C. Hull. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1959; Signet, 1969. Keyhoe, Donald. Aliens From space. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1973, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. Chicago: Henry Regnery, Klass, Philip J. UFOs--Identified. New York: Random House, 1968. Lore, Gordon, and Deneault, Harold H. Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1968. Lorenzen, Coral and Jim. Flying Saucer Occupants. New York: Signet, 1967. UFOs: The Whole Story. ‘New York: Signet, 1969. Menzel, Donald, and Boyd, Lyle G. The World of Flying Saucers. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1963, Ruppelt, Edward J, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubledway, 1956, Sagan, Carl, and Page, Thornton, eds. UFOs: A Scientific Debate. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1973, Vallee, Jacques. Anatomy of a Phenomenon. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1965S. Jacobs, David Me. The UFO Controvers y_in America Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975. Berlitz, Vharles & Moore, William L. The ‘toswell Incident Grosset & Dunlap, New York 1980. Fawcett, Lawrence & Greenwood, Barry J. Clear Intent: The Government Coverup of the UFO Iixperience Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 198). ~O yo) mM me) pS © © ©) m oO > = a 3 3 Mm =z > A © a > f— > pe) © ae < m " — -. ' j i a - ’ < J fi { y NI 4 ’ P Vea” THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987 / PAGE A ‘lh IS We one i qin ‘TY | | To NSIDE THE BELTWAY adil ht hl about documents that walked away from the National Archi¥s. This story, though, is about a @C- ument that may have been planted in the Archives. Sup- posedly, it’s a secret memo from — Robert Cutler, special assistant to- President Eisenhower, to Gen. Na- than Twining, dated July 14, 1954. It’s about a briefing on the recov- ery of'a crashed flying saucer and four alien bodies near Ros- well, N.M., in July of 1947. Several prominent UFO re- searchers, including nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, say the document was found in de- classified Archives files. They were challenged this week by the Committee for the Scientific In- vestigation of Claims of the Para- normal. That group labeled the document — and other related documents — “clumsy counter- feits,”’ a “hoax” and a “forgery.” William Moore, one of the UFO researchers, told us his group “never said the documents are au- thentic. We believe they are.” He denounced the committee that de- nounced him, saying they “have never taken a rational approach.” And he accused the primary accuser, Philip J. Klass, of being “a sloppy researcher who pirates other people’s work.” The National Archives staff studied the Cutler memo and found 10 indications that it was not a legitimate document. Mr. Moore has counterarguments to most of their findings. And he says he has more documents re- lated to the UFO crash that he will release soon. —— ne Public Affairs Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 (AC513) 257-4248 UFOs & PROJECT BLUE BOOK On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the ter- mination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force program for the investigation of UFOs. From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12,618 sightings were reported to Project Blue Book. Of these, 701 remained "unidentified." The project was headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, whose personnel no longer receive, document or investigate UFO reports. The decision to discontinue UFO investigations was based on an evaluation of a report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled, "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects"; a review of the University of Colora~ do's report by the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the '40s8, ‘50s, and '60s. As a result of these investigations and studies and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sight— ings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "uniden- tified" are extraterrestrial vehicles. With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force regulation es- tablishing and controlling the program for investigating and analyzing UF Os was rescinded. Documentation regarding the former Blue Book investigation has been permanently transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records Service, Eighth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20408, and is available for public review and analysis. News media inquiries regarding the Blue Book files at the National Archives may be made to the National Archives Public Affairs Office; tele- phone, (202) 52373089.) Other public inquiries about these records may be made to the Modern Military Branch; telephone, (202) 523-3340). (MORE) S3AJHOMW TYNO & LYN PFRA# . > ao 3HL LY G3IMCCed “s Since Project Blue Book was closed, nothing has happened to indicate that the Air Force ought to resume investigating UFOs. Because of the consider- able cost to the Air Force in the past, and the tight funding of Air Force needs today, there is no likelihood the Air Force will become involved with UFO investigation again. There are a number of universities and professional scientific organi- zations, such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which have considered UFO phenomena during periodic meetings and seminars. In addition, a list of private organizations interested in aerial phenomena may be found in Gale's Encyclopedia of Associations (edition 8, vol. 1, pp. 432-3). Such timely review of the situation by private groups ensures that sound evidence will not be overlooked by the scientific community. A person calling the base to report a UFO is advised to contact a private or professional organization (as mentioned above) or to contact a local law enforcement agency if the caller feels his or public safety is endangered. Periodically, it is erroneously stated that the remains of extraterres-— trial visitors are or have been stored at Wright-Patterson AFB. There are not now, nor ever have been, any extraterrestrial visitors or equipment on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 3 (ys (January 1985) —-~ ah LY GIMOOdd3Y di RST tails "7p. 7 > 4 rSee\*" S3AIHOMW TWNOBLWN 3HL