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 "slug": "cia-uap-019",
 "title": "CIA-UAP-019-Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem",
 "agency": "CIA",
 "year": null,
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   "text": "Approved for Release 2026 Under Section 1842 of the National Defense\nAuthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024"
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   "text": "4,dth the recommerdiitiunis nf the Condon report, Project BLUE BOOK\nvas terI11inated, but presumably this veu]d ha.vo little effect on\nthe main progr1-;1,n,me.\n5.\nIt would a.ppenr wrong for Au:stralia to remain ignorant ci'\nthe true situa'ticr::..\nWe l&ck an intelligence viewpoint th11.t ca.n\n&seess the nature and poasiblo consequences of the problem, ~\nscientific vie~~oint that co~ld derive :!ICicntifically valid data\nfrom the reports &nd a public relations viewpoint that ca~ honestly\nsatisfy public intere:!lt.\nTo overcome these deficiencies in the\nAustralian iuvestigaliun of UF0 1 s, it would :5eem that a strong ce.s,:i\nexists for the acceptance. of the RAAF suggest.ion that another\ngovernment department assume responsibility for the investigation\nand analysis o.r UFO report.!.\nNational Archives of Au,straHa\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/00Q"
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   "text": "U.S. OPFICIAL ATTITUDE TO U.P.D•:s\nIn June of 19,17 the Air Techni~ o.l Int('lligcncc Centre\n(ATIC) near Dayton, Ohio, assumed a. re·,pcnsibility to investiga.te\nthe ioitio.l 1 ::.:ports of 'flying saucers'.\nVi tldn a month ii, 1ou\ncons:iderc~I tho:!. tlui plHWDllH!llct. Wt!.tl~ I\"F!tLl o.nd !H·obably of Soviet\norigin.\nEy the end of' the y .. a.r 1 when ATIC was offie ial ly author iso-i\nto invntiga.to under the project code no.n.c of SIGN and with a. high\npriority,most nf the investigators lrl'er:: focus:dng on an inter­\nplanetary ra~her tha11 a. Soviet origin.\nTJJese opi n:i ans were\ncry:stalliz:;-d into 11 \"'ri tten csti:nate that .,,·as sent to the Pentagon\nin September 1948.\nVnen the inte rplo.nc to.ry cone lusions were re ,:j ~c .od\non th<J groumls of instifficiant ha.rd evidence, a reaction :set in a.t\nATIC e.gl!l.insti trying to unravel the liFO problem.\n2.\nIn Febru~ry 1949, ATIC personnol ur. Project SIG~ were\nreplaced Witt> nev personnel 1-0 form Project tHtUJJGE.\nA defini·te\nattempt vas mado during !.9·19 to use Project GRUDGE to destroy any\nacccptani::o of UPO'!!!.\nThe motives for this ;ue not t:lear: po:s:o.ih!y\nAir Pore,~ embarnLssmE!.n t at being incap.,.ble of controlling tha\nsituation <tnd/ :•r a fear of national p{l.nic prompted L\"SAF to try and\nremove the problem by denying its existence.\nAnother possible\nmotive mo.y have been to provide a breathing spncc ror nno Urnr\n\"inve:stigati ve agency '1 to 1·each some cone lusion; the agency had been\nasehting A.TIC through 1948 and, con1.rary to official USAF policy,\nvas maintaining a bich level of interest during 1949.\nThis govcrn~ental\nagency '-'IHI not th,~ FBI, e.nd had rcckl!'t, nuclca.· and inti!llig,~ncP.\nexperts; their pur1,o,;;e was to study OFO n:port,s in an effort to HlltllE!l'\nde:,ign data Oil int-erplanetury spacesh ip!'I.\nIn lhe light of l.a ter\ndevelopment~, thiR agency wus almost certainly the CIA.\n3.\nProject GRUDGE failed to eliminate the UFO problem,\nU1\"0\nreports in 1949 actmdly exceeded the numbr!r in 1918, and several\npeople who had gained ,1.ccess to earlier offici,d repor!.s wPre ublli\nto contnuJic l Lhe USAF.\nJournalists gonero.lly !el t that GRCDGE\n:reporting represented e. cover to a more serious kno•.!cdgc.\nEventually,\nUSAF intelligence dE>c ided. thi'.t a fresh approo.ch to the JJr1,bl em \"'HS\nne-ccs~ary.\nBetween Se1,t.r1m·:Jr:r 1951 unu I.he establ:i.shnent of Pro,i(•Ct\nBLUE BOOK in March 1952, UFO investigation rugn.incd ndcquo.tc finrinC'inl\nand o.dministra:tive :JUpport to once a.gain aaa.ly:se the col lee teu uc.ta,\nProjttct BLUE IlOOK was a.ble tu process !Jiu data frci::n 3,200 report,E int.o\na form suitable for their consul tan Ls to bl' :!.blc to use IBM card-\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "2 •\n•\nsorting machines.\n~-\nThe su111me r {if 1952 sa\"' & more thaa twenty-fold rise in\nthe normal r1,1.te of reporhng and inclu~ed I-he two cxtensi ve Jul!·\neigbtings invdviog lia.shington D.C. This marked increase in !'!ightin~:s\nbad diverae efl'ect:,.\nA cu•npunent. of USAF intcl..1..igence considertJd\nth1.t UPO 's W&l'e intcrpl1\\11eia!\"y spo.cClships \\lhich vore about to make\ncloser ec,utnct,\nTo prepare the public for this po:isibili ty 1 41\npreviously cl~ssified reports vere re}Pasei for publication bet~eeo.\nAugtJ.st 19~ 2 rnd February 1953.\nThese reports contradicted the\nearlie?' offic io.1 USAF policy of di511li5siog the reporb as mi5­\nidentification:, etc.\nOn the other hand, the CIA regarded tho su~mPr\nUFO activity as a throat to national security mainly because the\nresulting crowdeo communications and defence forcee involvement\nlessened. the lfvel of national a.lertmi:ss r:,gains t possible en!'my P.ttaclt.\n5.\n.