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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Case V (Serial 0565.00 to 0565.03)

A pilot and copilot were flying a DC-3 at 0340 hours on July 24, 1948, when they saw an object coming toward them. It passed to the right and slightly above them, at which time it went into a steep climb and was lost from sight in some clouds. Duration of the observation was about 10 seconds. One passenger was able to catch a flash of light as the object passed. The object seemed powered by rocket or jet motors shooting a trail of fire some 50 feet to the rear of the object. The object had no wings or other protrusion and had two rows of lighted windows.

Pilot

Copilot

Cited by

Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: the Battelle statistical study, 1955 1955

Cases discussed

The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927 1927
probable cause of the Roerich sighting in the Gobi Desert in 1927
The Maury Island Incident 1947
RAND letter asking for access to Air Force files on the Maury Island incident
The Green Fireballs over New Mexico 1948
local epidemic of "green fireballs"; Hynek said they were probably connected with U.S. research
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap 1952
Samford press conference July 29, 1952, at the height of the Washington "flap"; CAA radar study
The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film) 1952
private showing of the "Tremonton films"
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review 1953
Part B: The CIA Panel Report of 1953

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