Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem

Approved for Release 2026 Under Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 4,dth the recommerdiitiunis nf the Condon report, Project BLUE BOOK vas terI11inated, but presumably this veu]d ha.vo little effect on the main progr1-;1,n,me. 5. It would a.ppenr wrong for Au:stralia to remain ignorant ci' the true situa'ticr::.. We l&ck an intelligence viewpoint th11.t ca.n the nature and poasiblo consequences of the problem, ~ scientific vie~~oint that co~ld derive :!ICicntifically valid data from the reports &nd a public relations viewpoint that ca~ honestly satisfy public intere:!lt. To overcome these deficiencies in the Australian iuvestigaliun of UF0 1 s, it would :5eem that a strong ce.s,:i exists for the acceptance. of the RAAF suggest.ion that another government department assume responsibility for the investigation &seess and analysis o.r UFO report.!. National Archives of Au,straHa NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/00Q U.S. OPFICIAL ATTITUDE TO U.P.D•:s In June of 19,17 the Air Techni~ o.l Int('lligcncc Centre (ATIC) near Dayton, Ohio, assumed a. re·,pcnsibili ty to investiga.te the ioi tio.l 1 ::.:ports cons:iderc~I tho:!. tlui origin. of 'flying saucers'. plHWDllH!llct. Wt!.tl~ Vi tldn a month ii, 1ou I"F!tLl o.nd !H·obably of Soviet Ey the end of' the y .. a.r 1 when ATIC was offie ial ly author iso-i to invntiga.to under the project code no.n.c of SIGN and with a. high priority,most nf the investigators lrl'er:: focus:dng on an inter­ planetary ra~her tha11 a. Soviet origin. cry:stalliz:;-d into 11 in September 1948. TJJese opi n:i ans were "'ri tten csti:nate that .,,·as sent to the Pentagon Vnen the inte rplo.nc to.ry cone lusions were re ,:j ~c .od on th<J groumls of instifficiant ha.rd evidence, a reaction :set in a.t ATIC e.gl!l.insti trying to unravel the liFO problem. 2. In Febru~ry 1949, ATIC personnol ur. Project SIG~ were replaced Witt> nev personnel 1-0 form Project tHtUJJGE. A defini·te attempt vas mado during !.9·19 to use Project GRUDGE to destroy any acccptani::o of UPO'!!!. The motives for this ;ue not t:lear: po:s:o.ih!y Air Pore,~ embarnLssmE!.n t at being incap.,.ble of controlling tha situation <tnd/ :•r a fear of national p{l.nic prompted L"SAF to try and remove the problem by denying its existence. Another possible motive mo.y have been to provide a breathing spncc ror nno Urnr "inve:stigati ve agency '1 to 1·each some cone lusion; the agency had been asehting A.TIC through 1948 and, con1.rary to official USAF policy, vas maintaining a bich level of interest during 1949. This govcrn~ental agency '-'IHI not th,~ FBI, e.nd had rcckl!'t, nuclca.· and inti!llig,~ncP. experts; their pur1,o,;;e was to study OFO n:port,s in an effort to HlltllE!l' de:,ign data Oil int-erplanetury space sh ip!'I. In lhe light of l.a ter development~, thiR agency wus almost certainly the CIA. 3. Project GRUDGE failed to eliminate the UFO problem, U1"0 reports in 1949 actmdly exceeded the numbr!r in 1918, and several people who had gained ,1.ccess to earlier offici,d repor!.s wPre ublli to contnuJic l Lhe USAF. Journalists gonero.lly !el t that GRCDGE :reporting represented e. cover to a more serious kno•.!cdgc. Eventually, USAF intelligence dE>c ided. thi'.t a fresh approo.ch to the JJr1,bl em "'HS ne-ccs~ary. Between Se1,t.r1m·:Jr:r 1951 unu I.he establ:i.shnent of Pro,i(•Ct BLUE BOOK in March 1952, UFO investigation rugn.incd ndcquo.tc finrinC'inl and o.dministra:tive :JUpport to once a.gain aaa.ly:se the col lee teu uc.ta, Projttct BLUE IlOOK was a.ble tu process !Jiu data frci::n 3,200 report,E int.o a form suitable for their consul tan Ls to bl' :!.blc to use IBM card- National Archives of Australia NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 2• • sorting machines. ~- The su111me r {if 1952 sa"' & more thaa twenty-fold rise in the normal r1,1.te of reporhng and inclu~ed I-he two cxtensi ve Jul!· eigbtings invdviog lia.shington D.C. This marked increase in !'!ightin~:s bad diverae efl'ect:,. A cu•npunent. of USAF intcl..1..igence considertJd th1.t UPO 's W&l'e intcrpl1\11eia!"y spo.cClships \lhich vore about to make closer ec,utnct, To prepare the public for this po:isibili ty 1 41 previously cl~ssified reports vere re}Pasei for publication bet~eeo. AugtJ.st 19~ 2 rnd February 1953. These reports contradicted the ear lie?' offic io.1 USAF policy of di511li5siog the reporb as mi5identification:, etc. On the other hand, the CIA regarded tho su~mPr UFO activity as a throat to national security mainly because the resulting crowdeo communications and defence forcee involvement lessened. the lfvel of national a.lertmi:ss r:,gains t possible en!'my P.ttaclt. 5. .