UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

Report discus.ies in full the history of Project Grudge, the problems en-
countereci, aart the .Pl'ocedures follow~ in the investigation and evaluation
of reports of unidentified flying objects through January 1949.
u. s. Air Force. Air Technical Intt:lll!ience Center. Special !'eport no. 14.
(Atl2'lysis of reportS 01 unW·critifl aerial objects.) Dayton, Ohio, Wrj~ht
Patter.son Air Force Base1 1955. 308 p. Project no. 10073.
Results of 1953 study of UFOs uy committee chaired by H. P. RobertEon,
theoretical physicist at California. Institute of Technology. Examination of
distributions of important character~&tfo& of sightings and study of sightings
evaluated as "unknown" led to conclusion that a combination of f2.ctors,
principally the reported maneuvers of the objects and the unavailability of
supplemental data such as aircraft flight plans or balloon-launching records,
resulted in failure to identify as "knowns" most of the reports of objects
classified as "unknowns. "
~1. S. Air Force. Scientific Advisory Board. Ad Hoc (0' Brien) Committee to
review Project Blue Book. Special report. Washington, D. C. , 1966. 10 p.
In order that the present USAF UFO investigatilln program be strengthened to
provide opportunity for scientific investigation of selected sightings in greater
de}th and detail than had been possib1.e to date, it was recomm~ded that: (A)
contracts be negotiated with a few selected universities to provide scientific
teams to invest..igate pi•omptly and in d~pth certain selected UFO sightings;
(B) at each AFSC base, ::in officer skilled in investigation should be designated
to work with the corresponding university team for that geographical sect:ion;
(C) one unlve1'sity or one noi:-for"profit organization should be selected to
coordinate the work of the teams mentioned under (A) above, and also to make
certain of cfose communication and coordination with Project Blue Book.
U.S. Congress. House. Commi;±ee on Armed Services. Unidentified flying objects.
waslifiigiOn, U:-S.GoVt Print. Off., 1966. 84 p. (89th Cong., 2d sess. House.
Report D'J. 55)
Information concerning U. s. Ail' Force activities in the area of reported
unidentified flying objects.
Webster, Robert N., and John C. Ross. Air Force report on UFOs. Fate, v. 12,
Feb. 1959: 54-66.
Critique of USAF's Special Report No. 14, originally issued on May 5, 1955,
summarizing its investigations of unidentified fiy!ng obje~ts through July 31, 1958.
What the Air Force believes about flying saucers. Fate, v. 2, Nov. 1949: 69-83.
Digest of official report of studies made by Project Saucer of the Air Materiel
Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Incidents involving
Kenneth Arnold (June 24, 1947), Capt. Thomas F. Mantell (Jan. 7, 1948),
Eastern Air Lines pilots Cai;:t. C. s. Chiles and John B. Whitted(July 194l1),
and North Dakota National Guard Lt. George F. Gorman (Oct. 1, 1948) ar~
discussed.