\\ 3C ienti!'ic p:.ncl chaired 'Dy H.P. Robert:son was '::onvened b1•\nthe Office of Scientific 1nte11 igence c!' CU. during mid-January 1953\ntor the purpose of recot1m11nding future o.ction on the UFO proble11.\nBriefings vcr<; n,a.dc both by CIA a.nd USAF.\nATJr:: per:,onnel sho•ti11 t:1e\nthen c l:i.asified two rnovi e films of UPO 's and the early results of\nstatistical analysis of J,200 reports.\nBecause of the vital issues\ninvol Vl'Jd, th~ pane I f'e J t re:: t ric ted to recon::mend i ne that the\ninvestigetion be contimrnd, but 'Wi Lh increased personnel and equipn:ent.\n'l'he USAF responded proa1ptly '>li th a.n instrue tion to comply vi tb these\nrecommondntiona.\n6.\nTh~ CIJ. 1 ho-ever, in a report dated 16 February 1953 aho'o,c,d\na preference to publicly abandon the investigo.tion whil:!it intensifying\nthe collection Clf data.\nHy September 1953 Lhe CIA position had been\nla.rgdy achieved with Project BLUE BOOK rcducad from A staff of ten\nqualified po:rsonnel operating at a top secret level to a virtually\ninactive project involving one airman.\nThe invc5tigating ~omponPnl\nhad bel'n tre.nsferred to the 4602nd Air 111 lc.,.ligli'nce Se:rvic e Squadron\nvhieh was trained in rapid intelligence procurement and reported to\nAir Defence Command and USAF Intellizence '\\ia!';hi.ngt.on rel.her than\nBl,IJE DOOK.\nDirect accus s be tween the 4602nd AISS and ::.11 USAF uni t.s\nvas atnhorized by AFH 200-2 whcrens previously this privilege had\nboon gi ve-n to BLUE BOOK.\nAl thnugh on1y Llw v.irracrn (first-class)\n-\nremained in Sept.e111ber 1943, BLUE BOOK was later built up to one\nofficer, one sergeant, one secret-ary, and a pa:rL-t.ime·c:-00!:!ultc:1.nt\n: National Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 _.\n__:______________________;,_____"
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   "text": "3.\nf Dr J. All(m Hyrwk, staying at about this level until it was closed\ndovn in December 1969.\nDuring Lhis t.inw BLUE BOO){ served mo.inly\nas e. moo.ns of supplying unclo.ss ified su111maries of UFO identifice:Li<mB\nto the public, a.nd did not form a vitn1 link in collection or\nBerious analysis.\n7.\nControl of public awareness of the UFO situati.:in vas\ntightened by the issuing of JAKAP 146 in 1953 which prohibited\nservice personnel from di.,cussing UFO's by threatening defaulLerc;\nwith up to 10 years gaol and up to a $10,000 fine.\nWhen service\npersonnel resigned or re tired, howe..-er,\n1 t wa.s po:iisible to reTeal\nUS.AF attitude~ o- opinions even if 11.ctual jR.ta was still rec1 t.dc Le(1 ,\nIa. this way many Intelligence .Dffi::crs associ-o.tcd·-_wi th the UFO problem,\nincluding Major D. Fournet who was BI.CF. BOOK Project Officer at the\nPentagon until l~te 1952, Captatn E. Ruppolt who headed Project\nGRUDGE and Prt,ject BLUE .BOOK until September 1')53 and Admiral\nHillenkoetter who directed CIA from it, inception until October 1950,\non retiring froffi tho services, all publicly s~ated that the U.S.\nGover:iment knc., UF0 1 s were extra-torrestial but vu.s ..,.ithholding\nthis fact fro!D the public.\n8.\nWhen the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenom~na\n(NICAP} was fornllHi in 1955 to counter the publicly suppre3sed USAF\ninvostigation of UFO's, the firet Cha.irman was Admiral D.S. Fahrney\nwho h~d directed the Navy's guided missile programme from its\ninception.\nApft,rt, from Admiral Hillenl~oettt>r, Major Keyboe and\nMajor Fo11rne-t, other Directors have incluilod Rear Admi!\"al H.B. Kno1,les,\nGeneral A. Wedemeyer and t:ol J,J. Brye.a (who was\n.:i. special assistant\nto the Ser.retl'l.ry of the Air Foree).\nTo reduce the effect of these\n&nd similar defections from o!ficia.l policy after rd,irernP.ni., the\nrevised JANAP 146E, passed in 1960, made it an offence under the\nEepionage Act if data on UFO's were revealed,\n9.\nThe change in style of USAF reporting before and after the\nRobertson penel meeting is clearly indicated in the Project BLUE BOOK\nSpecial Report No. 14,\nThe body of the rl'port. prep<'-rell hetve.en\nMarch 11)52 and early l95J, i:dthough bicsod in favour of a natural\nexpll:.na-Licn for UE'O' s, ne\"\",:irl.'rui l ciss shm,ed mathematically that the\nevidence favoured an explanation that was scientifically unknown,\nThis sect.ion of the 116 page report was not released to the public\nother then aa\n~ copy to ho consulted, assuming the readnr kn~w uf\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A:1 3693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "4.\n4 its existe-nce.\nPublic disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so­\nee.lled 11 summa.ry\" 1-hich in fa.ct did not Sul\"lmariso, nor scarcely\n&lludo to the 19·17-52 dc.ta 1 but conccntra.tcd or. 1953-55 rcportin.;\nwhich vas cle~rly designed to reduce the residual unknowns to nn\ninsi{:nificant number, no matter how senseless tho identification\nbecame.\n10.\nVi t.hin U1u body of the diffi cul t.-to-oh ta.in .repo'r l thei-e\nil!I an intores~ing diagram.\nThe product of the estimated obr.erv\"r\nrelia.bil i ty and t.be rel)ort reliability be,ame the sighting\nrelinllility.\nTht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register\"'J\na.s t•unkno1.1n 11 (i.e. incapsble of being .,ye,. approximately identif i ,.