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This U.S. Air Force file gathers records of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book, dated 1965 to 1969. It holds Major General LeBailly's 1965 request for a review, meeting records from Wright-Patterson AFB, and Secretary Harold Brown's approval of a university scientific study. There are also 1969 letters praising the Condon Report, a 1968 NICAP request for records, a 1967 attendee list for a meeting with Dr. James McDonald, and a copy of the 1953 Robertson Panel report.
From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 4/17/67, Various. This file documents the 1966-1967 deliberations and recommendations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory Board’s Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was a 1952-1969 USAF program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The Committee recommended that the USAF contract a scientific team composed of university-affiliated representatives to investigate selected UFO sightings. The USAF subsequently adopted the Committee’s recommendation.
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that "strange thi~gs in the
years. It appeared obvious that there was no sinzle explanation
for a :majority of the things seen. The proscnco of radar and astro
nomical specialists on the Panel proved of value at onco in their
confident recognition of p!10nomena related to the:..r f::..elds. It was..
apparent that specialists in such additional fields as psychology,
meteorology, aerodynamics, ornithology and military air operations
would extend the ability of the Panel to recognize many more cate
gories of little-known phenomena.
ON LACK OF DANGER
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Instances of "Foo Fighters" were cited. These were unexplained
phenomena sighted by aircraft pilots during World War II in both
European and Far Fis.st theaters of operation wherein 11 balls of light"
would fly nen.r or with the aircraft and maneuver rapidly. They we:co
believed to be electrostatic (similar to St. Elmo's fire) or electr.)
magnetic phenomena or possibly light renections from ice crystals
in the 8.ir, but their ex.act cause or nature was never defined .. Both
Robertson and,_ had been concerned in the investigation of
these phenomena, but David T. Griggs (Professor of Geophysics at
the University of California at Los Angeles) is believed to have
been the most knowledgeable person on this subject. If the term
"flying saucers" had been popular in 194.) - 1945, these objects would
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