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Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report 14 (Hynek's annotated copy)

Center for UFO Studies · 139 pages · text by OCR

This is the July 1966 third edition of Dr. Leon Davidson's "Flying Saucers: An Analysis of the Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14", published by Ramsey-Wallace Corp. It reproduces early Air Force press releases, the 1953 CIA panel report, the 1966 Blue Book release and the full text of the May 1955 Special Report No. 14 with its tables and codes. Davidson also gives his view that the CIA was responsible for much saucer publicity.

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  • p. 1 …LEON DAVIDSON
  • p. 2 …July 4,1966 Leon Davidson
  • p. 3 …Leon Davidson Copyright c) 1966 by Leon Davidson Third Edition 66-8897 Analysis Section of First…
  • p. 4 …Leon Davidson begins on Page D4 Air Force Press Release dated October 25, 1955 D5 Suggestions…
  • p. 7 …Leon Davidson 2163 B 47th Street Los Alamos, New Mexico Dear Mr. Davidson: In reply to…
  • p. 8 …Leon Davidson 804 S. Irving Street Arlington 4, Virginia Your letter of April 3, 1952 to…
  • p. 10 …Leon Davidson 804 South Irving Street Arlington, Virginia Your letter of June 12 to the Secretary…
  • p. 12 …Leon Davidson 8-4 S. Irving St. Arlington 4. Virginia Dear Mr. Davidson: In reply to…
  • p. 23 …Leon Davidson GREEDLECTION TO PUBLICATION ON GROUPS OF MILITARY SECURITY 16 17 FEB 1955 OFFICE OF…
  • p. 24 …Leon Davidson 14 Soundview Avenue White Plains, New York PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE HEADQUARTERS AIR RESEARCH AND…
  • p. 25 …Leon Davidson 804 South Irving Street Arlington 4, Virginia In reply to your letter of April…
  • p. 26 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, New York (This report was first released by the…
  • p. 27 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, New York Dear Mr. Davidson, has forwarded your letter…
  • p. 29 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, N. Y. The following is the concluding page of…
  • p. 30 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, N.Y. Dear Mr. Davidson: I received one verbal…
  • p. 34 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect St. White Plains, New York JOHN P. SPAULDING Lt Colonel, USAF Chief…
  • p. 39 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, New York
  • p. 41 …Leon Davidson 64 Prospect Street White Plains, New York Director of Information Services
  • p. 42 …Leon Davidson The Blue Book Report No. 14 is reproduced in the pages following this analysis…
TABLE XII CHI SQUARE TEST OF REVISED KNOWNS VERSUS UNKNOWNS ON THE BASIS OF SPEED

Speed	Number of KNOWNS	Adjusted Number of KNOWNS(K)	Number of UNKNOWNS(n)	X2(K-n)2K
Stationary	196	66	53	2.56
Less than 100mph	128	43	26	6.72
100 to 400mph	156	53	58	0.47
Over 400mph	291	98	145	28.54
Meteor-like	24	8	16	5.42
Not stated	491	166	136	5.42
Total	1286	434	434	43.71
Degrees of freedom 4
5% 9.5
1% 13.3

TABLE XIII CHI SQUARE TEST OF REVISED KNOWNS VERSUS UNKNOWNS ON THE BASIS OF LIGHT BRIGHTNESS

Light Brightness	Number of KNOWNS	Adjusted Number of KNOWNS(K)	Number of UNKNOWNS(n)	X2(K-n)2/K
Sunlight on mirror	24	8	14	2.67
Sunlight on aluminum	136	46	28
Sunlight on plaster, stone, or soil	63	21	16	1.19
Brighter than moon	143	48	61	3.52
Like moon or duller than moon	42	15	22	3.27
Not stated	878	296	293	0.03
Total	1286	434	434	10.68
Degrees of freedom 4
5% 9.
1% 13.3

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