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This is Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, "Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects," Project No. 10073, dated 5 May 1955. The study reduced about 4,000 sighting reports received by the U.S. Air Force between June 1947 and December 1952 to IBM punched cards and analyzed them statistically, including chi square tests comparing knowns with unknowns. It concludes that the reports very probably do not represent technological developments beyond present scientific knowledge, and it notes that no case produced physical evidence.
Total Less Unknown Per Cent 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5i i i \ i i i \ i i r 00 Elliptical Rocket and aircraft Meteor or comet Lenticular, conical or teardrop Flame Other shapes Not stated 5 Unknown Per Cent 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 i i i i i i i i i \ FIGURE 22 COMPARISON OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN OBJECT SIGHTINGS BY SHAPE, 1 9 4 7 - 1 9 5 2 _ A-7500
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