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This Department of Defense press release, dated December 17, 1969, says Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans, Jr. has ended Project Blue Book, the Air Force program for investigating UFOs. Seamans based the decision on the University of Colorado study directed by Dr. Edward U. Condon, the National Academy of Sciences review of that study, earlier UFO studies such as the 1953 Robertson Panel, and two decades of Air Force experience. According to the release, no UFO ever indicated a threat to national security or evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles.
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Colorado study. The panel concurred in the University of Colorado's
recommendation that "no high priority in UFO investigations is
warranted by data of the past two decades." It concluded by stating
that, "On the basis of present knowledge, the least likely explanation
of UFCs is the hypothesis of extraterrestrial visitations bi intelligent
beings." ...
Past UFO studies include one conducted by a Scientific Advisory
Panel of UFOs in January, 1953 (Robertson Panel); and, a review of
Project Blue Book by the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc
Committee, February-March, 1966 (Dr. Brian O'Brien, Chairman). These
studies concluded that no evidence has been found .that any of the UFO
reports reflect a threat to our national security.
As a result of investigating UFO reports since 1948, the
conclusions of Project Blue Book are: (1) no UFO reported, investi-
gated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication
of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence
submitted or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized
''unidentified" represent technological developments or principles
Jnd the range of present-day scientific knowledge; and (3) there
has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidenti-
fied" are extraterrestrial vehicles.
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Project Blue Book records will be retired to th.i' USAF Archives,
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Requests for information will
continue to be handled by the Secretary of the Air Force, Office of
Information (SAFOI), Washington, D.C. 20330.
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