A termination order was given for the study in december 1969, and all activity under its auspices officially ceased on january 19th, 1970. A spate of bizarre triangle ufo sightings could be top secret craft built by the us government using technology recovered from crashed flying saucers, an expert has claimed. Unidentified flying object ufo is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon that cannot immediately be identified. That group later released a report finding no evidence of ufo activity. This project was terminated and its collected information and duties were absorbed by project aquarius. Air forces official ufo investigation program, known as project blue book, came to the following set of conclusions. This enabled the investigators to eliminate a majority of the ufo reports, although they could not reveal to. The history channel has picked up the 10part miniseries blue book, a drama that follows the investigations of dr.
Project blue book unidentified flying objects national. Five ufo books that must be read mysterious universe. Though the real project blue book ended decades ago, interest in ufos has scarcely dimmed. One is roswell, new mexico, where sightings of a socalled flying saucer electrified the town in 1947. The files themselves are not even all located in the same place. General information reference report relating to project blue book u. Project blue book, in a way, was the origin of fake news, jablonski said. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, while publicly dismissing the existence of ufos, the united states air force was engaged in a secret program for evaluating.
From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12, 618 sightings were reported to project blue book. The mysterious genius who patented the ufo youtube. Project blue book ufo investigations ufo sightings. Pentagon admits running secret ufo investigation for five. At mufon, find out more about recent ufo sightings, daily ufo sightings, alien news and alien encounters. From 1947 to 1969, a total of 12, 618 sightings were reported to. The united states air force has the responsibility under the department of defense for the investigation of unidentified flying objects ufos.
How the cia tried to quell ufo panic during the cold war history. Project blue book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects ufos conducted by the united states air force usaf. Project blue book investigated 12,618 ufo sightings and 701 of those sightings remained unidentified. Captain ruppelt operated project blue book, which continued the work of project sign and project grudge, a series of hushhush studies conducted by the u. Tuesday, january 8th, 2019, marks the beginning of a new series on the history channel that delves into recently declassified documents and uncovered activities surrounding the early u. 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. Mufon directors message mufon recent ufo sightings. Project blue book unidentified flying objects national archives.
Air forces official ufoinvestigation program, known as project blue book, came to the following set of conclusions. Most ufos are identified on investigation as conventional objects or phenomena. Beyond the pentagon, 60 years of ufo searches funded by. The book includes a detailed description of the bell craft. Between 1947 and 1969, the air force recorded 12,618 sightings of. Air force fact sheet on ufos and project blue book reference report relating to majestic 12 mj12 information of the roswell incident general information the united states air force retired to the custody of the national archives its records on project blue book relating to the investigations of. Not only is there a new history channel series about the program, this year also. Air force, ufo, and alien intelligence collection and disinformation project.
Trump, senators briefed on ufo sightings are ufos real. Topsecret ufo program revealed in tvs project blue book. Amid reports of flying saucers swarming the nations capital, the intelligence agency realized it needed a p. United states air force fact sheet 9503 unidentified flying objects and air force project blue book. Blue book officials regularly called on the cia to help investigators eliminate the majority of ufo reports, the document explains, although they could not reveal to the letter writers the true. Randles understanding of the military mindset and his experience as a former united states air force intelligence officer provides a compelling case for alien. In this section, mufon presents articles that discuss and speculate about superior alien technology, its origins, and purpose. In his text, witkowski refers to the futuristic german ufo technology as the nazi bell. To determine the cause for each ufo sighting, to assess the security threat for each incident, and to determine how the united states could obtain or. A classified report named grudgeblue book, report number is the only significant information derived from the project and is. In 1966 a separate air force committee was set up to further delve into some of the cases within project blue book. I dont know a whole lot about the series, but my guess is that if you love the way the history channel treats the ufo topic in ancient aliens i guess youll probably love the new blue book show. Project blue book was the code name for an air force program set up in 1952, after numerous u.