-d\naa a. known object) increased as the sighting reliability impi.·o·:ed.\nConver5eJy, the percentage listed as \"insufficient info~naLion\"\nd\"creased with improving reliability.\n~ighting\nNo. of\nUoknovn\nInsufficie111,\nRelia.bili ty\nReports\n(%)\nInforms.ti en\n(,t;)\nPoor\n435\n16.6\n21.4\nDoubtful\n794\n13.0\n14.0\nGood\n757\n24.8\nJ.6\nExcellent\n213\n33.3\n'1.2\n11.\nThroughout the years of the UFO phc,nomenon, there has been\ne. persistent for:n of official pronouncements ',/hich state thut th-,\npercentage of unknnwn5 would bA redu~ed if more data were c~ailnble.\nThe tshove table contradicts that statement.\nReports of excellent\nreliability g1merally s tom from a.strono:nerE:, pilots, scientists,\nsurveyorn 1 mctcorolo;:ists, radar operators etc, complete with\ninstrumented valueR and Rccund,ely cllit.fdlt~d uc:counts.\nThe\nintroduction o~ good raliablo reporting pr•vnnts the roady prosaic\nint.eq>ri~tation,\nIn all probability the overall average percentr.g!J\nof llnkno..,ns ( 19. T~) would h:~.ve be ,m subs len I, ia l ly increased if thE.'\ndita hnd been more reliablo.\n12,\nProject BLUE BOOK ccmsul tants sta.ti s t:i cal ly tos ted the\nunknovn object popula~ion to determine the likelihood tbat it wn3\nsimilar to the popult\\tion of identified objects and found tha.t the\nprobability was less than one in 1028 (i,e. using the American\n~ational Archives of Australia\nNAA A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "4.\n4 its existe-nce.\nPublic disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so­\nee.lled 11 summa.ry\" 1-hich in fa.ct did not Sul\"lmariso, nor scarcely\n&lludo to the 19·17-52 dc.ta 1 but conccntra.tcd or. 1953-55 rcportin.;\nwhich vas cle~rly designed to reduce the residual unknowns to nn\ninsi{:nificant number, no matter how senseless tho identification\nbecame.\n10.\nVi t.hin U1u body of the diffi cul t.-to-oh ta.in .repo'r l thei-e\nil!I an intores~ing diagram.\nThe product of the estimated obr.erv\"r\nrelia.bil i ty and t.be rel)ort reliability be,ame the sighting\nrelinllility.\nTht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register\"'J\na.s t•unkno1.1n 11 (i.e. incapsble of being .,ye,. approximately identif i ,.-d\naa a. known object) increased as the sighting reliability impi.·o·:ed.\nConver5eJy, the percentage listed as \"insufficient info~naLion\"\nd\"creased with improving reliability.\n~ighting\nNo. of\nUoknovn\nInsufficie111,\nRelia.bili ty\nReports\n(%)\nInforms.ti en\n(,t;)\nPoor\n435\n16.6\n21.4\nDoubtful\n794\n13.0\n14.0\nGood\n757\n24.8\nJ.6\nExcellent\n213\n33.3\n'1.2\n11.\nThroughout the years of the UFO phc,nomenon, there has been\ne. persistent for:n of official pronouncements ',/hich state thut th-,\npercentage of unknnwn5 would bA redu~ed if more data were c~ailnble.\nThe tshove table contradicts that statement.\nReports of excellent\nreliability g1merally s tom from a.strono:nerE:, pilots, scientists,\nsurveyorn 1 mctcorolo;:ists, radar operators etc, complete with\ninstrumented valueR and Rccund,ely cllit.fdlt~d uc:counts.\nThe\nintroduction o~ good raliablo reporting pr•vnnts the roady prosaic\nint.eq>ri~tation,\nIn all probability the overall average percentr.g!J\nof llnkno..,ns ( 19. T~) would h:~.ve be ,m subs len I, ia l ly increased if thE.'\ndita hnd been more reliablo.\n12,\nProject BLUE BOOK ccmsul tants sta.ti s t:i cal ly tos ted the\nunknovn object popula~ion to determine the likelihood tbat it wn3\nsimilar to the popult\\tion of identified objects and found tha.t the\nprobability was less than one in 1028 (i,e. using the American\n~ational Archives of Australia\nNAA A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "5.\n4f system, the odds were ten thousand trillion trillion to one\nago.in:5t the unk,rni.n:5 being the same as the known:s).\nSince the\nconsultants !'tad arbitrarily called al 1 gni~n firoball!5 a.ml short\ndura. tion (i.e. less than f i vc seconds) n.1.ght-timc si.ghtings ns\nknown nstronornicltl 0l1j11r. t.R !,here was tin undue preponderance in\ntba.t cntogo1'y.\nHence, as1rnming that 11'> ·'1'3trononlical objocts were\nleft in the unknni.ns, the :stati:stical tests ..-ere repented vi th\nastronomical i,lentifice.tions removed.\nTne odds were reduced to\ni.-~ tri l lior. ~ril lien to one-.\nThe ena.lysts could not find a way\nto reduce th.:?se odds sufficiently further to warrant additional\ntel!!ting, and i rra.tionally considered. the results to ba \"inconc lu~ ive 11 •\nlJ.\nWhile PROJECT BLUE DOOK cndao.Tourcd to reduce the official\nnumber of uukr_o.:ns -\nin 1957 they claimed. ouly 14 out of l tQQ(i\nsightings remained unidentified -\nthe covert programme expanded\nconsidcra.bly.\n'l'he govcrnn:ent agency ( al-no:it certainly CIA) tha.~\nhad been collecting da.ta on l:F(' per!orma:ice a.nd propulsion methods\ndurini; 1948-52 presu:nably inf' luenced U.S. goYernmen tal funding of\ncertain 'lava.need projec·l:i.\nOne project was the Canadian Avro sau;:-er.\nA dra.win1 oft.his saucer 1eleo.scd ill Gctober 1955. showed a typical\nflying disc a!\"\ndt~<;t~ r i !:rnd in many UFO reports.\nThe Secretary of t¾I!