\ 3C ienti!'ic p:.ncl chaired 'Dy H.P. Robert:son was '::onvened b1• the Office of Scientific 1nte11 igence c!' CU. during mid-January 1953 tor the purpose of recot1m11nding future o.ction on the UFO proble11. Briefings vcr<; n,a.dc both by CIA a.nd USAF. ATJr:: per:,onnel sho•ti11 t:1e then c l:i.asified two rnovi e films of UPO 's and the early results of statistical analysis of J,200 reports. Because of the vital issues invol Vl'Jd, th~ pane I f'e J t re:: t ric ted to recon::mend i ne that the investigetion be contimrnd, but 'Wi Lh increased personnel and equipn:ent. 'l'he USAF responded proa1ptly '>li th a.n ins true tion to comply vi tb these recommondntiona. 6. Th~ CIJ. 1 ho-ever, in a report dated 16 February 1953 aho'o,c,d a preference to publicly abandon the investigo.tion whil:!it intensifying the collection Clf data. Hy September 1953 Lhe CIA position had been la.rgdy achieved with Project BLUE BOOK rcducad from A staff of ten qualified po:rsonnel operating at a top secret level to a virtually inactive project involving one airman. The invc5tigating ~omponPnl had bel'n tre.nsferred to the 4602nd Air 111 lc.,.ligli'nce Se:rvic e Squadron vhieh was trained in rapid intelligence procurement and reported to Air Defence Command and USAF Intellizence '\ia!';hi.ngt.on rel.her than Bl,IJE DOOK. Direct accus s be tween the 4602nd AISS and ::.11 USAF uni t.s vas atnhorized by AFH 200-2 whcrens previously this privilege had boon gi ve-n to BLUE BOOK. Al thnugh on1y Llw v.irracrn (first-class) remained in Sept.e111ber 1943, BLUE BOOK was later built up to one officer, one sergeant, one secret-ary, and a pa:rL-t.ime·c:-00!:!ultc:1.nt NAA: A 13693,_____ 3092/2/000 _. __________________ : National Archives of __:_ Australia ___;, 3. f Dr J. All(m Hyrwk, staying at about this level until it was closed dovn in December 1969. During Lhis t.inw BLUE BOO){ served mo.inly as e. moo.ns of supplying unclo.ss ified su111maries of UFO identifice:Li<mB to the public, a.nd did not form a vitn1 link in collection or Berious analysis. 7. Control of public awareness of the UFO situati.:in vas tightened by the issuing of JAKAP 146 in 1953 which prohibited service personnel from di.,cussing UFO's by threatening defaulLerc; with up to 10 years gaol and up to a $10,000 fine. When service personnel resigned or re tired, howe..-er, 1 t wa.s po:iisible to reTeal US.AF attitude~ o- opinions even if 11.ctual jR.ta was still rec1 t.dc Le(1 , Ia. this way many Intelligence .Dffi::crs associ-o.tcd·-_wi th the UFO problem, including Major D. Fournet who was BI.CF. BOOK Project Officer at the Pentagon until l~te 1952, Captatn E. Ruppolt who headed Project GRUDGE and Prt,ject BLUE .BOOK until September 1')53 and Admiral Hillenkoetter who directed CIA from it, inception until October 1950, on retiring froffi tho services, all publicly s~ated that the U.S. Gover:iment knc., UF0 1 s were extra-torrestial but vu.s ..,.ithholding this fact fro!D the public. 8. When the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenom~na (NICAP} was fornllHi in 1955 to counter the publicly suppre3sed USAF invostigation of UFO's, the firet Cha.irman was Admiral D.S. Fahrney who h~d directed the Navy's guided missile programme from its inception. Apft,rt, from Admiral Hillenl~oettt>r, Major Keyboe and Major Fo11rne-t, other Directors have incluilod Rear Admi!"al H.B. Kno1,les, General A. Wedemeyer and t:ol J,J. Brye.a (who was .:i. special assistant to the Ser.retl'l.ry of the Air Foree). To reduce the effect of these &nd similar defections from o!ficia.l policy after rd,irernP.ni., the revised JANAP 146E, passed in 1960, made it an offence under the Eepionage Act if data on UFO's were revealed, The change in style of USAF reporting before and after the Robertson penel meeting is clearly indicated in the Project BLUE BOOK Special Report No. 14, The body of the rl'port. prep<'-rell hetve.en March 11)52 and early l95J, i:dthough bicsod in favour of a natural expll:.na-Licn for UE'O' s, ne"",:irl.'rui l ciss shm,ed mathematically that the evidence favoured an explanation that was scientifically unknown, 9. This sect.ion of the 116 page report was not released to the public other then aa ~ copy to ho consulted, assuming the readnr kn~w uf National Archives of Australia NAA: A:1 3693, 3092/2/000 4. 4 its existe-nce. ee.lled 11 Public disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so­ summa.ry" 1-hich in fa.ct did not Sul"lmariso, nor scarcely &lludo to the 19·17-52 dc.ta 1 but conccntra.tcd or. 1953-55 rcportin.; which vas cle~rly designed to reduce the residual unknowns to nn insi{:nificant number, no matter how senseless tho identification became. 10. Vi t.hin U1u body of the dif fi cul t.-to-oh ta.in .re po'r l thei-e il!I an intores~ing diagram. The product of the estimated obr.erv"r relia.bil i ty and t.be rel)ort reliability be,ame the sighting relinllility. a.s t•unkno1.1n 11 Tht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register"'J (i.e. incapsble of being .,ye,. approximately identif i ,.