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CIA-UAP-015, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects)

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This CIA archives copy, released in 2026, holds Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects). The Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued it on 5 May 1955. The study reduced about 4,000 sighting reports from 1947 to 1952 to IBM punched cards, with 3,201 cases charted, and applied chi square tests to compare known and unknown sightings. It concludes that it is highly improbable the reports represent technological developments beyond present-day scientific knowledge.

From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 This is the USAF Project Blue Book with a CIA cover sheet stating the document is "Official Record Copy." With the exception of the handwritten note on the first page, the content of this document has been available on CIA's public website.

  • p. 5 …16 Advanced Study of the Data 16 Position of the Sun Relative to the Observer 16…
  • p. 24 …IThe three parts of this study ( 1) the sorting and tabulation program, (2) the advanced study…
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Total Less Unknown Unknown
Per Cent Per Cent
30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
5 seconds
or less
6-10
seconds
11-30
seconds
"' 31-60
...a seconds
61 seconds
5 minutes
6-30
minutes
More than
30 minutes
Not stated
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FIGURE 21 COMPARISON OF KNOWN AND UNKNOWN OBJECT SIGHTINGS BY DURATION, 1947-1952
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