\nAir Force, D,J,., Q~.,arles, appeared moderately confident that such\na vehicle '1ould be s1:cce!'l:!irul1y develop!:!tl oy the U.S.\n14.\nA more utounding deci:don en the part of the U.S. Government\nwas ·1,o allocate considerable:- funds to investigate gravity and a.\n■ eans nf controiling g:ravity.\nDespite the fact that science b.::.d\nnot attained a Jqvel of competence to d~al with either gravity or\nanti-gravity probler.1s aJld the only tt1oory tha.t mJ.ght be ui>:tilicuhle\nW&! Einstein's Unified Field Theory 'l\\'hich was still incomplete e.t the\ntime of his death, tbn U.S. chose to support gix universitios and\ngovernment agencies in an all-out drive to conquer the proble~.\nTL is significant t.hat at this Lime thll' cu.-rent Urnories on UFO\npro:puhlon were a ndxture of gra:v.i ty con.trol and eleat:ro...ma.gn,etic\npropul.lio.n ..\n15.\nDli.r:lng\nJ.. 955 1 beee,use :insuttie:i,t1.1:1t, $1:,aft C()U.J!,d. be recrtlli,i,•)•cl.\nfor the project, recourse waa made to an urgent appeal for theoretical\nphy,.i:-,:d. s1,$ e,ni:l. !1Ht1:,ha111.111,t,ie i,MUI. fr~11ll. A:~~1:u; Ha,rwell, U.K.\nThtl Si.I.\nGravit:,, Rasea1•,ch C,entres btiinlil adabl islu?d Yere at thll: Institute for\nA4vanced s:t.udy (P.1~:i..n.,111e1:,on., H,,J,), Prim:et,01:1 U111. i .. nr'sity, Un.1.v,:rsU:y\n,;I\n..,,tiJatio,~,all Archives o•f Australia\nNAA: A13693 1 3~92/2t0q1Q\n11"
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   "text": "6.\n~ of Indiana, Purdue Univenity Rel!learch Pounda.tion, University of\n't\nNorlh Ca.ru) ina and the Mlls.sachutH! Gt.s Ins Ii '..u Le 01'\nechnology\nthrough the (Roger Bn.hson) Gravity Ras\">a.rch Institute (New Bost1n\nH.H.).\nThe latter institute is a non-rr~fi't. organization found·.:d\nin 1949 vith Geo:cge M. Ridecnit &s Pre!'.l~dcnt.\nJt 1<as believed that\nto make a gravity motor, a gravity dj ffcrentie.l lla.s required 'o'hi ch\nncccssitntcd the discovery of an ili:ml&.t,or, deflector or absorber\nof gravity.\nBy 1955, 485 esl!lays had hcen written on this subject\nand awards totalling Sl0,800 mad0 for c~iginal contributions.\n16.\nThe l!lcienti.st.s invu1ved i.nclwfod Teller from Univereity\nof Califox•nia, C'ppenheim1;1r and F.J. Dyson cf tha Institute of\n.ldvanced Studies, J.A. Vheeler -an~ ,&j chord 'Ai'+fow:tt·t of Princeton,\nVa.cle.y- Hlavaty r,f University of Indiana {who hP_d !ourked with\nEinstein in Prague) and Stanley Duser.\nTho objective l1a.s to control\ngravity.\nDuring 1955 the followiug firms entered into gravity\n&nd/or electromagnetic programme5:\nGlenn L. M11-rtin Av\"i at.ion Co.\n(specifically Dr B. Heirn from Goettingen University and Dr P.\nJordan from Ha.n:iiurg University), Convair of San Die6o, Bell Aircraft\nof Buffalo, Sikorsky Divi5ion, Lear Inc. o:r Sant.a Moidca., Clarke.\nElectronics of :Palm Springs, California, a.nil. Sperry Gyroscope\nDivision of Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y.\n17.\nSuch a.n intensive onslaught on the gravity enigma was\nentirely irrational from the standpoint of conventional science,\nand can only be rationalized within the context of a firm belief\ntbat UFO' s \\l'erl' real and thE.t the intell il!7tmces behintl thew. know\nhow to control gravity.\nThe drivu to b~rnesE this power before\nthe USSlt could do !O 1.-ould be a .strong incentive for the U.S.\nGoTernment to fully support an anti-grn.v.ity programme.\nBy 1966,\n46 sapa.ra.te projects of this nature were being financially supported,\n33 of which wcro under tho ~upcrvision of the U.S. Air Poree.\nAl though details of most of these projects havA: been kP-pt. c·l HSS if.ii~d\nit would appear that generally they have not been successful.\nWork\non gravitationn.l vuvcs by J. Vcbcr and his associates under USA~\nCa.mbrid.ge ReseA.rch L11.bora.tory ju1·.isdic l,lan hal:! he1:1n reported.\nfairly extensively since 1966,\n18.\nDudng August of 1965 Project ELl,;E BOOK rocci vcd 262\nreports which was about six times the a.veraee number for a month\na.nd 'Was twice any pr1:.•vl.ous rnon th s i nee November 1957.\nOn\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "7.\n28 S4-pte1nber 1965 Pfaj, Gen. Ll'Bailly, Dintctor of Information,\nformally requested tho Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to\nreview Project i3Lm: BOOK.\nThe review aug::;eated tha.t the lirni tc>i!\nProject BLUE BO JK staff 11.nd the official inves ti,gating of ricer~\ndid not possess the tcchnicul competence Lo properly identify lne\nphenomena and that university tea.ms should be appoi.nted to\ninvl'stigo.te selec tcd sightings.\nThis cone lusion wn.s supported b:•\nthe Rouse Armed Servic1~s Commit.tee which met on April 5Lh 1966\nin the shndo.._ or a pub lie furore consequent to the USAF idf. nti ::'), ng\nthe ,rn 11-public ised Michigan sightings as b1d.ng si.amp gas.\nThe\nColarado University 1,ns s1?lecte-d for the task and Dr Ed.re.rd U. Ccndon\nappointed to le,~d the project with o.n in .. tia.l allocation of $Jl) ,OOC\nlater raised to $525,000.\n19.\nThe Colorado project became di!!Cr•}di tad when Dr Condon\natr..ted publicly un 25th Janu.:i.ry 1967 that \"my a.ttitude rigt..t Go,..\nie thot there's nothing to it, but I'm not supposed to reath a\nconclusion for another ycar 1'.