-d aa a. known object) increased as the sighting reliability impi.·o·:ed. Conver5eJy, the percentage listed as "insufficient info~naLion" d"creased with improving reliability. ~ighting Relia.bili ty No. of Reports Poor 435 Doubtful 794 Good 757 213 Excellent Uoknovn (%) Insufficie111, Informs.ti en 16.6 13.0 14.0 (,t;) 21.4 24.8 J.6 33.3 '1.2 11. Throughout the years of the UFO phc,nomenon, there has been e. persistent for:n of official pronouncements ',/hich state thut th-, percentage of unknnwn5 would bA redu~ed if more data were c~ailnble. The tshove table contradicts that statement. Reports of excellent reliability g1merally s tom from a.strono:nerE:, pilots, scientists, surveyorn 1 mctcorolo;:ists, radar operators etc, complete with instrumented valueR and Rccund,ely cllit.fdlt~d uc:counts. The introduction o~ good raliablo reporting pr•vnnts the roady prosaic int.eq>ri~tation, In all probability the overall average percentr.g!J of llnkno..,ns ( 19. T~) would h :~.ve be ,m subs len I, ia l ly increased if thE.' dita hnd been more reliablo. 12, Project BLUE BOOK ccmsul tants sta.ti s t:i cal ly tos ted the unknovn object popula~ion to determine the likelihood tbat it wn3 similar to the popult\tion of identified objects and found tha.t the probability was less than one in 10 28 (i,e. using the American ~ational Archives of Australia NAA A13693, 3092/2/000 4. 4 its existe-nce. ee.lled 11 Public disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so­ summa.ry" 1-hich in fa.ct did not Sul"lmariso, nor scarcely &lludo to the 19·17-52 dc.ta 1 but conccntra.tcd or. 1953-55 rcportin.; which vas cle~rly designed to reduce the residual unknowns to nn insi{:nificant number, no matter how senseless tho identification became. 10. Vi t.hin U1u body of the dif fi cul t.-to-oh ta.in .re po'r l thei-e il!I an intores~ing diagram. The product of the estimated obr.erv"r relia.bil i ty and t.be rel)ort reliability be,ame the sighting relinllility. a.s t•unkno1.1n 11 Tht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register"'J (i.e. incapsble of being .,ye,. approximately identif i ,.-d aa a. known object) increased as the sighting reliability impi.·o·:ed. Conver5eJy, the percentage listed as "insufficient info~naLion" d"creased with improving reliability. ~ighting Relia.bili ty No. of Reports Poor 435 Doubtful 794 Good 757 213 Excellent Uoknovn (%) Insufficie111, Informs.ti en 16.6 13.0 14.0 (,t;) 21.4 24.8 J.6 33.3 '1.2 11. Throughout the years of the UFO phc,nomenon, there has been e. persistent for:n of official pronouncements ',/hich state thut th-, percentage of unknnwn5 would bA redu~ed if more data were c~ailnble. The tshove table contradicts that statement. Reports of excellent reliability g1merally s tom from a.strono:nerE:, pilots, scientists, surveyorn 1 mctcorolo;:ists, radar operators etc, complete with instrumented valueR and Rccund,ely cllit.fdlt~d uc:counts. The introduction o~ good raliablo reporting pr•vnnts the roady prosaic int.eq>ri~tation, In all probability the overall average percentr.g!J of llnkno..,ns ( 19. T~) would h :~.ve be ,m subs len I, ia l ly increased if thE.' dita hnd been more reliablo. 12, Project BLUE BOOK ccmsul tants sta.ti s t:i cal ly tos ted the unknovn object popula~ion to determine the likelihood tbat it wn3 similar to the popult\tion of identified objects and found tha.t the probability was less than one in 10 28 (i,e. using the American ~ational Archives of Australia NAA A13693, 3092/2/000 5. 4f system, the odds were ten thousand trillion trillion to one ago.in:5t the unk,rni.n:5 being the same as the known:s). Since the consultants !'tad arbitrarily called al 1 gni~n firoball!5 a.ml short dura. tion (i.e. less than f i vc seconds) n.1.ght-timc si.ghtings ns known nstronornicltl tba.t cntogo1'y. 0l1j11r. t.R !,here was tin undue preponderance in Hence, as1rnming that 11'> ·'1'3trononlical objocts were left in the unknni.ns, the :stati:stical tests ..-ere repented vi th astronomical i,lentifice.tions removed. i.-~ tri l lior. ~ril lien to one-. Tne odds were reduced to The ena.lysts could not find a way to reduce th.:?se odds sufficiently further to warrant additional tel!!ting, and i rra.tionally considered. the results to ba "inconc lu~ ive 11 • lJ. While PROJECT BLUE DOOK cndao.Tourcd to reduce the official number of uukr_o.:ns - in 1957 they claimed. ouly 14 out of l tQQ(i sightings remained unidentified - the covert programme expanded considcra.bly. 'l'he govcrnn:ent agency ( al-no:it certainly CIA) tha.