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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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# Analysis of the Project Blue Book Report No. 14 by Dr. Leon Davidson The Blue Book Report No. 14 is reproduced in the pages following this analysis. The press release on page D-5 (which when issued was accompanied by the Summary of the Blue Book Report, pages vii to ix of the original text) gives the background of the Air Force's investigations which led to the writing of Report No. 14 and its release on October 25, 1955. A good history of the earlier Air Force investigations of the "saucers" (which include Project SIGN in 1947-48 and Project GRUDGE in 1949-50) is given in the book "The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects" by Edward J. Ruppelt (Doubleday and Co., Inc., New York, 1956). It will probably be evident to careful readers of the Report No. 14, even in its full original edition, that the Air Force "analysis" will not bear careful scrutiny. Throughout its "investigations", the Air Force has withheld information from the public. As a result, it is impossible for interested members of the general public to find out all that has been reported about flying saucers. The public has not had access to all the photographs and other evidence which the Air Force has amassed on the subject. Under these conditions, the public has not been able to draw the correct conclusions about the nature of the "saucers". At the end of this analysis, before the body of the Blue Book Report, will be found several paragraphs headed "Suggestion to the Reader". Thoughtful persons who wish to learn the facts about flying saucers may find these suggestions of interest. The analysis below will be in question-and-answer form. [1] What percentage of the saucer sighting cases remain "Unknown"? The press release on the facing page, and the Summary from the report, were the only material made readily available to the public by Project Blue Book. The full text of the report was essentially unavailable to the public, as shown in the Record of Hearings of the House Subcommittee on Government Information (Rep. John E. Moss, Chairman) for Nov. 15, 1956. One might wonder whether the Air Force had actually wanted to keep the full report from the public, and if so, why? The answer may be found by reading the text and tables of the report, and comparing this with the Summary,distributed publicly with the press release. The key to the answer is contained in Fig. 8 (orig. p. 24) and Tables A1, A2, and A3 (orig. pp. 107 and 108). Fig. 8 shows that Unknown sightings constitute 33.3% of all the object sightings for which the reliability of the sighting is considered "Excellent". Tables A1--A3 agree with this; even if sightings of lesser reliability are included, the percentage of Unknown sightings is not less than about 20%. Note that the information in the main body of the report covers the years 1947--1952.
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