Documents / Case file

Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

U.S. Department of War · 1955 · 220 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This 1954 to 1955 file of U.S. Air Force Directorate of Intelligence correspondence gathers letters and memos about the Unidentified Flying Object Program. In one memo, the Air Force says an object that fell at Sylacauga, Alabama was identified as a meteorite at the Air Technical Intelligence Center. Donald Keyhoe questions the Office of Naval Research about the Navy's analysis of the Tremonton film, and the Navy says data are insufficient and it sees no danger. Most of the replies to the public enclose the Air Force UFO summary.

From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 1955, Various. This file contains correspondence relating to Project Blue Book, a 1952-1969 U.S. Air Force program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The correspondence includes letters and memoranda sent between various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, the Legislative Branch, and private citizens concerning UFO sightings and the research and findings of Project Blue Book.

  • p. 179 …Objects 1. On 12 September 1955 Lt. R. G. Burton, USN, now stationed at the U…

Read from the scan by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word.

AFOIN-2

MEMORANDUM FOR AFOIN-4

SUBJECT: (Conf) Unidentified Flying Objects

1. On 12 September 1955 Lt. R. G. Burton, USN, now stationed at the U. S. Naval Academy gave information with respect to an unidentified object sighted by his mother who lives in Canada. Lt. Burton's address is 306 Rogers Heights, Annapolis, Maryland, Telephone No. 83716.

2. The information as reported by Lt. Burton is included in Tab "A" and is forwarded for your information and action as deemed appropriate.

1 Inel

Tab "A" (Conf)

LLEWELLYN E. HOLLINGER

Major, USAF

Directorate of Intelligence

AFOIN Coord Cy

AFOIN-CrRef Cy

AFOIN-2B Cmbk Cy

AFOIN-2B3 Stbk Cy

Wrtn 13 Sep 55

No M/R note or policy statement necessary

COORDINATION:

AFOIN-2B3

Mr. Gilmore

Col. Kneen by

my Bisch

AFOIN-2B

Col. Wynne

Cases discussed

About this file

Case file, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 220 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.