A continuation of the previous two projects, blue book was the longest and most extensive known investigation of unexplained aerial happenings. It relates to the usaf investigations of ufos from 1947 to 1969 according to a us air force fact sheet, a total of 12,618 sightings were reported to project blue book during this time period. Project blue book was based at wrightpatterson air force base near dayton, ohio. Indeed, between 1952 and its termination in 1969, the u. Eric w davis, whose theories have been acknowledged by. On a sunny day in november 2004, off the coast of san diego, the uss nimitz battle group encountered a technology beyond anything known on earth. This enable the investigators to eliminate the majority of the ufo reports, although they could not reveal to the letter writers the true cause of the ufo sightings. This next part in our new series, your need to know, we cover project blue book. Fearful that the objects might be secret weapons by the soviet union and to quell public mass hysteria surrounding the possibility of encountering extraterrestrial life, the federal government established project blue book in 1952 to collect and evaluate ufo data. Since the end of project blue book in december 1969, our interest in. Under the code name, project blue book, the air force analyzed over,000 incidents.
Full text of blue planet project ufo technology see other formats. Air force ufo investigation program called project blue book, in existence from 1948 to 1969. It was a mysterious aircraft shaped like a 46foot long tic tac that hovered and maneuvered for hours and. Ufo and alien technologies that man may have benefited from, video did some of our best technologies have alien origins video this article was first published in a high profile publication and the amount of backlash i received was astonishing. One set of documents, known as project blue book, includes retired, declassified records from the united states air force usaf, currently in the custody of the national archives. A search for the truth behind ufo sightings leads to the discovery of government coverups. The program also delved into research related to the ufo phenomena, including 38 scientific papers for the defense intelligence agency with outlandish headlines like warp drive, dark energy, and. Air force conducted a series of studies on ufo sightings called project blue book. Air forces chief consultant for project blue book, the official government program that looked into ufo sightings as a followup to the ufo investigation program operation sign and associated phenomena for more than two decades. U2s, ufos, and operation blue book united states navy. These ufo sightings often bear witness to alien tools, such as spacecraft, which perform unlike anything known to modern science.
Blue book was the result of two previous air force study projects, sign and grudge, in the late forties and. The term is widely used for claimed observations of extraterrestrial spacecraft. It started in 1952, the third study of its kind, following projects sign 1947 and grudge 1949. Alexander weygers, a renaissance man in the mold of the tech industrys stated ideal, inspired an art dealer to become an acolyte. So, theres this new ufo tv series coming on the history channel called blue book, and some lucky people have been getting sneak peeks at the show. In 1963, president kennedy was therefore seeking the release of classified ufo files collected through the cirvis reporting mechanism, and not those made. Ufo hypothesis and survival questions ufos and the intelligence community blind spot to surprise or deceptive data memorandum for the record subject. For that reason, the world of project blue book and its ufo coverups now seems especially relevant, jablonski added. Project blue book was actually the third in a series of studies on ufos conducted. Trump, senators have been briefed on ufo sightings. In the postwar years in america, ufo sightings became so common that they warranted an entire u. Project blue book is a bunch of files containing over,000 reports of ufo and flying saucer incidents. Blue planet project alien, ufo book from notes of scientist in topsecret alien.
Here are the actual events behind historys popular new series on the air forces program to investigate and debunk u. Known as project blue book, the mission stretched from 1947 to. Between 1947 and 1969, at the height of the cold war, more than 12,000 ufo sightings were reported to project blue book, a small, topsecret air force team. Viewers of the video, which is being shared on ufo websites, claim it could be a mysterious tr3b, which is an alleged secret spy craft developed using alien technology. Ufo and alien technologies that man may have benefited. Blue book breaks down in 1953, a year into blue book s run, the government formed the robertson panel to look at ufo reports, in the wake of a string of odd aerial objects being spotted over. Yes, it does indeed contain a huge amount of ufo material, but like most of keels work, its definitively fortean in nature and perspective.
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