\nThe reve&l ing of a memorandum\noutlining a method to trick the public, ~ombined with & grnoral\ndis!la.ti:,fact:;.on ~t Conrlon' s biassed ai.ti tude J led to the dismissal\nand re:,ignation of mo•t of the staff &ftrr most of the investigations\nhad been made but no L compll!tcly written up.\nThe fioal report o.f' 9(:}\npoges lacked coherence,\nCondon's conclusions Wl'rc ~t variance with\nindividual staff conclusions, although only Condon's conclusions were\nJ>Ub lie ised.\nAa a result of the Condon report, USAF c losi!d do,.n\nProject BLCE BOOK shortly before the .\\merican Association for the\nAdv1rncerucn i, of' Sc iea1.:o held a special mc(iting 1,o counter-act th~\neffect of the Condon report.\nThe Chairman of the Special (;orumittuP 1\nDr Thornton Pa.gl?, was ono of tbe signatories to the Rob£rtson r(~por t.\n20.\nDr J. Allen Hynl?k, l!cientitic consultant to Project Blue\nBook 1948-69 1 bogo.n his association with n convicticm that 11.ll\nsightings could be conv~ntionally explainud,\nEven though doubts\ngrew in his mind, he found hjmself obliged to support offjcial USAF\npublic policy.\nSince 1966, ho-.;ever, he has become more outspol,en\nagainst the l;SAF attitude and has as.! i!!lcd ·to convcme both\ncongressional hearings and scientific syr:1.pos in on the subj cc t.\nAHhough ini Li 1ll ly :mpport i.ng the Condon Comrai ttee he became\ndi£illusiancd and critical of it with thP pnssng~ of time.\nIt is\nquite clear that Dr Hynek along with many o thcr reputable sc i(!ntis ts\ndo not accept the USAP explrmation of misidentifies t.ion, hyst.cr in or\nNational ~r~ives of Australia\nNAA: A13693, 3092/2/00_0"
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   "n": 13,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/cia-uap-019/p13.jpg",
   "text": ""
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   "n": 14,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/cia-uap-019/p14.jpg",
   "text": "9.\n#\nit is unl:ikely tlmt. UFO report!! will receive any treatment beyond\nfiling.\n4.\nIf Au:<. t,r,11ia is to follov the U. S, lead,._ instead or\nfollo1'.'.i.1ie the public USAF a.ttitudo, it would hf' prPferablc to\nfollow 1-hc USAF/C:::.A. role of cnncentratins ori gP..ining a kno1oledge\nof the po\\.'er !!ourccs involved.\nHowcvo-r, it may be preferable to\n&ct inc.lependent1y of the U.S. a.nd initia.te a programne that is\nscientifically sound and intollectually honest towards unravelling\nthe UFO 111y:r>tcry.\nIll such 11. venture, it ma.y be worthwhile 'tforking\nao11c-..,ha-L c:1o:.;er t.o the public than i.s usual in the U.S. and U.K.\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A13693, 3092/2/0Q0\nI"
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   "n": 15,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/cia-uap-019/p15.jpg",
   "text": "APPENIHX '',\\\"\nEvent\n2-1.6.47\nArnold sighting 0f nine \"3auccr&\" creutcs public inL~rr~•.\n6.47\nlnvestignlions initiated by Air Techuicnl Intelligcncb\nCentre (AlJ~) of Air ~aterial romcand (A~C, Arm:• Air Forces)\nat \\,fright-l't,t:.1Jrsc1r; .Air Force> Oase n1rn!· Dayton, Ohin.\nlni·Lial1,r Sci\\·i<•i-\narh:_11_1ce:~ a.ircr,1-LI. 11.'Pn• ~ll-'>_f':'CtPd,\n26.7.47\nNational Security Act create~ both the USAF and C!A.\n23,9.47\nLt Gen. Twin i ni: (AMC) requo!'!t.ec t-ho Comir.ander Army Air .f''.)rce>s\nto iss1.e an auihority, priority ,;.nd codo narn,:, fer tlHJ\ninvestigr.tiGn r'.'f \"flying discs\".\nP.relirninary concludons\nby A::IC vi: ni tb '\" t the plwnom<m,. ·.; .?re \"t\"ea 1 and no~. ,_, i :, ;.on.i ry\nor· i'ic',,it,icn:;;\", I.hut t-hn ohjec:I.;; \"'ere run,-LJy di.'H:-•:d111r•-~d\nabout U1<· si,;e of mn.n-mar.!e uip1.n1ft aJ1d ·.:ere int.clli.r-\\:'ntl1•\ncontroll<'·d.\nAt1y U.S. att('o,rd, tc de~ign •lircrafi nf s1milor\npe1·form11.1\\cc would be cosl-ly, i-i1r,e-consuming and dctrimer;to..1\nto otht~r pn.:;jccts,\nlnvcstig1lli 1H·.s by ANG Vv1.._d C'('ICJl1nue\npending r1u~-1rnr n.d\\•ic£:,\n30.12.47\nAuthor i ty jl'i ven to AMC to i nvcs ti g~te tho phonomc.-r,n on a\nprior1-:.y 2A basis und;;,r· tlw codt•-namc Project Sit,11.\nMi11i.mu111 i-hi:,;;;; rica.t.inn wus RN,{\".icted,\nrl!P01\"1.S ·,,Pni lo lrn\nme.de qu1u·tcrly 1.rnd data exctrn.-,g-:·d with intere.!ted p,,rties.\nl5,L48\nUSAF officiol\na separate service.\n22.1.48\nProjecL Sign starts officially.\nlfoar-eo I] i~ i011 be l,;,:•c1: nr;3 c111d UFO prO!r.pt AT[C t.o ..:,r;_ te\nan F:s ti nu: Le of tlw Si lua ti<Jn.\n9.48\nThe Top Se:c ret Estiamte ..,as fonarded l.o th,; Pe-ntns•on.\nThe\nconclusicn that UfO's were of interplunclury origin wns not\nn.ccc-pti:..blc· to the Air Force Chi121' o:r Sl,afl' (Gcncre.J Vnodc1;h<'1g)\nvho in~n,,t1:,l on dcr;onstro.bl.c pl'oof not cin:umst-u.. i-.ia.:.\nevidi!J1,·c•.\nAT lC 1,•u~: un ah I,... to ·,t·ovid,, l1FJ hr.rdvr,:·<.! or\ndeta.:i 1,,.1 phC!tcgrt~phs.\n•\n13.12.48\nDr J.E. Lipp of the Rand Corpora~ion reylied ~o the Director\nor ilesct1rch anc. Devn]ur,mt:nt, vSAP, thut if the flying ob,iC'ct~\n-..ere int1:1·-plt1.11c· lury thi,y wcu ! d tiost l ilH'ly ori:;; i 1111 te fro::1\nMa.rs ul thoufh. in t.11 ll i rum t lire as '>le lrnoi.· ii- v0 !i'I d '' oe norc\noce:upiNl -.: ti1 :,,,_;!'\\\" i y;d t.ha.1t 1,:e o1i-e on Ear lh\".\nCt.i· pr1'.:sent\nt.f!ch11ol.or_y c.:1111'.JI.\n:.::.rn•.·t'i.\\'P a-;;\n1.G ho1-\nan\nint,~r-\nt-1.'llu.r .LH'I.'\ncould rcu~h Earth, P~en lhourh i~ is con~edPd lhnt there i\na hi.gh pn1hahilit.y tlud, -int.F!l ligc!nt ·1ir1.~ 1lc1f!s t>xist within\nsay 16 light-yeu r:; from Earth.\n1.49\nUSAF onl(.:15 Project Sign tc, be:cot:!e l'ro.j(•ct Grudge ..-1,1ch\nsh~uld tc1·win6t~ bcfor~ th0 en~ uf 1949,\nPinal rt!port of Project Sirm ('fR-227-1 IA Qf t.ht'.' '.r£>clmical\nIntelligcrce DiviRiun AMC) rrcomoondod that o~ly 3\nminimum Pf J'ori b,~ dnvated to r13co1 <l111r.;, ,,na ly:t:i.ng a11d\nen1lu«ting repod.s 1 \\Jut on thf• CJ~her lrn..nd ,,·f·,ere :'actui;.l\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 1 3693, 3092/2/000"
