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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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ISSUED ABOUT DECEMBER,1953 F A C T S H E E T The following information concerns Air Force investigations of unusual aerial phenomena. The Air Force first took official notice of reports of so-called "flying saucers" in the Fall of 1947 when reports from the public indicated that the matter might involve the air defense of the United States. The Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, was directed to set up a project to collect and evaluate all available facts concerning "flying saucer" sightings. The Air Materiel Command, in turn, obtained the services of civilian and military astronomers, psychologists, electronics specialists, meteorologists, aeronautical engineers, and physicists to aid in study and research. Two years later, on December 27, 1949, after 375 reported sightings had been investigated, the Air Force announced the findings of the "flying saucer" project. The majority of the sightings could be accounted for as misinterpretations of conventional objects, such as balloons and aircraft. Others could be explained as meteorological phenomena or light reflections from crystalized particles in the upper atmosphere. Some were determined to be hoaxes. However, there still remained a few unexplained sightings. The investigation of unknown aerial phenomena was then transferred to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a continuing project. During 1952, the bumper year for "saucer" sightings, 1,700 reports were received by the Air Force, of which 70 percent came from civilian sources. Approximately 20 percent of the sightings were unexplainable on the basis of information received. MORE
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