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A 1971 Australian defense intelligence review argues that the public USAF Project Blue Book record did not match the deeper intelligence and scientific questions raised by UFO reporting.
CIA-UAP-019, Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem
A 1971 Australian defense intelligence review argues that the public USAF Project Blue Book record did not match the deeper intelligence and scientific questions raised by UFO reporting.
The file summarizes early USAF UFO investigations, the CIA's reported concern after the 1952 Washington sightings, and the claim that Project Blue Book became a public-facing debunking channel after the Robertson Panel. It says stronger reports in Blue Book Special Report No. 14 produced more unknowns, not fewer, and cites statistical testing that separated unknown objects from identified cases. The Australian section says the RAAF had no more than one part-time officer on UFO analysis and lacked scientific competence for the problem. The document recommends moving Australian UFO responsibility to another government department with intelligence, scientific, and public-facing capacity.
The CIA became alarmed at the cverloading of military communications during the mass sightings of 1952 and considered the possibility that the USSR may take adventage of such a situaticu.p.3
It would a.ppenr wrong for Au:stralia to remain ignorant ci' the true situa'ticr::..p.4
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.p.6
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.p.8
The Dixectorate of Air Force Intelligence is the component of the HAAP that is responsible for the analysis of all official reporting of Unidentified Flying Objects.p.13
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# ts = ‘Rererence; 3092/ Mee Suppect: SCTSNPIFIG ASD LNTSLLIGENCR ASPROTS OF THE UFO PROBLEM | DIREZTOR: tf (ansoagh DeeeT™ Gefltx pun mare enna (he OES Peek ee ne . 2 ee poo . —. | ae The two. documents attached are intended to focus _ Ohad on aspects of the UPO awoblem that have tended to rotain | . _— hidden. The teport jealing with the US attitude hae been / a gompiled f¥om official reports and statements sede by the _ GIA, US Aix Force, Congrescional Hearings and Project Blue . SS Book Feed) "dg, The second document deals wi th uvidunce fox _ . weapon By: ‘teme aeed by UPO's. This evicenca hee heen culled - fool ce od Glacd vecords collected by Or Vallee in se ee fos th ‘Dr Hynek ot North-Western University and with the same weapon systems. Australia has had its share : 2. Intelligence a: sat include egegssment of weal fren falee teporting, capabilities of propulsion methoda and | oocety weapons used, motivation of operations Charafal ox not, defeneive, of Pee a kentific ete. ) for both ahort+ term and long-term and - Mae 2 = there are more affective ways te detect these operations on defond them 1f necessary. : i | | of poe Z & fon | Pith Mey (971- He. Bualear Seanck National Archives of Australia __.. NAA: A13693, 3092/2/000 .
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# ts = ‘Rererence; 3092/ Mee Suppect: SCTSNPIFIG ASD LNTSLLIGENCR ASPROTS OF THE UFO PROBLEM | DIREZTOR: tf (ansoagh DeeeT™ Gefltx pun mare enna (he OES Peek ee ne . 2 ee poo . —. | ae The two. documents attached are intended to focus _ Ohad on aspects of the UPO awoblem that have tended to rotain | . _— hidden. The teport jealing with the US attitude hae been / a gompiled f¥om official reports and statements sede by the _ GIA, US Aix Force, Congrescional Hearings and Project Blue . SS Book Feed) "dg, The second document deals wi th uvidunce fox _ . weapon By: ‘teme aeed by UPO's. This evicenca hee heen culled - fool ce od Glacd vecords collected by Or Vallee in se ee fos th ‘Dr Hynek ot North-Western University and with the same weapon systems. Australia has had its share : 2. Intelligence a: sat include egegssment of weal fren falee teporting, capabilities of propulsion methoda and | oocety weapons used, motivation of operations Charafal ox not, defeneive, of Pee a kentific ete. ) for both ahort+ term and long-term and - Mae 2 = there are more affective ways te detect these operations on defond them 1f necessary. : i | | of poe Z & fon | Pith Mey (971- He. Bualear Seanck National Archives of Australia __.. NAA: A13693, 3092/2/000 .
