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Title: USAF Fact Sheet 95-03
Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book

Author: United States Air Force

Release Date: June 1, 2008 [EBook #25674]

Language: English

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FACT SHEET

USAF Fact Sheet 95-03

Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book

From 1947 to 1969, the Air Force investigated Unidentified Flying
Objects under Project Blue Book. The project, headquartered at
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, was terminated Dec. 17, 1969. Of
a total of 12,618 sightings reported to Project Blue Book, 701 remained
"unidentified."

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 Colorado's report by the National Academy of Sciences;
previous UFO studies and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports
during the 1940s, '50s and '60s.

As a result of these investigations, studies and experience gained from
investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue
Book were: (1) no UFO reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air
Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security; (2)
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; and (3) there was no evidence that sightings categorized as
"unidentified" were extraterrestrial vehicles.

With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force regulation
establishing and controlling the program for investigating and analyzing
UFOs was rescinded. Documentation regarding the former Blue Book
investigation was permanently transferred to the Modern Military Branch,
National Archives