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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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# This Third Edition of the Blue Book Special Report No. 14 is loyally and Respectfully Dedicated to the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the United States 1961--1963 If he might have been allowed to live through his full span of office, the invisible government which increasingly stretches out from our paramilitary complex would have been kept under better control; and vice versa. ## TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number * Author's Note to Readers Inside Front Cover Part A: Early Air Force Press Releases Release dated Dec.27,1949 p. A3 April 3,1952 A4 April 25,1952 A5 June 17,1952 A6 (CAA) Dec.11,1952 A7 nSen. Flanders' letters begins on Page A1 April 7, 1953 A9,A10 July 15, 1953 A20 #Dec. 1953 Fact Sheet A11-A14 Oct. 1954 Summary A15-A18 (Oct. 25, 1955 See p.D5) # Hell Roarer release Part B: The CIA PANEL Report of 1953 begins on Page B1 Letter from National Academy of Sciences B1 Panel Report of January 1953, released April 1958 B2 Letter from former Air Force Officer, May 7, 1958 B3 Letter from Major Tacker, USAF, May 20, 1958 B4 Letter from a scientist, May 20, 1958 B6 Part C: The Current (1966) Air Force Release on Project Blue Book C1 Transmittal letter from Air Force, June 3, 1966 C4 Statistics for 1965 C8 Part D: Analysis of the Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14. D1 Publisher's Statement from First and Second Editions D2 Analysis by Dr. Leon Davidson begins on Page D4 Air Force Press Release dated October 25, 1955 D5 Suggestions to the Reader D10 Original Title Page of Air Force Edition of Report 1 Table of Contents as published by Air Force 2 List of Illustrations as published by Air Force 2,3,4 Summary (which accompanied the October 25,1955 release) 5 The "Flying Saucer" Model 50 Conclusions, as published by the Air Force 68 Appendix A. (Index of Tables in Air Force Report) 69-78 First page of transcript of Maj. Gen. Samford's press conference. Inside Back Cover. Air Force Regulation 200-2. (AFR 200-2). See comment on page D1. X1-X4 *Note. All page numbers given in this Table of Contents refer to the large handwritten numbers in the upper outside corners of the printed pages, as assigned for this Edition.
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