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   "n": 16,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/cia-uap-019/p16.jpg",
   "text": "2.\n11.2.49\n8.49\n27.12.49\n3.50\n14.9.51\n27.10.51\n3.52\n29.4.52\nJunc-Aur,,52\n19/26.7.52\novidc-tH' e ,-,i;ch n\" -phntograp!u: 1 i-:.1.dnr, phyi; ic;;, 1 (~\\·.idonc\nand data on size, n11<1 shap,, is lnvt.,lY<-'d, Pv1-'ry pfJ.orL\ns-hould l1,, m,tcl~ tn ,:<• t lc-c !\".\nt,li.i\" 1,,·iclPni:,•.\nRn,~io ,d 1n- ts to\noUw 1· 11i I I I\n1·y\n1m i 1-.-< f>lwuld I.a: nudo.\nProjri:i-, Sign officially b1.:r::om<,.'I Proj<•ct. Gnidr,c>.\nAC'cor•:inf;\nt.o Rup;,,: I , S_ r:n p, r.so1rnel •~ \\,lier vol ,rn L,,un~-1 ·,o lcav,~ o··\nwere c o:nilP 11 ed t-o l e,tV-£', ui l,1~r ,.-i,ich Uwy wcr,~ rci p.:uc•<-•1 Ly\nporsom,r:l willinir. i,,;; ridicuJ,_. the conc<•pt of UFO's,\n;';1.,.r.i.\"lg\n19,19. l:rud:;c! pcr~,(11u1el did not t'olJov up report\"',\nScc1·ct T,;,clrn icn l R.-port )Io. 10.2 AC 49/1\n100 \"Un i,;o:tif'i ct,\nFlying Ol•J~cts\nFr~jcct Grud~e\"~f about 600 fHgAd istue1.\nwith th:J c(•:1cl11.=,ion t.hn.t all rc;:iorts ..oro the-\nl\"'t'S!.ll\"t \"f\nmi~idunt,ificat,i,.111.-;., ma.ss hy,;1.,1,ria a1ld hoo.xes ev,·n Lhough\nthey ndmi t, to 23~ of thi! rcportil as bcil'g \"ulllrno1rn\".\nlh<.!\nreport 1.,1.s docla.ss.ified 1 Au1~ust. 1952.\nDepnrtwen~ of Dafonse ne1os rP!e~se slated thel lhE Ai~ Furr~•M\nflying suuc~r project had beer terminntcd.\nPuhlicaLiou of a report, 1rr1:vio;!Sly cleared by the U.~.\nArmy, d•:!~t:rihi.ng r.lw tracl,ing of' a U}'O l:y an nff'icial tt:a:n\nled by Co;,;ir,,11'.dr-r ~kLnughl-in ai the Vh1te SPn~:, (r11issile;\nprov in '1 g: i-n·,; ml.\nPrem t be t ra•.h 1 ng dutn, it •El.!' c r-nc I udec,;.\nthat th,, UFO req11 red an ex t,ratPrrestial orisin.\nOn lcn~ning that ATIC W&~ noL inve~tigating UYO reports,\nthe USAl' Dirccl,:H' oi' lntdlig~·1:,'e (Ger.era.! Ct:.b, l' or1e1cd\nProject Grudge to be rcvitul1zc~.\nThis wus nct~d upon at oncP.\nProject Grudge no~ headed !1y Cuft. Rupprlt,\nProjeci, Grudge 1onn:riBd Projt:ct Blue Book,\nBy Lili,; stage th.?\nstaff hnd lniil.t up to 10, ,,.JJ with Top f;pcrei cJ~ar:,r1(:es.:rnd\na higl,lv '1'-' li fi,.•d r.;se,H·ch group of C(JtlS1.:lt.-rnt,: p:·ovi.dod\nexpertiso.\nAs part of Project Stork, this research group\n(ru..rrn u, a pos.,;ib lit.y) s1.a1•t,.d to tr.insci:ibe data onto\nIBN ca1ds for futuro analysis,\nAir !lor<: C! Lett.er 200-5 ordc rr-d a 11 USAF uni ts to ...-ire UFO\nreports direct to /.TIC •.,;i1,h u. coT,, to the Pen-LaJ;;~in.\nP.::o·Iect.\nBlul' Boe,:,,.;-,; 111-rmitted to C(,aL1c~l any [ZA:;- uni-i. ~iin~rt1; 1\na.1101;· iJJg , • ., p.i d. i 11,, (•:c. t i!i;:-1 t. on.\nDurin~~ 19,1R-5l Uw averr:.~'.l' 1rnnF1ly number nf report:,; .. ,1s 15\nbut d11 ring ,Jun,:;\n.T11Ly and Aur'.u,d of l9\"i..;, the ;:1 V(!:t't,;'.(e \\\\.JS\n337 in~lud ni 5\n<luring July.\nThe Cf0 1 s ~ere cot only ~etn\nin gn'u.1.r·r n:.i:nbt, r:,, :,ut th,•l'f':- ,. es a r.ri::o.-~i,•r 1n:r;.llcr of 1·e lj_;\\vl ~\n\\.a\" i t..nc a!i ~ d.\nSc vc ra .!\non.::: i ~~ 1 \"'·*.: At o □ i~! l-~!~ t· I\"!!\\'\" Cc-nm·•. :-: s 1or. p j en t:.t\nnnd ds:•fc·nci1 :m~t\nv•··rc s·.1b;jc-t:U:d 1-0 cl<1~e-;l\n,,ci-:,:•s,\nD0fenc1: c,.,r::rnunic11\"l1(,:1s 1,,;;-•1'f.' l,c•ing ov1irlnarl\n1,.-c-t·r­\nfears ~,hat U.S. n•ac:tion '.;irne a:;a'inst enoir.y action war, boing\nhindered.\nT•,,o S(,ric•s of radar-visuitl ~d~htings ov,•r '•·a.shin~;ton :--:·ation«l\nc.irpo1·t~\nthe Cr;\nl\nt:.:ni:. \"~'hi\n.:: ::.:;u~r• o·t(~ct.rifi\nth\nr~d~,.i,,i1 ..\nAs a. 1·us11lt ::if tl11, \\1psurgc c:f interi:!~I. in .:ei<:-n! ific\": ;:.:.d\nmilit:.ry ,·irclc,,;, th:1 int.er1•lnnet.a.ry h_v;.,ol-hCH\\3 gr.dnNl f:l'(,1ipu\ndell>pilc r:fficiuJ eJJ'ort.s Le, r•xr,lalU ,nmy Urn sir:hi,1.ng:,.\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": ") .\n..\n21.8,52\n21. 11. 5:!\n14/17. L 53\n16,2.5)\n.53\n26.8.53\nCJSAE' ~,tal'Led 1'1'lt'asing ATlC re1J0l'ts t.o the F1~0 r,ull,ort\n1'1Rjor i1,_rh<w\nf,q• tn:l'tli-::,ni(,n.\nTh:s lo.\"ll.S n c.\n1.,toJy\n1\nunri::--.1,;,_:t,,,d\nau,·-:· ,:,I 1.clir.\\.\nTl1e C(•ntntl,f of tlh;,r,~ U!Pot·ts\nn~ ru i-1- d th'-' put, 1 i <:\npr~nc,111,;: ,•n11.•11,;; :natl<! by· f h~· l1SAF.\n1;\nadtLi t. i.on a USAF \"puk•-'5I1:,1u ;·.;.!, ::c.! ,id th;i l-\ntlw at t Pmpt to\ne~p.lni.11 Lhe 'i::1.... Lingll,n -;ighi.ir11;:-\"' ,t-; rh1e t,i, anomalous\npropaga:Lion could 11,,t, liri n1iiwl1l.\nClA ar\"·.:,nt!Cd f'<,u r 1.tove,nm!.,1, j_ :!iC i Pnt i.sts to 1·,,;,e·i.\nc1 ~ A'fTG\nfor thre ..