~ had been collecting da.ta on l:F(' per!orma:ice a.nd propulsion methods durini; 1948-52 presu:nably inf' luenced U.S. goYernmen tal funding of certain 'lava.need projec·l:i. One project was the Canadian Avro sau;:-er. ill Gctober 1955. showed a typical in many UFO reports. The Secretary of t¾I! A dra.win1 oft.his saucer 1eleo.scd flying disc a!" dt~<;t~ r i !:rnd Air Force, D,J,., Q~.,arles, appeared moderately confident that such a vehicle '1ould be s1:cce!'l:!irul1y develop!:!tl oy the U.S. 14. A more utounding deci:don en the part of the U.S. Government was ·1,o allocate considerable:- funds to investigate gravity and a. ■ eans nf controiling g:ravity. Despite the fact that science b.::.d not attained a Jqvel of competence to d~al with either gravity or anti-gravity probler.1s aJld the only tt1oory tha.t mJ.ght be ui>:tilicuhle W&! Einstein's Unified Field Theory 'l\'hich was still incomplete e.t the time of his death, tbn U.S. chose to support gix universitios and government agencies in an all-out drive to conquer the proble~. TL is significant t.hat at this Lime thll' cu.-rent Urnories on UFO pro:puhlon were a ndxture of gra:v.i ty con.trol and eleat:ro...ma.gn,etic propul.lio.n .. 15. Dli.r:lng J. 955 1 beee,use :insuttie:i,t1.1:1t, $1:,aft C()U.J!,d. be recrtlli,i,•)•cl. for the project, recourse waa made to an urgent appeal for theoretical phy,.i:-,:d. s1,$ e,ni:l. !1Ht1:,ha111.111,t,ie i,MUI. fr~11ll. A:~~1:u; Ha,rwell, U.K. Thtl Si.I. Gravit:,, Rasea1•,ch C,entres btiinlil adabl islu?d Yere at thll: Institute for A4vanced s:t.udy (P.1~:i..n.,111e1:,on., H,,J,), Prim:et,01:1 U111. i . nr'sity, Un.1.v,:rsU:y ,;I 1 . ,,tiJatio,~,all Archives o•f Australia NAA: A13693 1 3~92/2t0q1Q 6. ~ of Indiana, Purdue Univenity Rel!learch Pounda.tion, University of Norlh Ca.ru) ina and the Mlls.sachutH! Gt.s Ins Ii '..u Le 01' 't echnology through the (Roger Bn.hson) Gravity Ras">a.rch Institute (New Bost1n H.H.). The latter institute is a non-rr~fi't. organization found·.:d in 1949 vith Geo:cge M. Ridecnit &s Pre!'.l~dcnt. Jt 1<as believed that to make a gravity motor, a gravity dj ffcrentie.l lla.s required 'o'hi ch ncccssitntcd the discovery of an ili:ml&.t,or, deflector or absorber of gravity. By 1955, 485 esl!lays had hcen written on this subject and awards totalling Sl0,800 mad0 for c~iginal contributions. 16. The l!lcienti.st.s invu1ved i.nclwfod Teller from Univereity of Califox•nia, C'ppenheim1;1r and F.J. Dyson cf tha Institute of .ldvanced Studies, J.A. Vheeler -an~ ,&j chord 'Ai'+fow:tt·t of Princeton, Va.cle.y- Hlavaty r,f University of Indiana {who hP_d !ourked with Einstein in Prague) and Stanley Duser. gravity. Tho objective l1a.s to control During 1955 the followiug firms entered into gravity &nd/or electromagnetic programme5: Glenn L. M11-rtin Av"i at.ion Co. (specifically Dr B. Heirn from Goettingen University and Dr P. Jordan from Ha.n:iiurg University), Convair of San Die 6 o, Bell Aircraft of Buffalo, Sikorsky Divi5ion, Lear Inc. o:r Sant.a Moidca., Clarke. Electronics of :Palm Springs, California, a.nil. Sperry Gyroscope Division of Great Neck, Long Island, N.Y. 17. Such a.n intensive onslaught on the gravity enigma was entirely irrational from the standpoint of conventional science, and can only be rationalized within the context of a firm belief tbat UFO' s \l'erl' real and thE.t the in tell il!7tmces behintl thew. know how to control gravity. The drivu to b~rnesE this power before the USSlt could do !O 1.-ould be a .strong incentive for the U.S. GoTernment to fully support an anti-grn.v.ity programme. By 1966, 46 sapa.ra.te projects of this nature were being financially supported, 33 of which wcro under tho ~upcrvision of the U.S. Air Poree. Al though details of most of these projects havA: been kP-pt. c·l HSS if.ii~d it would appear that generally they have not been successful. Work on gravitationn.l vuvcs by J. Vcbcr and his associates under USA~ Ca.mbrid.ge ReseA.rch L11.bora.tory ju1·.isdic l,lan hal:! he1:1n reported. fairly extensively since 1966, 18. Dudng August of 1965 Project ELl,;E BOOK rocci vcd 262 reports which was about six times the a.veraee number for a month a.nd 'Was twice any pr1:.•v l.ous rnon th s i nee November 1957. National Archives of Australia On NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 7. 28 S4-pte1nber 1965 Pfaj, Gen. Ll'Bailly, Dintctor of Information, formally requested tho Air Force Scientific Advisory Board to review Project i3Lm: BOOK. The review aug::;eated tha.t the lirni tc>i! Project BLUE BO JK staff 11.nd the official inves ti,ga ting of ricer~ did not possess the tcchnicul competence Lo properly identify lne phenomena and that university tea.ms should be appoi.nted to invl'stigo.te selec tcd sightings. This cone lusion wn.s supported b:• the Rouse Armed Servic1~s Commit.tee which met on April 5Lh 1966 in the shndo.._ or a pub lie furore consequent to the USAF idf. nti ::'), ng the ,rn 11-public ised Michigan sightings as b1d.ng si.amp gas. The Colarado University 1,ns s1?lecte-d for the task and Dr Ed.re.rd U. Ccndon appointed to le,~d the project with o.n in .. tia.l allocation of $Jl) ,OOC later raised to $525,000. 