: ee E rrr 7 $55 See ee = = 7 - 1 &) SUNMARY : The carly analyses of UFO reports by USAP intelligenéé indicated that real phenomena vere being reported which had flight characteristics so far in advance of U.S. aircraft that only an Gktra-lerrestlal origin could be envisaged. A government agenoy, which later events indicated to be the CIA Office of Scientifié | Amtelligence (OSI), studied the UFO reports with the intention of determining the UFO propulsion-methods. At that time, OSI was responsible for intelligence on foreign research and development . : in nuclear and missile matters. ; 2. The CIA became alarmed at the cverloading of military communications during the mass sightings of 1952 and considered the possibility that the USSR may take adventage of such a situaticu. As a result, OSL acting through the Robertson~panel meeting of : mid-January 1993, persuaded the USAF to use Project. BLUE BOOK as.5 means cf wublicly "debunking" UFO's, and at a later stage to allccate funds for the Avro advanced “saucer” aircraft and the launching of « . crash programme into anti-gravity powers Te initiste such programnes decades ahead of normal scientific development.wowld indicate that the U.S. Government acknowledged the existence of advanced "aircraft" : which presumably used a gravity-control method of propulsion. An ' additional motivation could have been the fear thatthe USSR would achieve this goal before the U.S. : 3, By erecting a facade of ridicule, the U.S. hoped to allay public alarm, reduce the possibility of the Soviet taking advantage : of UFO mass sightings for either paychological oF actual warfare L purposes, and act as a cover for the real U.S. programme of developing u vehicles that emulate UFO performances: The RAAF together with many other countries of the world give credente only to the USAP public facade and appear to have unerilically actevted the associated information. This information has been widely discredited by retiring U.S. service personnel formerly engaged on UFO investigations, as L weil as hy scientists and private citizens. 4, The conclusions of the Condon report conflict with its owh contents and has been discredited by many reputable scientists ; dnueluding the UFO scientific consultant to the USAF. ta accordance | National Archives of Australia NAA: A13693, $092/2/000
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 &seess 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 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 of 'flying saucers'. Vi tldn a month ii, 1ou cons:iderc~I tho:!. tlui plHWDllH!llct. Wt!.tl~ I"F!tLl o.nd !H·obably of Soviet origin. 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. TJJese opi n:i ans were cry:stalliz:;-d into 11 "'ri tten csti:nate that .,,·as sent to the Pentagon in September 1948. 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, 3092/2/0002 • • 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 mi5 - identification:, 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 : National Archives of Australia NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/000 _. __:______________________;,_____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, 9. 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, 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, 3092/2/0004. 4 its existe-nce. Public disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so ee.lled 11 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. Tht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register"'J a.s t•unkno1.1n 11 (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 No. of Uoknovn Insufficie111, Relia.bili ty Reports (%) Informs.ti en (,t;) Poor 435 16.6 21.4 Doubtful 794 13.0 14.0 Good 757 24.8 J.6 Excellent 213 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, 3092/2/0004. 4 its existe-nce. Public disl.rihut.ion vaa !ll~de, ho,.-ev{lr, of a so ee.lled 11 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. Tht! ,percenlng!! of reporls that had to be register"'J a.s t•unkno1.1n 11 (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 No. of Uoknovn Insufficie111, Relia.bili ty Reports (%) Informs.ti en (,t;) Poor 435 16.6 21.4 Doubtful 794 13.0 14.0 Good 757 24.8 J.6 Excellent 213 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, 3092/2/0005. 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 0l1j11r. t.R !,here was tin undue preponderance in tba.t cntogo1'y. 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. Tne odds were reduced to i.-~ tri l lior. ~ril lien to one-. 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. A dra.win1 oft.his saucer 1eleo.scd ill Gctober 1955. showed a typical flying disc a!" dt~<;t~ r i !:rnd in many UFO reports. The Secretary of t¾I! 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 ..,,tiJatio,~,all Archives o•f Australia NAA: A13693 1 3~92/2t0q 1 Q 116. ~ of Indiana, Purdue Univenity Rel!learch Pounda.tion, University of 't Norlh Ca.ru) ina and the Mlls.sachutH! Gt.s Ins Ii '..u Le 01' 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. Tho objective l1a.s to control gravity. 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 intell 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:.•vl.ous rnon th s i nee November 1957. On National Archives of Australia NAA: A 13693, 3092/2/0007. 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 report, 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
&. The Dixectorate of Air Force Intelligence is the component of the HAAP that is responsible for the analysis of all official reporting of Unidentified Flying Objects. At no stage has there been gore than one parttime officer allocated to this task, Initial investigation of reports is often undertaken by a part-time investigator from near-by air bases, The RAAF admits that its interests Tie solely in the area. of air defence and it lacks both ' interest and competence to. consider the scientific aspects. A ; 1957 request for the Scientific Intelligence section of JIB io accept UFO responsibility was rejected by JIB. In 1968, the Department of Air stated that it intended "to take up further the question of i Commonwealth departments, e.g. Defence, Supply, Education and Science, Prime Minister's Deparinient etc, to see whether some other Commonwealth Agency is better placed to assume responsibility for i Unidentified Flying Objects, At the same time we would maintain our interest in the matter and work with any other Commonwealth agency who is cunsidered to be more appropriate as a co-ordinating agency for the Commonwealth as a whele", There does not appear to have been any fulfillment of this intention to seek Commonweal th assistance, . | 2. In support of the RAAF's admission of scientific disinterest, an identification list. of all sightings made between 1960 and 1965 contains 15 identifications of Venus, not. one of which is valid. In every case Venus was in a totally different part of the sky or not even above the horizon, Out of 37 meteor identifications, only 9 cowld possibly be meteors and even several of those eases would be doubtful, This off-hand unscientific attitude to identification did not escape the notice of the press or various scientists, 3. In general, the RAAP attitude has been guided by the UBAF public releases which were aimed at allaying public interest by denying the reality of UFO's. Consequently, mest of the Avetralian ‘ reports were given identifications without a great concern for rational correlation. Most investigaters and collectors regarded their UFO tasks as an intrusien inte their more legitimate. tasks. As a result, there has been a negligible scientific anelysis of the data and most opinions expressed by DAFI have been. largely a reflection of the USAF public attitude. With the present reduced staff of DAFT National Archives of Australia... . NAA AG3693, 3092/2/008.
