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Project Blue Book
17 declassified cases mention this, always in the body of the document rather than as an official record field. Documented incidents span 1952 to 1971.
4 agencies are involved: CIA, Department of War, FBI, and NASA. The case files here include documents, videos, and audio recordings. One case carries visible redactions.
Cases
| File ID | Date | Agency | Type | Pages read | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA-UAP-019 | 1971 | CIA | Document | 18/19 | CIA-UAP-019 is a declassified Australian Department of Defense/Foreign Affairs assessment titled "Scientific and Intelligence Aspects of the UFO Problem," sourced from the National Archives of Australia (NAA: A1838, 3092/2/00Q). It is a 19-… |
| DOW-UAP-D092 | 4/17/67 | Department of War | Document | 85/85 | This 85-page document (60 processed) compiles the records of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book, chaired by Dr. Brian O'Brien, which met in 1966-1967 in response to a request from Maj. Gen.… |
| DOW-UAP-D096 | 1955 | Department of War | Document | 74/220 | 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 va… |
| CIA-UAP-003 | 1954-1974 | CIA | Document | 406/406 | This document is the CIA History Staff's declassified 1992 official history 'The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974' by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach, a 406-page book… |
| CIA-UAP-007 | December, 1953 | CIA | Document | 1/3 | This December 1953 memorandum provides a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities, including ongoing intelligence operations, equipment procurement for photographing UFOs, and Canada’s establishment of a "laboratory" for reco… |
| DOW-UAP-D102 | 7/2/52 | Department of War | Document | 109/156 | This Project Blue Book case file documents the U.S. Air Force and Navy investigation of the 16mm color motion picture footage that Navy Chief Petty Officer Delbert C. Newhouse shot on 2 July 1952, seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah, showi… |
| DOW-UAP-D103 | 7/2/52 | Department of War | Document | 2/5 | During its investigation of a July 1952 film of an incident reported near Tremonton, Utah, Project Blue Book examined whether the objects recorded on film might have been “pillow balloons.” Project Blue Book was a U.S. Air Force program act… |
| DOW-UAP-D105 | September - December 1952 | Department of War | Document | 212/253 | This is a general Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and Air Force Directorate of Intelligence (AFOIN-2A2) correspondence file from the intense 1952 flying-saucer reporting wave, compiled under Project Blue Book and signed variously b… |
| DOW-UAP-D154 | 3/26/52 | Department of War | Document | 19/19 | This is a verbatim transcript of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). Ruppelt traces the project… |
| DOW-UAP-PR159 | 7/2/52 | Department of War | Video | — | Archival 16mm color film with a heavy blue color cast, visible film grain, vertical scratches, and a soft focus consistent with handheld footage. Most frames show a plain sky with no visible object; several frames contain a cluster of small… |
| DOW-UAP-PR160 | 3/26/52 | Department of War | Audio | — | This is an audio recording of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). The recording opens with equi… |
| CIA-UAP-002 | 1952-1953 | CIA | Document | 11/42 | This file contains correspondence and reports dated 1952–1953 from the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, convened by the CIA’s Office of Scientific Intelligence. The panel’s primary conclusion was that “flying saucer… |
| FBI-UAP-D012 | August 1952-1967 | FBI | Document | 5/66 | This file details a special inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Field Office of various reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in and near New Jersey between August 1952 and January 1967. These files in… |
| CIA-UAP-015 | No date | CIA | Document | 312/312 | CIA-UAP-015 is Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, "Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects," Project No. 10073, dated 5 May 1955, produced by the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, m… |
| DOW-UAP-D087 | No date | Department of War | Document | 234/253 | DOW-UAP-D087 is a 253-page U.S. Air Force compilation titled "Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States" (this file covers pages 1-100 of the full set), bearing a declassification authority stamp (NND 917033). The scanned pages consis… |
| DOW-UAP-D088 | No date | Department of War | Document | 194/210 | DOW-UAP-D088 is a 210-page U.S. Air Force compilation titled "Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States" (this file covers incident numbers roughly 101-172), bearing declassification authority NND 917033. Like its companion volume (D0… |
| 255-413270-ufo-s-and-defense-what-should-we-prepare-for | No date | NASA | Document | 1-94 of 94 | This file is the English translation of the well-known 1999 French 'COMETA Report' ('UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?'), produced by COMETA (an association of retired French generals, engineers, and defense/space officials) dra… |
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