• d2.y,-\nf!.\"!\nZi pre l i.r.iinary rC'vie1, p1111C:\nto cl\ni J,~ ..rn\nrccorr.m<rnrlations for a hirr.l:•· r-lcn,e1 pa.11e:; of' ~ix :c,c. i r~.- t·i ,, ts.\nThe Oi'fice r!f' S('i(•ntific l11t.cllige:1c1~, C!A, cnnveJ1ed i::\nWa.shin•:ton D.C., u. pnn£d or six scictiiL!\\~s, Dr:; H.}'.\nRobcl't.:,1>11 (Chnirr.mn), Luis Alvai·c,z, Lloyd hPrk1,,-:r, Samm.l\nA, Gnudsm1.t,\nTi,ornt.()r, i'a:::t, and on,;: other.\nAft.er ,,hn.n\ndays or rH· i ,_ii~n(· ~, r. b;o-ra::,::-\n.s eer<o t rep,irt that. was\nprc~urud on thr fourth day, co~eludca th~t there ~01 nc\ndircc~ tlrreat ta untional Hecuri~y but that t~cra ~n~ nn\nindinl't l,hroal to \"the ordei:!y functioning of the 1,rot.:!r:t,ivo\norgan;: r!f t;ic hody· frnliti.,;\",\nlt wc.s recc,mmcnd,'d UH,i\nnatioi~al s<1curity ~:;::encir)s sh,rnlt! \"st.rip the l'.!•\\1 1 ~ c,f the\nspec i:1 l\n,;; tat u;;;\nlhw,-\nhave b(ier~ g i vcn\" o.o~l to educ-at£~ t-ht'\npublic according 1.y.\nCIA iEMund a largnr but Piill secret report on ihe moJting 1\nsummarising t.!11.· eight r.nlf-day scsi,ions nnd ouilinin;;: p.cncl\n!Dl'mlH,r:,,' i.ndivil!u:11 \\'ie1,poinls,\nThe la.cl\\ of ariif:ict!:1 of\nclunr t.•:-.:t•.n1-t-•.irresiia] or1qin ,,,a:; a stronr, argum~nt P-gui,,st.\nace ,,,pt., :1cc> of t-h,· 1,x Lru.- t•r rn1,t lal hypothesis,\nTh,., pn.nc l\nagrN:d ·.dth C\"'A cor:r_:(•1·n\n·.) al. r:rn<'my e.rttfa.cts !!tay be\n111isidcr.Li.l'ied Ly u.~. rfor ◄\n'IC(' rt\"r;;ounol, thot e-nJ(.H'.ffC·r,1:y\nreport.i!tr, ch,11~1:Pl:; lw 111,r:rln11:h,(l u!'d Uu:,t the pr.blic m,_.y\nbecor.Hi Y11lneral:·:(:, :u ;;n,'~:--y p:-yehc~ogi,·al 1o:a,:f.1:.·1:.\nThe public\nshoul.d ;,..: e<lu<:11i.-rc:\ni.o rec:n,~nisP b::dJnons, meteors etc. a,Hl\n& poL cy of \"dr--1,u :. ing\" ~i:;-rn l d he in l roduced\n·, n ol'c.: r tc\nreducc public in1-.er,.,.st.\nThi;<; ''training and debunking\"\nprogrunoH' would b(' l'<l'quircu for 11 a 111in:im11m cf' (H!fl E:11l onu\nhalf t,, t..,o v~n1:s\".\n\"Sow.! expansion of the A1'1C ef'f'uri.\nvould cer1-u.:.;1ly br-\n;•::d l.o :::upJ>C\",rt l\"u:::h a progr,10-,;:,1?\",\nA profc-,,,; i;::,nal\nt,:f r cf 12 sup:.Jvl tc•d by an tt(ln~in istra~,i\nstaff ~.,H ~uggnnL~~­\nSectio:l III, _Tit:;◊ 18 o:f' t-l1c- Joint Ar1,1y, Navy uml Air Forc1~\nPubl.i c ;lt.,.on lJM{AP 1,1(;) 1 Of~ts la Led I.hut service ;H~r~~onnrd\nia.lki.nri about CfO ,,i.ghtir.g,:,: ',/!,T'f! liable to 1---1.0 )'l'IHG gaol\n1ud/01· a l'ine o;' Lip 1o ,)10,0(Y).\nAir Pnr,:<:- ilrgulatiun (A.FH 200-2) J'Pr.:on.'ll in\\--2,,;t.Lgation\na.u thor i ly f' ro:u Prn j 1·r ·t h, .a• Aouk i.n favour (if' the Air\nDefence! Comr!1ard 1 s ,1(,02 Air Intelligenct• Service Sq1:adron,\na unit <l ~por~~d ~\\er 1rreJ commands, and trained bath for\nrapid arcc~s l.u rRmo~e ar~us and to intDrrogate> enctty\nperson:H•1.\nTi·,,· Air Fu1.cc !·,i,iuin,:,; immediate report1.n);( 1.o\nevalur: t t·\nt.iH~\nl.1·~:\nt ~\ntH'.d\n11!' r.;: i lcJ r(•poI t:inr~ ·:_,.) ~1s~ is t\niechni•.:a.l :rPal:;\nAl\n·.,.!\"ll-lr•11 r•.,r<'.lr·1,; arr.! t,:. bP ...:<:>nt\nto USAF Tr,L1!l1i 1;\"ll'''' in W;1sil:inir,ton, orn.i11luna rr,port:-; f'irst\ngoii1g tu Air Dr.-f'c,;is,•\ni::1~1:,;,nd ford str.i.liut1,:,n to\n11 JllLt!r,istr:•d\niavc::s I. i g:a ti VE-\n.ir<: •·1c es II\nJ::J ,,,: L-J· i,· al r~ cw.rt s ar(i addre \"'.;;,,(:.\nLo hoth tl~;:s<! lwI:dq1-;a.:·t.cn: and t:, ATIC.\nTho ·pubJ.i.,• is to\nIH~\ni nl\\.n·m•:d o.r\nlu.~\n.r,:.'311 l t-.s of in;:liY.i,lua 1 C~J5J:'.$\non 1.r 1;hr:n\n1\nNational Archives of sti~1~t i~, poi;i i..in:\nident-i'.'ietl NAA: finib\\f{ 30~'2;~~000"
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   "text": "4 •\n•\nHcnd,p1art1·rs US.'.P 1dJl rt•lcnsc\n:ntrn □ Hu-ics of iH'alunt.<:d\ndo.in 1-0 t.h<: puhllc.\n9.53\nVher. th,• hrnd of rrojl•C t BLie Ou,t~ d(! pa.rtt>r.\", ~ t:1e st a.rt' '-'::!.S\nredw:,1d to jn:•1- one ::.ir:'l:ltl (tir:_;t--clas'>).\nAll\nin!:lt.r_1m1.•111:di.n11 plan.,; .h:11.l h•~•in Tll:'!~•tlP.d p:,u•<•p!.. /'01·\niii ffract.i un 1;,i,11wras which lrn.d b>'t:11 ;,hown -Lo be 11sehn,,.\nL 12. 53\nThe di.':11.rilrnt~u;l of 275 di.f'friwltnn-f;rating ca.r.er'l.s\n(200 to r.s. buses and i5 to ovrr~nau bn~PE) was c~~,1rtud.\nAirline pilots a~ a rucetins at the Roosevelt Hotel,\nHoJl:,.·wuod \"-'f!r•;o co(ircc-J by llili1ary i.nte!lii:;:•::nc£~ usint\nJANAP 1-16 lo ;l1:reE! i..o not .ial'<ll'::Li ~lH tla• 11ublic: ot th,-- i 1·\nsight.ing~, and confhHi t-1wii- rl!!,,or·ti.ng io ofticinl cl,,u1nPl.!!.\n15.5.54\nUSA}' Chi(' f or S l a.r f. Gene n, 1 }fo th.:in 'l'vi r. in::;,\n~ tatcd ''T!.11\nbest Ll :·1dn11 in the Air Poree 1ne worl,ing on this pr,1•)1 r-m\nof Uni.d{:n ti f i ec Plying Ob j<ic ts, trying to so 1vc thil.'\nri c!dl a\".\nGf'r.4' ra l '1'1t1 in j ng, was n(it. rc-ferring to Pro j re:.\nBlue Book,\n10. 6. 5,1\nD~•puly Cc1r1r.1,.,i;d:•1· of Jul.t:11.i,nm,:,i ,:Ii. AT:IC, Cu.Loiw1 O'}hra~\nstatei thrlt mn1~ than a tha~san<l people were ~orking on\nthe prohli.~::1.\n2.2,55\nVilliam P. Lear, Chuirmmn of Lear lnc., Santa )~nice slated\nthot because of flying soueo,·s, S<.-r1ous ~ffort.s trcrc- :.,ci:i.g\nmade i.n the U.S. 1.o prove the ,-:,ist.,mco of ar;ti-gr;1v.i !.t1.~ional\nfo1ces.\n21 .8. 55\nRevco.led\nLh11.t t!rn U.S. Gr.1vPru11H·11I, had\nu.1kc>11 tH'\"l' thl'\nCanadian Avro 'I' lying s£1uc<H' 1 i,1·oj1.ic t..