19. The Colorado project became di!!Cr•}di tad when Dr Condon atr..ted publicly un 25th Janu.:i.ry 1967 that "my a.ttitude rigt..t Go,.. ie thot there's nothing to it, but I'm not supposed to reath a conclusion for another ycar 1' . The reve&l ing of a memorandum outlining a method to trick the public, ~ombined with & grnoral dis!la.ti:,fact:;.on ~t Conrlon' s biassed ai.ti tude J led to the dismissal and re:,ignation of mo•t of the staff &ftrr most of the investigations had been made but no L compll!tcly written up. The fioal report o.f' 9(:} poges lacked coherence, Condon's conclusions Wl'rc ~t variance with individual staff conclusions, although only Condon's conclusions were J>Ub lie ised. Aa a result of the Condon re port, USAF c losi!d do,.n Project BLCE BOOK shortly before the .\merican Association for the Adv1rncerucn i, of' Sc iea1.:o held a special mc(iting 1,o counter-act th~ effect of the Condon report. The Chairman of the Special (;orumittuP 1 Dr Thornton Pa.gl?, was ono of tbe signatories to the Rob£rtson r(~por t. 20. Dr J. Allen Hynl?k, l!cientitic consultant to Project Blue Book 1948-69 1 bogo.n his association with n convicticm that 11.ll sightings could be conv~ntionally explainud, Even though doubts grew in his mind, he found hjmself obliged to support offjcial USAF public policy. Since 1966, ho-.;ever, he has become more outspol,en against the l;SAF attitude and has as.! i!!lcd ·to convcme both congressional hearings and scientific syr:1.pos in on the subj cc t. AHhough ini Li 1ll ly :mp port i.ng the Condon Comrai ttee he became di£illusiancd and critical of it with thP pnssng~ of time. It is quite clear that Dr Hynek along with many o thcr reputable sc i(!ntis ts do not accept the USAP explrmation of misidentifies t.ion, hyst.cr in or National ~r~ives of Australia NAA: A13693, 3092/2/00_0 9. # it is unl:ikely tlmt. UFO report!! will receive any treatment beyond filing. 4. If Au:<. t,r,11ia is to follov the U. S, lead,._ instead or follo1'.'.i.1ie the public USAF a.ttitudo, it would hf' prPferablc to follow 1-hc USAF/C:::.A. role of cnncentratins ori gP..ining a kno1oledge of the po\.'er !!ourccs involved. Howcvo-r, it may be preferable to &ct inc.lependent1y of the U.S. a.nd initia.te a programne that is scientifically sound and intollectually honest towards unravelling the UFO 111y:r>tcry. Ill such 11. venture, it ma.y be worthwhile 'tforking ao11c-..,ha-L c:1o:.;er t.o the public than i.s usual I National Archives of Australia in the U.S. and U.K. NAA: A13693, 3092/2/0Q0 APPENIHX '',\" Event 2-1.6.47 6.47 Arnold sighting 0f nine "3auccr&" creutcs public inL~rr~•. lnvestignlions initiated by Air Techuicnl Intelligcncb Centre (AlJ~) of Air ~aterial romcand (A~C, Arm:• Air Forces) at \,fright-l't,t:.1Jrsc1r; .Air Force> Oase n1rn!· Dayton, Ohin. lni·Lial1,r Sci\·i<•i- arh:_11_1ce:~ a.ircr,1-LI. 11.'Pn• ~ll-'>_f':'CtPd, 26.7.47 National Security Act create~ both the USAF and C!A. 23,9.47 Lt Gen. Twin i ni: (AMC) requo!'!t.ec t-ho Comir.ander Army Air .f''.)rce>s to iss1.e an auihority, priority ,;.nd codo narn,:, fer tlHJ investigr.tiGn r'.'f "flying discs". P.relirninary concludons by A::IC vi: ni tb '" t the plwnom<m,. ·.; .?re "t"ea 1 and no~. ,_, i :, ;.on.i ry or· i'ic',,it,icn:;;", I.hut t-hn ohjec:I.;; "'ere run,-LJy di.'H:-•:d111r•-~d about U1<· si,;e of mn.n-mar.!e uip1.n1ft aJ1d ·.:ere int.clli.r-\:'ntl1• controll<'·d. At1y U.S. att('o,rd, tc de~ign •lircrafi nf s1milor pe1·form11.1\cc would be cosl-ly, i-i1r,e-consuming and dctrimer;to..1 to otht~r pn.:;jccts, lnvcstig1lli 1H·.s by ANG Vv1.._d C'('ICJl1nue pending r1u~-1rnr n.d\•ic£:, 30.12.47 Author i ty jl'i ven to AMC to i nvcs ti g~te tho phonomc.-r,n on a prior1-:.y 2A basis und;;,r· tlw codt•-namc Project Sit,11. Mi11i.mu111 i-hi:,;;;; rica.t.inn wus RN,{".icted, rl!P01"1.S ·,,Pni lo lrn me.de qu1u·tcrly 1.rnd data exctrn.-,g-:·d with intere.!ted p,,rties. l5,L48 USAF officiol 22.1.48 ProjecL Sign starts officially. a separate service. lfoar-eo I] i~ i011 be l,;,:•c1: nr;3 c111d UFO prO!r.pt AT[C t.o an F:s ti nu: Le of tlw Si lua ti<Jn. 9.48 The Top Se:c ret Estiamte ..,as fonarded l.o th,; Pe-ntns•on. The conclusicn that UfO's were of interplunclury origin wns not n.ccc-pti:..blc· to the Air Force Chi121' o:r Sl,afl' (Gcncre.J Vnodc1;h<'1g) vho in~n,,t1:,l on dcr;onstro.bl.c pl'oof not cin:umst-u .. i-.ia.:. evidi!J1,·c•. AT lC 1,•u~: un ah I,... to ·,t·ovid,, l1FJ hr.rdvr,:·<.! or deta.:i 1,,.1 13.12.48 ..:,r;_ te phC!tcgrt~phs. • Dr J.E. Lipp of the Rand Corpora~ion reylied ~o the Director or ilesct1rch anc. Devn]ur,mt:nt, vSAP, thut if the flying ob,iC'ct~ -..ere int1:1·-plt1.11c· lury thi,y wcu ! d tiost l ilH'ly ori:;; i 1111 te fro::1 Ma.rs u l thoufh. in t.11 ll i rum t lire as '>le lrnoi.· ii- v0 !i'I d '' oe norc oce:upiNl -.: ti1 :,,,_;!'\" i y;d t.ha.1t 1,:e o1i-e on Ear lh". Ct.i· pr1'.:sent t.f!ch11ol.or_y c.:1111'.JI. :.::.rn•.·t'i.