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This is a US Air Force Project Blue Book fact sheet dated 1 February 1966. It explains the program's history as Projects Sign and Grudge, its two objectives, its three-phase investigation process, and how reports are classed as identified, insufficient data or unidentified. It concludes that no UFO has threatened national security or shown technology beyond current science, and that nothing indicates extraterrestrial vehicles. It also includes sighting statistics for 1947 to 1965 and an American Meteor Society fireball report form.
CONCLUSIONS To date, the firm conclusions of Project BlueBook are: (1) no unidentified flying object reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; (2) there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as unidentified represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present day scientific knowledge; and (3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categor- ized as unidentified are extraterrestrial vehicles. The Air Force will continue to investigate all reports of unusual aerial phenomena over the United States. The services of qualified scientiSts and technicians will continue to be used to investigate and analyze these reports, and periodic reports on the subject will be made. The former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mr. Carl Vinson, recently com- mented on the conduct of the UFO program by the Air Force and stated that Congressional hearings on this subject are unnecessary. The Air Force does not deny the possibUity that some form of life may exist on other planets in the universe. However, to date, the Air Foree has neither received nor discovered any evidence which proves the existence and intra-space mobWty of extraterrestrial life. The Air Force continues to ex- tend an open invitation to anyone who feels that he possesses any evidence of extraterrestrial vehicles operating within the earth's near space envelope to submit bis evidence for analysis. Initial contact for this purpose is through the following address: PROJECT BLUE BOOK INFORMATION OFFICE SAFOI WASHINGTON, D C 20330 Anyone observing what he considers to be an unidentified flying object should report it to the nearest Air Force Base. Persons submitting a UFO report to the Air Force are free to discuss any aspect of the report with anyone. The Air Foree does not seek to limit discussion on such reports and does not withhold or censor any information pertaining to tbis unclassified program. 4
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FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 12 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.