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 in the U.S. and U.K. National Archives of Australia NAA: A13693, 3092/2/0Q0 I
APPENIHX '',\" Event 2-1.6.47 Arnold sighting 0f nine "3auccr&" creutcs public inL~rr~•. 6.47 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 a separate service. 22.1.48 ProjecL Sign starts officially. lfoar-eo I] i~ i011 be l,;,:•c1: nr;3 c111d UFO prO!r.pt AT[C t.o ..:,r;_ te 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 phC!tcgrt~phs. • 13.12.48 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, Pinal rt!port of Project Sirm ('fR-227-1 IA Qf t.ht'.' '.r£>clmical Intelligcrce DiviRiun AMC) rrcomoondod that o~ly 3 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, 3092/2/0002. 11.2.49 8.49 27.12.49 3.50 14.9.51 27.10.51 3.52 29.4.52 Junc-Aur,,52 19/26.7.52 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. 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"', 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. 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. Project Grudge no~ headed !1y Cuft. Rupprlt, 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, 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. 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·r - fears ~,hat U.S. n•ac:tion '.;irne a:;a'inst enoir.y action war, boing hindered. 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 21. 11. 5:! 14/17. L 53 16,2.5) .53 26.8.53 CJSAE' ~,tal'Led 1'1'lt'asing ATlC re1J0l'ts t.o the F1~0 r,ull,ort 1'1Rjor i1,_rh<w f,q• tn:l'tli-::,ni(,n. Th:s lo."ll.S n c. 1.,toJy 1 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. ClA 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 rccorr.m<rnrlations for a hirr.l:•· r-lcn,e1 pa.11e:; of' ~ix :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. 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~~ - 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 sti~1~t i~, poi;i i..in: ident-i'.'ietl NAA: finib\f{ 3 0~'2;~~0004 • • Hcnd,p1art1·rs US.'.P 1dJl rt•lcnsc :ntrn □ Hu-ics of iH'alunt.<:d do.in 1-0 t.h<: puhllc. 9.53 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 r.s. buses and i5 to ovrr~nau bn~PE) was c~~,1rtud. 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 1vc 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 1 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• ntiRlt>adiul!' "~,urn1T:111·y" i.cr(~ fn,ldy a·,ailnblr:• to p:'(.'!::s und public.-~ National Archives of Australia NM: A13693, 3092/2/000ins f('} j ",, __ (,1~11 ,.'!':'.": I 1) f .Air FP I'('{' Ci n· u I 11 t C'S C ~.1 ;JC!-: i. r i ('(1 24.12.59 "UJ10' ;:,,!rious B·,1,;in(•,:;:,· 1 :in .-,.n ,rr,,i·t. to sti.mu ,-!,• ,-111d im1,~·o·.-,~ tlie u-por i·,g er t:H)'!>, l11n.•~;tit:nt.in11 ofric1•r" arc to ·:,.- t'f!t'..i pped vi 1.11 gr•·i f;"r c11un Lvr:-1 a.s well nB i~ c"n" rti t bin,:,cu ·1 :i r1, ard sa1,1pling Ct'l1 hdn••r:,. .60 ,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=\ "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 recomc1<:1Hlcd t.!Hl1, Univ;rsit.y tontractti'. be 01;;!.de aml t.!wt. 111vrc 5c1cutilically trained invcttig,Lors b~ used, J.2.66 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 exumiuation irnd ni· JS It <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 1 Jf0'.:; 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 i..·,?r<i! rl()t. suppo1•i.n.J bjt tlw sle.ff cc,nclusions • . 69 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) l 7, l 2. 6~! 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 f,)I' l\lu,, B:,ok da1.,1 t:i bi:- r,:,].er,st.•r.!. National Archives of Australia NAA: A13693, 3092/2/000