\'P a-;; 1.G ho1- an int,~r- t-1.'llu.r .LH'I.' could rcu~h Earth, P~en lhourh i~ is con~edPd lhnt there i a hi.gh pn1hahilit.y tlud, -int.F!l ligc!nt ·1ir1.~ 1lc1f!s t>xist within say 16 light-yeu r:; from Earth. 1.49 USAF onl(.:15 Project Sign tc, be:cot:!e l'ro.j(•ct Grudge ..-1,1ch sh~uld tc1·win6t~ bcfor~ th0 en~ uf 1949, Qf t.ht'.' '.r£>clmical Intelligcrce DiviRiun AMC) rrcomoondod that o~ly 3 Pinal rt!port of Project Sirm ('fR-227-1 IA minimum Pf J'ori b,~ dnvated to r13co1 <l111r.;, ,,na ly:t:i.ng a11d en1lu«ting repod.s 1 \Jut on thf• CJ~her lrn..nd ,,·f·,ere :'actui;.l National Archives of Australia NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 2. ovidc-tH' e ,-,i;ch n" -phntograp!u: 1 i-:.1.dnr, phyi; ic;;, 1 (~\·.idonc and data on size, n11<1 shap,, is lnvt.,lY<-'d, Pv1-'ry pfJ.orL s-hould l1,, m,tcl~ tn ,:<• t lc-c !". t,li.i" 1,,·iclPni:,•. Rn,~io ,d 1n- ts to oUw 1· 11i I I I 1·y 1m i 1-.-< f>lwuld I.a: nudo. 11.2.49 Projri:i-, Sign officially b1.:r::om<,.'I Proj<•ct. Gnidr,c>. AC'cor•:inf; t.o Rup;,,: I , S_ r:n p, r.so1rnel •~ \,lier vol ,rn L,,un~-1 ·,o lcav,~ o·· were c o:nilP 11 ed t-o l e,tV-£', ui l,1~r ,.-i,ich Uwy wcr,~ rci p.:uc•<-• 1 Ly porsom,r:l willinir. i,,;; ridicuJ,_. the conc<•pt of UFO's, ;';1.,.r.i."lg 19,19. l:rud:;c! pcr~,(11u1el did not t'olJov up report"', 8.49 27.12.49 3.50 Scc1·ct T,;,clrn icn l R.-port )Io. 10.2 AC 49/1 100 "Un i,;o:tif'i ct, Flying Ol•J~cts Fr~jcct Grud~e"~f about 600 fHgAd istue1. with th:J c(•:1cl11.=,ion t.hn.t all rc;:iorts ..oro the- l"'t'S!.ll"t "f mi~idunt,ificat,i,.111.-;., ma.ss hy,;1.,1,ria a1ld hoo.xes ev,·n Lhough they ndmi t, to 23~ of thi! rcportil as bcil'g "ulllrno1rn". lh<.! report 1.,1.s docla.ss.ified 1 Au1~ust. 1952. Depnrtwen~ of Dafonse ne1os rP!e~se slated thel lhE Ai~ Furr~•M flying suuc~r project had beer terminntcd. PuhlicaLiou of a report, 1rr1:vio;!Sly cleared by the U.~. Army, d•:!~t:rihi.ng r.lw tracl,ing of' a U}'O l:y an nff'icial tt:a:n led by Co;,;ir,,11'.dr-r ~kLnughl-in ai the Vh1te SPn~:, (r11issile; prov in '1 g: i-n·,; ml. Prem t be t ra•. h 1 ng dutn, it •El.!' c r-nc I udec,;. that th,, UFO req11 red an ex t,ratPrrestial orisin. 14.9.51 On lcn~ning that ATIC W&~ noL inve~tigating UYO reports, the USAl' Dirccl,:H' oi' lntdlig~·1:,'e (Ger.era.! Ct:.b, l' or1e1cd Project Grudge to be rcvitul1zc~. This wus nct~d upon at oncP. 27.10.51 Project Grudge no~ headed !1y Cuft. Rupprlt, 3.52 Projeci, Grudge 1onn:riBd Projt:ct Blue Book, By Lili,; stage th.? staff hnd lniil.t up to 10, ,,.JJ with Top f;pcrei cJ~ar:,r1(:es.:rnd a higl,lv '1'-' li fi,.•d r.;se,H·ch group of C(JtlS1.:lt.-rnt,: p:·ovi.dod expertiso. As part of Project Stork, this research group (ru..rrn u, a pos.,;ib lit.y) s1.a1•t,.d to tr.insci:ibe data onto IBN ca1ds for futuro analysis, 29.4.52 Air !lor<: C! Lett.er 200-5 ordc rr-d a 11 USAF uni ts to ...-ire UFO reports direct to /.TIC •.,;i1,h u. coT,, to the Pen-LaJ;;~in. P.::o·Iect. Blul' Boe,:,,.;-,; 111-rmitted to C(,aL1c~l any [ZA:;- uni-i. ~iin~rt1; 1 a.1101;· iJJg ,•., p.i d. i 11,, (•:c. t i!i;:-1 t. on. Junc-Aur,,52 Durin~~ 19,1R-5l Uw averr:.~'.l' 1rnnF1ly number nf report:,; .. ,1s 15 but d11 ring ,Jun,:; .T11Ly and Aur'.u,d of l9"i..;, the ;:1 V(!:t't,;'.(e \\.JS 337 in~lud ni 5 <luring July. The Cf0 1 s ~ere cot only ~etn in gn'u.1.r·r n:.i:nbt, r:,, :,ut th,•l'f':- ,. es a r.ri::o.-~i,•r 1n:r;.llcr of 1·e lj_;\vl ~ \.a" i t..nc a!i ~ d. Sc vc ra .! on.::: i ~~ 1 "'·*.: At o □ i~! l-~!~ t· I"!!\'" Cc-nm·•. :-: s 1or. p j en t:.t nnd ds:•fc·nci1 :m~t v•··rc s·.1b;jc-t:U:d 1-0 cl<1~e-;l ,,ci-:,:•s, D0fenc1: c,.,r::rnunic11"l1(,:1s 1,,;;-•1'f.' l,c•ing ov1irlnarl 1,.-c-t·rfears ~,hat U.S. n•ac:tion '.;irne a:;a'inst enoir.y action war, boing hindered. 19/26.7.52 T•,,o S(,ric•s of radar-visuitl ~d~htings ov,•r '•·a.shin~;ton :--:·ation«l c.irpo1·t~ the Cr; l t:.:ni:. "~'hi .:: ::.:;u~r• o·t(~ct.rifi th r~d~,.i,,i1 .. As a. 1·us11lt ::if tl11, \1psurgc c:f interi:!~I. in .:ei<:-n! ific": ;:.:.d milit:.ry ,·irclc,,;, th:1 int.er1•lnnet.a.ry h_v;.,ol-hCH\3 gr.dnNl f:l'(,1ipu dell>pilc r:fficiuJ eJJ'ort.s Le, r•xr,lalU ,nmy Urn sir:hi,1.ng:,. National Archives of Australia NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 . ) 21.8,52 . CJSAE' ~,tal'Led 1'1'lt'asing ATlC re1J0l'ts t.o the F1~0 r,ull,ort 1'1Rjor 1i1,_rh<w f,q• tn:l'tli-::,ni(,n. Th:s lo."ll.S n c. 1.,toJy unri::--.1,;,_:t,,,d au,·-:· ,:,I 1.clir.\. Tl1e C(•ntntl,f of tlh;,r,~ U!Pot·ts n~ ru i-1- d th'-' put, 1 i <: pr~nc,111,;: ,•n11.•11,;; :natl<! by· f h~· l1SAF. 1; adtLi t. i.on a USAF "puk•-'5I1:,1u ;·.;.!, ::c.! ,id th;i l- tlw at t Pmpt to e~p.lni.11 Lhe 'i::1.... Lingll,n -;ighi.ir11;:-"' ,t-; rh1e t,i, anomalous propaga:Lion could 11,,t, liri n1iiwl1l. 21. 11. 5:! ar"·.:,nt!Cd f'<,u r 1.tove,nm!.,1, j_ :!iC i Pnt i.sts to 1·,,;,e·i. c1 ~ A'fTG for thre ..• d2.y,- f!."