\nTh·i s wo.s a c: ii: ulijr\naerof'rJi. l poi, .-~r,·rJ hy jc- i.::l'. mFI dos; 1-;rrnI\n1.<J\n: . .,],.;--oJ'f :,rnd\nI. und\n-verti(:a.]_Iy, ho\\,·r, tre,vel at 1500 mph\n1i.1,d change ciin: !1rrn\nrurid'ly.\nTl:i:-\nd:-si!:;n i,:·.1.•t·if:i.1:ll.!ions fo1·\nrf,,rm11.ncr <'.:HI\nshape \"'en:, clu,,rly clircctly riiJr,v,d to\nl',.~p:;irU1ig.\n'!'110\nproje(·t i.as stnrted .in 1951-52 tlnd w 195·1 ;:i\"t,~r .i-1CDtO(::\nhad b,JE111 spont, the Canadian Go\\'f·rnJ!lpnt -.,ULdr,~w its\nfinancial h.1,:-kini',.\n'lbi-~1 th!:) C'.S. a.:~:urr:cc c,:·:·tt,;;_ (f•;•~··r ·t!·.il\n1n·oJ.-~:: !.\ni 1-\ni rn [Hl\n;-,,:_\n11\nh\nl P\\ \"1 1) f\" s•:cu r i Ly, 1,n.. v<'n .i ,1::r\nevet Canadii:,:'I off'ici_,ils from inspr:,ci.in1~ tl1E 1:n-e11do;es.\n:.t.\nthe press rcle~J~ meeting on 25 o~to~or l~ 5 (cr the clp~cial\nUeport Xe. 14, pl1otogl',1.p:1::; or ,l\n<l raving of -Un; propos,1d\nvers:i;m sllo\\>ud a typical t'Jyi.ng tli.sc.\n25,lQ,'j'.j\nRolf!ar... or• Pro ;_,ct, Blt11! Buol, Spt'1:ial Rriport, Ko. 1,1 dut1.•d\n5 }!ay 19\"i'i.\nr\"'.'port, ;;;:is o.r.igir,nlJ,Y co1.,pil,~d by PL,jl'LI.\n1:lluc Hoel~ re.'H>rrc:h c<,nsu 1 t'r.nLi wl:o .ir:,;1.J.y::1.•J 3 1 200 n;p:)t·t,,;\nout of 4 ,ocn r,,cd vc,d l,.,- the <!tHI el' 1952.\nIh,~':H\" r(~;<;ul ts\nvorc ~1s1f:I t,, bric-f th!? Hol:-ert.so1l jrn.:i•.:! in Joo, 1953.\nTo\nthis basic JlG page I'(•\n,\nil 3 pog<i so-callPd \"su;:·,:;,nrv\"\nhas bf!er: add•~d dealin)'.! m:linly i. i lh tbe 19'53-55 perio<l ~aid\ndisr:1:isr;,i.\ni.:.:-'O's ~,.:; mainly ir.isi11':1.t ficat.:.Pns,\n'!'hcJ morv\nunco:,1f'o.1· t\nIs:.• ,·,:,nc 1u:;.; ion;; n r i !1,, :n;, ;r: r<-, ric.r\n,.,:.:,:·c,\nC'C,li•:'•H,l,·d.\nOnlv 100 l:ovi1•s ('i' 1..l'l'.! wdn i\"<'1>01·L 1,;r,rc, ;l\ntric•.1·tr:d ,, '\nr1\nrnsi.rict,·d ;,nn-p1lilic l,;1-:.io1 ltt1,: only Al 1 sc·.ndL111 C(•J•,'.,' ,,;,..s\ndes1,1·:1ycd\nI h,! l1AAF ill ! 9'i9 l \\-;he 1·ea;: top.i r,s u r t.!Ji•\nntiRlt>adiul!' \"~,urn1T:111·y\" i.cr(~ fn,ldy a·,ailnblr:• to p:'(.'!::s und\npublic.-~\nNational Archives of Australia\nNM: A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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   "text": "ins f('} j \",, __ (,1~11 ,.'!':'.\": I\n1) f .Air FP I'('{' Ci n· u I 11 t C'S\nC ~.1 ;JC!-: i. r i ('(1\n24.12.59\n\"UJ10'\n;:,,!rious B·,1,;in(•,:;:,· 1 :in .-,.n ,rr,,i·t. to sti.mu ,-!,• ,-111d\nim1,~·o·.-,~ tlie u-por i·,g er t:H)'!>,\nl11n.•~;tit:nt.in11 ofric1•r\"\narc to ·:,.-\nt'f!t'..i pped vi 1.11 gr•·i f;\"r c11un Lvr:-1 a.s well nB\ni~ c\"n\" rti t\nbin,:,cu ·1 :i r1, ard sa1,1pling Ct'l1 hdn••r:,.\n.60\n,TAt:li.P l •16C inn,kes CSJ)i L>nugc lm,·;; Lo prevent i~o re., ;.1,,1 it.g\nof UFO du t:1.\n28.9.65\nFollo,,inr~ the Aurust peak of u·Fu ac1.i-.•ity, the USAP O('fi•.·1~\nof Info n,Ltioa rcqufsts a rl'!vie.,.· of Proj1?c t flhw Bou=\\\n\"CSAF Sc icn ti f ic A,lvisnn· Dna•.·<l AJ Hoc Comni ttcc> revi cvc d\nProjeel, BJ:u, ?od,.\nA'li.li(,w~h the i:ommi.tl,ee cons1di.,l\"(!J ;,wist\nuni !l 1~11 \"I- i :' i ,,ds\nWC' re cJ uo to i na.dC,Ltl ,i Le\nttrl ,dys ii~, they 3 l •, o\nac<'usecl Bhw 1:!.ock of identifY111g ob; ,,c ts ''-;.;J·,en ·the Pvi,Jc.•itco\ncollt:ct,.-d ,,,·11s too r~<•a<rrC! or ~tt.:o ind;d'inite\",\nI·t 'Hl.S\nrecomc1<:1Hlcd t.!Hl1, Univ;rsit.y tontractti'. be 01;;!.de aml t.!wt. 111vrc\n5c1cutilically trained invcttig,Lors b~ used,\nJ.2.66\n5,4.66\nU.S. Cocgrcs£ l!.:,u,;'~ Commi LL11,! on Annr·d Service,.'\\ rccom1111~11-.ia\ntha.l Pru,i•ti:t- BlUI) nook repG r :.,s be l nvest.i.ge.-teci by Uni ~e1•:;i ty\ncon t.n1<· t.\nG.6.66\nDr Mc Dcr:ald ri~nds Robertson (complt~IP) report \":hid:, had beez,\ndeclassified und,n- 12 yeo.r .r.•t1.i.\n20.6,66\nRo~ertson ropn1·t reclassifi0d.\nSerond saniljRR<l v~r5ion\niss,ir.d.\n19.9.66\nAFR 8C-l7 n~pl uc1'.s APR 200-:2 aid transfer:; re.::;pon::i ibi l i l,y\nfrora lnLPlligi·nc,i\nt.rJ Rr,!,enn~h a.ud D,•vPl.or:;,ent.\nl\\~i-11. 12(1:!\nstate's\n11 .\\·:r T-'orcc e<:hP.lonl'I rcc-t-id.nr.: ~•u;:,.1wctcci or :ict•rnl\nUFO mo.1,-r ;.ul ,; i 11 ;:;a:feg•.rnn:. it to ri·t-vcnt. ony dd'r,c in.:: ol'\nalteruLion~ ,_,rich m1gh·, rNi1Jc1~ it.s value for int-cllig,•1wc\nexumiuation irnd ni·\nJS It <t\n6.10.66\nContract signed with Colorn<lo Cnivcrsity.\n29.7.63\nU.S. Co11,.:r1.,::is H..111sl:' Commil.t •ion S1:1N1c.e and Ast.ron1Lt1Lic-s\nhf!lcl n\n,J ll.!-,lay :,,\\•mnosiuw r.n 1Jf0'.:; aL ·,,liid1 ;nanv 1,ron'iu(:!l!\n:scicnt.i..'lls te~tif'i~-d in fnv,J'lr of UFl)'f~ boing ~.,,;_1 a.rd\nrequiring international 1nv~~ligalion.\n8. 1.€9\nCondo11 rnport p1.1blish(~d.\nCnndon 's ccnf lu!'!ions i..·,?r<i! rl()t.\nsuppo1•i.n.J bjt tlw sle.ff cc,nclusions •\n. 69\nJ. Alh~n Hyr11'.h 1 .!'> r:,mtract\n<1-.'!' Schmtific Consultunt on UFO's\nto U1e CSAP Project Blue lluoi v~a not rene~ed (after 21 y~nrs)\nl 7, l 2. 6~!\nProj~ct Blue Book closed dow~.\n26/31.12. 69 The A:r:ericun Asf3ocia tj on for th<:, Advar:CH!l'.\"nt of Sci t,nco\nmet nt l<o,d.(Hl t.:1 u1sct.,.;s UFO's.\nOno 01ncar.:,1 1o·as n 1·,i~c,lu1ion\na.pp,,allng\nf,)I' l\\lu,, B:,ok da1.,1 t:i bi:-\nr,:,].er,st.•r.!.\nNational Archives of Australia\nNAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000"
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