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

Center for UFO Studies · 139 pages · text by GLM-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.

  • p. 138 …Director of Operations, USAF Colonel Donald L. Bower, Technical Analysis Division, Air Technical Intelligence Center Captain…

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DE 75 EVALUATION OF OBSERVER RELIABILITY

9 Cannot be judged

Doubtful (Observer 0 or 1, Report 5 or 9; Observer 2, Report 3, 4, 5, or 9; Observer 3 or 4, Report 2, 3, 4, 5, or 9; Observer 5 or 9, Report 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4)

## CODE 77 RELIABILITY GROUP CLASSIFICATION (Based on observer and report ratings)

Excellent (Observer 0 or 1 and Report 0 or 1) Good (Observer 0 or 1, Report 2, 3, or 4; Observer 2, 3, or 4, Report 0 or 1; Observer 2, Report 2)

Poor (Observer 5, 9, or Y, Report 5, 9, or Y)

## CODE 76 EVALUATION OF REPORT RELIABILITY

## X

4 Poor

O Complete

1 Quite

3 Doubtful

9 Cannot be judged

## CODE 78 FINAL IDENTIFICATION

X Probably

Y

0 Balloon

1 Astronomical

2 Aircraft

3 Light phenomenon

4 Birds

5 Clouds, dust, etc.

6 Insufficient information

7 Psychological manifestations

8 Unknown

9 Other

Cases discussed

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