! Zi pre l i.r.iinary rC'vie1, p1111C: to cl i J,~ ..rn ClA rccorr.m<rnrlations for a hirr.l:•· r-lcn,e1 pa.11e:; of' ~ix 14/17. L 53 :c,c. i r~.- t·i ,, ts. The Oi'fice r!f' S('i(•ntific l11t.cllige:1c1~, C!A, cnnveJ1ed i:: Wa.shin•:ton D.C., u. pnn£d or six scictiiL!\~s, Dr:; H.}'. Robcl't.:,1>11 (Chnirr.mn), Luis Alvai·c,z, Lloyd hPrk1,,-:r, Samm.l A, Gnudsm1.t, Ti,ornt.()r, i'a:::t, and on,;: other. Aft.er ,,hn.n days or rH· i ,_ii~n(· ~, r. b;o-ra::,::- .s eer<o t rep,irt that. was prc~urud on thr fourth day, co~eludca th~t there ~01 nc dircc~ tlrreat ta untional Hecuri~y but that t~cra ~n~ nn indinl't l,hroal to "the ordei:!y functioning of the 1,rot.:!r:t,ivo organ;: r!f t;ic hody· frnliti.,;", lt wc.s recc,mmcnd,'d UH,i natioi~al s<1curity ~:;::encir)s sh,rnlt! "st.rip the l'.!•\1 1 ~ c,f the spec i:1 l ,;; tat u;;; lhw,- have b(ier~ g i vcn" o.o~l to educ-at£~ t-ht' public according 1.y. 16,2.5) CIA iEMund a largnr but Piill secret report on ihe moJting 1 summarising t.!11.· eight r.nlf-day scsi,ions nnd ouilinin;;: p.cncl !Dl'mlH,r:,,' i.ndivil!u:11 \'ie1,poinls, The la.cl\ of ariif:ict!:1 of clunr t.•:-.:t•.n1-t-•.irresiia] or1qin ,,,a:; a stronr, argum~nt P-gui,,st. ace ,,,pt., :1cc> of t-h,· 1,x Lru.- t•r rn1,t lal hypothesis, Th,., pn.nc l agrN:d ·.dth C"'A cor:r_:(•1·n ·.) al. r:rn<'my e.rttfa.cts !!tay be 111isidcr.Li.l'ied Ly u.~. rfor ◄ 'IC(' rt"r;;ounol, thot e-nJ(.H'.ffC·r,1:y report.i!tr, ch,11~1:Pl:; lw 111,r:rln11:h,(l u!'d Uu:,t the pr.blic m,_.y becor.Hi Y11lneral:·:(:, :u ;;n,'~:--y p:-yehc~ogi,·al 1o:a,:f.1:.·1:. The public shoul.d ;,..: e<lu<:11i.-rc: i.o rec:n,~nisP b::dJnons, meteors etc. a,Hl & poL cy of "dr--1,u :. ing" ~i:;-rn l d he in l roduced ·, n ol'c.: r tc reducc public in1-.er,.,.st. Thi;<; ''training and debunking" progrunoH' would b(' l'<l'quircu for 11 a 111in:im11m cf' (H!fl E:11l onu half t,, t..,o v~n1:s". "Sow.! expansion of the A1'1C ef'f'uri. vould cer1-u.:.;1ly br;•::d l.o :::upJ>C",rt l"u:::h a progr,10-,;:,1?", A profc-,,,; i;::,nal t,:f r cf 12 sup:.Jvl tc•d by an tt(ln~in istra~,i staff ~.,H ~uggnnL~~- .53 26.8.53 Sectio:l III, _Tit:;◊ 18 o:f' t-l1c- Joint Ar1,1y, Navy uml Air Forc1~ Publ.i c ;lt.,.on lJM{AP 1,1(;) 1 Of~ts la Led I.hut service ;H~r~~onnrd ia.lki.nri about CfO ,,i.ghtir.g,:,: ',/!,T'f! liable to 1---1.0 )'l'IHG gaol 1ud/01· a l'ine o;' Lip 1o ,)10,0(Y). Air Pnr,:<:- ilrgulatiun (A.FH 200-2) J'Pr.:on.'ll in\--2,,;t.Lgation a.u thor i ly f' ro:u Prn j 1·r ·t h, .a• Aouk i.n favour (if' the Air Defence! Comr!1ard 1 s ,1(,02 Air Intelligenct• Service Sq1:adron, a unit <l ~por~~d ~\er 1rreJ commands, and trained bath for rapid arcc~s l.u rRmo~e ar~us and to intDrrogate> enctty person:H•1. Ti·,,· Air Fu1.cc !·,i,iuin,:,; immediate report1.n);( 1.o evalur: t t· t.iH~ l.1·~: t ~ tH'.d 11!' r.;: i lcJ r(•poI t:inr~ ·:_,.) ~1s~ is t iechni•.:a.l :rPal:; Al ·.,.!"ll-lr•11 r•.,r<'.lr·1,; arr.! t,:. bP ...:<:>nt to USAF Tr,L1!l1i 1 ;"ll'''' in W;1sil:inir,ton, orn.i11luna rr,port:-; f'irst goii1g tu Air Dr.-f'c,;is,• i::1~1:,;,nd ford str.i.liut1,:,n to 11 JllLt!r,istr:•d iavc::s I. i g:a ti VE- .ir<: •·1c es II J::J ,,,: L-J· i,· al r~ cw.rt s ar(i addre "'.;;,,(:. Lo hoth tl~;:s<! lwI:dq1-;a.:·t.cn: and t:, ATIC. Tho ·pubJ.i.,• is to IH~ i nl\.n·m•:d o.r lu.~ .r,:.'311 l t-.s of in;:liY.i,lua 1 C~J5J:'.$ on 1.r 1;hr:n 1 National Archives of i~, poi;i i..in: ident-i'.'ietl 0~'2;~~000 sti~1~t NAA: finib\f{ 3 4• • Hcnd,p1art1·rs US.'.P 1dJl rt•lcnsc do.in 1-0 t.h<: puhllc. 9.53 :ntrn □ Hu-ics of iH'alunt.<:d Vher. th,• hrnd of rrojl•C t BLie Ou,t~ d(! pa.rtt>r.", ~ t:1e st a.rt' '-'::!.S redw:,1d to jn:•1- one ::.ir:'l:ltl (tir:_;t--clas'>). All in!:lt.r_1m1.•111:di.n11 plan.,; .h:11.l h•~•in Tll:'!~•tlP.d p:,u•<•p!.. /'01· iii ffract.i un 1;,i,11wras which lrn.d b>'t:11 ;,hown -Lo be 11sehn,,. L 12. 53 The di.':11.rilrnt~u;l of 275 di.f'friwltnn-f;rating ca.r.er'l.s (200 to buses and i5 to ovrr~nau bn~PE) was c~~,1rtud. r.s. Airline pilots a~ a rucetins at the Roosevelt Hotel, HoJl:,.·wuod "-'f!r•;o co(ircc-J by llili1ary i.nte!lii:;:•::nc£~ usint JAN AP 1-16 lo ;l1:reE! i..o not .ial'<ll'::Li ~lH tla• 11ublic: ot th,-- i 1· sight.ing~, and confhHi t-1wii- rl!!,,or·ti.ng io ofticinl cl,,u1nPl.!!. 15.5.54 USA}' Chi(' f or S l a.r f. Gene n, 1 }fo th.:in 'l'v i r. in::;, ~ tatcd ''T!.11 best Ll :·1dn11 in the Air Poree 1ne worl,ing on this pr,1•)1 r-m of Uni.d{:n ti f i ec Plying Ob j<ic ts, trying to so 1 vc thil.' ri c!dl a". Gf'r.4' ra l '1'1t1 in j ng, was n(it. rc-ferring to Pro j re:. Blue Book, 10. 6. 5,1 D~•puly Cc1r1r.1,.,i;d:•1· of Jul.t:11.i,nm,:,i ,:Ii. AT:IC, Cu.Loiw1 O'}hra~ statei thrlt mn1~ than a tha~san<l people were ~orking on the prohli.~::1. 2.2,55 Villiam P. Lear, Chuirmmn of Lear lnc., Santa )~nice slated thot because of flying soueo,·s, S<.-r1ous ~ffort.s trcrc- :.,ci:i.g made i.n the U.S. 1.o prove the ,-:,ist.,mco of ar;ti-gr;1v.i !.t1.~ional fo1ces. 21 .8. 