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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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TABLE AS EVALUATION OF OBJECT SIGHTINGS BY YEARS ALL YEARS 1947 1948 1949 Evaluation Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total 0-Balloon 207 182 339 9.4 6.0 15.4 7 0 7 8.9 0.0 8.9 12 10 22 8.4 9.0 15.4 11 2 13 5.9 1.1 7.0 1-Astronomical 274 205 479 12.5 9.3 21.8 8 8 16 10.1 10.1 20.2 25 23 48 17.5 16.1 33.6 29 55 84 15.6 29.5 45.1 2-Aircraft 265 209 474 12.0 9.5 21.5 2 2 4 2.5 2.5 5.0 15 4 19 10.5 2.8 12.3 18 12 30 9.7 6.4 16.1 3-Light Phenom. 30 18 48 1.4 0.8 2.2 2 0 2 2.5 0.0 2.5 2 3 5 1.4 2.1 3.5 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4-Birds 12 10 22 0.5 0.5 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 3 5 1.4 2.1 2.5 2 1 3 1.1 0.5 1.6 5-Clouds, Dust, etc. 3 7 10 0.1 0.3 0.4 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6-insuffic. Info. 240 0 240 10.9 0.0 10.9 12 0 12 15.2 0.0 15.2 17 0 17 11.9 0.0 11.9 25 0 25 13.4 0.0 13.4 7-Psychological 35 9 44 1.6 0.4 2.0 3 2 5 3.8 2.5 6.3 1 0 1 0.7 0.0 0.7 3 0 3 1.6 0.0 1.6 8-Unknown 434 0 434 19.7 0.0 19.7 22 0 22 21.8 0.0 21.8 15 0 15 10.5 0.0 10.5 22 0 22 11.8 0.0 11.8 9-Other 85 24 109 3.9 11 5.0 11 0 11 13.9 0.0 13.9 4 7 11 2.8 4.9 7.7 6 0 6 8.2 0.0 3.2 Evaluation 1950 1951 1952 Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Number Per Cent Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total Certain Doubtful Total 0-Balloon 21 4 25 12.4 2.4 14.8 8 3 11 6.6 2.5 9.1 148 11.3 261 9.9 7.5 17.9 1-Astronomical 25 14 39 14.8 8.3 23.1 16 14 30 13.2 11.6 24.8 171 91 262 11.4 6.1 17.5 2-Aircraft 22 9 31 13.0 5.3 18.3 15 6 21 12.4 5.0 17.4 193 17.6 369 12.9 11.7 24.6 3-Light Phenom. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1 2 0.8 0.8 1.6 25 14 39 1.7 0.9 2.6 4-Birds 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 1 0.0 0.8 0.8 8 5 13 0.5 0.3 0.8 5-Clouds, Dust, etc. 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 7 10 0.2 0.5 0.7 6-Insuffic. Info. 24 0 24 14.2 0.0 14.2 14 0 14 11.6 0.0 11.6 148 0 148 9.9 0.0 9.9 7-Psychological 2 0 2 12 0.0 12 1 1 2 0.8 0.8 1.6 25 6 31 1.7 0.4 2.1 8-Unknown 39 0 39 23.0 0.0 23.0 33 0 33 27.3 0.0 27.3 303 0 303 20.2 0.0 20.2 9-Other 6 3 9 3.5 1.8 5.3 7 0 7 5.8 0.0 5.8 51 19 65 3.9 0.9 4.3 </td
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