55 Revco.led Lh11.t t!rn U.S. Gr.1vPru11H·11I, had u.1kc>11 tH'"l' thl' Canadian Avro 'I' lying s£1uc<H' 1 i,1·oj1.ic t.. Th·i s wo.s a c: ii: ulijr aerof'rJi. l poi, .-~r,·rJ hy jc- i.::l'. mFI dos; 1-;rrnI 1.<J : ..,],.;--oJ'f :,rnd I. und -verti(:a.]_Iy, ho\,·r, tre,vel at 1500 mph 1i.1,d change ciin: !1rrn rurid'ly. Tl:i:- d:-si!:;n i,:·.1.•t·if:i.1:ll.!ions fo1· rf,,rm11.ncr <'.:HI shape "'en:, clu,,rly clircctly riiJr,v,d to l',.~p:;irU1ig. '!'110 proje(·t i.as stnrted .in 1951-52 tlnd w 195·1 ;:i"t,~r .i-1CDtO(:: had b,JE111 spont, the Canadian Go\'f·rnJ!lpnt -.,ULdr,~w its financial h.1,:-kini',. 'lbi-~1 th!:) C'.S. a.:~:urr:cc c,:·:·tt,;;_ (f•;•~··r ·t!·.il 1n·oJ.-~:: !. i 1- i rn [Hl ;-,,:_ 11 h l P\ "1 1) f" s•:cu r i Ly, 1,n.. v<'n .i ,1::r evet Canadii:,:'I off'ici_,ils from inspr:,ci.in1~ tl1E 1:n-e11do;es. :.t. the press rcle~J~ meeting on 25 o~to~or l~ 5 (cr the clp~cial Ueport Xe. 14, pl1otogl',1.p:1::; or ,l <l raving of -Un; propos,1d vers:i;m sllo\>ud a typical t'Jyi.ng tli.sc. 25,lQ,'j'.j Rolf!ar... or• Pro ;_,ct, Blt11! Buol, Spt'1:ial Rriport, Ko. 1,1 dut1.•d 5 }!ay 19"i'i. r"'.'port, ;;;:is o.r.igir,nlJ,Y co1.,pil,~d by PL,jl'LI. 1:lluc Hoel~ re.'H>rrc:h c<,nsu 1 t'r.nLi wl:o .ir:,;1.J.y::1.•J 3 1 200 n;p:)t·t,,; out of 4 ,ocn r,,cd vc,d l,.,- the <!tHI el' 1952. Ih,~':H" r(~;<;ul ts vorc ~1s1f:I t,, bric-f th!? Hol:-ert.so1l jrn.:i•.:! in Joo, 1953. To this basic JlG page I'(• , il 3 pog<i so-callPd "su;:·,:;,nrv" has bf!er: add•~d dealin)'.! m:linly i. i lh tbe 19'53-55 perio<l ~aid disr:1:isr;,i. i.:.:-'O's ~,.:; mainly ir.isi11':1.t ficat.:.Pns, '!'hcJ morv unco:,1f'o.1· t Is:.• ,·,:,nc 1 u:;.; ion;; n r i !1,, :n;, ;r: r<-, ric.r ,.,:.:,:·c, C'C,li•:'•H,l,·d. Onlv 100 l:ovi1•s ('i' 1..l'l'.! wdn i"<'1>01·L 1,;r,rc, ;l tric•.1·tr:d ,, ' r1 rnsi.rict,·d ;,nn-p1lilic l,;1-:.io1 ltt1,: only Al sc·.ndL111 C(•J•,'.,' ,,;,..s des1,1·:1ycd I h,! l1AAF ill ! 9'i9 l \-;he 1·ea;: top.i r,s u r t.!Ji• 1 ntiRlt>adiul!' "~,urn1T:111·y" public.-~ National Archives of Australia i.cr(~ fn,ldy a·,ailnblr:• to p:'(.'!::s und NM: A13693, 3092/2/000 24.12.59 ins f('} j ",, __ (,1~11 ,.'!':'.": I "UJ10' 1) f .Air FP I'('{' ;:,,!rious B·,1,;in(•,:;:,· 1 :in .-,.n Ci n· u I 11 t C'S C ~.1 ;JC!-: i. r i ('(1 ,rr,,i·t. to sti.mu ,-!,• ,-111d im1,~·o·.-,~ tlie u-por i·,g er t:H)'!>, l11n.•~;tit:nt.in11 ofric1•r" Lvr:-1 a.s well nB i~ c"n" rti t bin,:,cu ·1 :i r1, ard sa1,1pling Ct'l1 hdn••r:,. arc to ·:,.- t'f!t'..i pped vi 1.11 gr•·i f;"r .60 c11un ,TAt:li.P l •16C inn,kes CSJ)i L>nugc lm,·;; Lo prevent i~o re., ;.1,,1 it.g of UFO du t:1. 28.9.65 Follo,,inr~ the Aurust peak of u·Fu ac1.i-.•ity, the USAP O('fi•.·1~ of Info n,Ltioa rcqufsts a rl'!vie.,.· of Proj1?c t flhw Bou=\ J.2.66 "CSAF Sc icn ti f ic A,lvisnn· Dna•.·<l AJ Hoc Comni ttcc> revi cvc d Projeel, BJ:u, ?od,. A'li.li(,w~h the i:ommi.tl,ee cons1di.,l"(!J ;,wist uni !l 1~11 "I- i :' i ,,ds WC' re cJ uo to i na.dC,Ltl ,i Le ttrl ,dys ii~, they 3 l •, o ac<'usecl Bhw 1:!.ock of identifY111g ob; ,,c ts ''-;.;J·,en ·the Pvi,Jc.•itco collt:ct,.-d ,,,·11s too r~<•a<rrC! or ~tt.:o ind;d'inite", I·t 'Hl.S t.!wt. 111vrc recomc1<:1Hlcd t.!Hl1, Univ;rsit.y tontractti'. be 01;;!.de aml 5c1cutilically trained invcttig,Lors b~ used, 5,4.66 U.S. Cocgrcs£ l!.:,u,;'~ Commi LL11,! on Annr·d Service,.'\ rccom1111~11-.ia tha.l Pru,i•ti:t- BlUI) nook repG r :.,s be l nvest.i.ge.-teci by Uni ~e1•:;i ty con t.n1<· t. G.6.66 Dr Mc Dcr:ald ri~nds Robertson (complt~IP) report ":hid:, had beez, declassified und,n- 12 yeo.r .r.•t1.i. 20.6,66 Ro~ertson ropn1·t reclassifi0d. Serond saniljRR<l v~r5ion iss,ir.d. 19.9.66 AFR 8C-l 7 n~pl uc1'.s APR 200-:2 aid transfer:; re.::;pon::i ibi l i l,y frora lnLPlligi·nc,i t.rJ Rr,!,enn~h a.ud D,•vPl.or:;,ent. l\~i-11. 12(1:! state's 11 .\·:r T-'orcc e<:hP.lonl'I rcc-t-id.nr.: ~•u;:,.1wctcci or :ict•rnl UFO mo.1,-r ;.ul ,; i 11 ;:;a:feg•.rnn:. it to ri·t-vcnt. ony dd'r,c in.:: ol' alteruLion~ ,_,rich m1gh·, rNi1Jc1~ it.s value for int-cllig,•1wc JS It exumiuation irnd ni· <t 6.10.66 Contract signed with Colorn<lo Cnivcrsity. 29.7.63 U.S. Co11,.:r1.,::is H..111sl:' Commil.t •ion S1:1N1c.e and Ast.ron1Lt1Lic-s hf!lcl n ,J ll.!-,lay :,,\•mnosiuw r.n 1Jf0'.:; aL ·,,liid1 ;nanv 1,ron'iu(:!l! :scicnt.i..'lls te~tif'i~-d in fnv,J'lr of UFl)'f~ boing ~.,,;_1 a.rd requiring international 1nv~~ligalion. 8. 1.€9 Condo11 rnport p1.1blish(~d. Cnndon 's ccnf lu!'!ions suppo1•i.n.J bjt tlw sle.ff cc,nclusions • . 69 l 7, l 2. 6~! i..·,?r<i! rl()t. J. Alh~n Hyr11'.h 1 .!'> r:,mtract <1-.'!' Schmtific Consultunt on UFO's to U1e CSAP Project Blue lluoi v~a not rene~ed (after 21 y~nrs) Proj~ct Blue Book closed dow~. 26/31.12. 69 The A:r:ericun Asf3ocia tj on for th<:, Advar:CH!l'."nt of Sci t,nco met nt l<o,d.(Hl t.:1 u1sct.,.;s UFO's. Ono 01ncar.:,1 1o·as n 1·,i~c,lu1ion a.pp,,allng National Archives of Australia f,)I' l\lu,, B:,ok da1.,1 t:i bi:- r,:,].er,st.•r.!. NAA: A13693, 3092/2/000