Headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH, Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force’s investigation into UFOs, ran for 12 years beginning in March of 1952.
Written by Paul McAllister. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. Video production by Laura Seeger, Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle, and Hannah Keller.
Learn more:
The Man Who Introduced the World to Flying Saucers https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/
the-man-who-introduced-the-world-to-flying-saucers/372732/
1947: The Year of the Flying Saucer
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/1947-year-flying-saucer
Public Interest in UFOs Persists 50 years After Project Blue Book Termination https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary
Project Blue Book Part 1 (UFO Reports)
https://www.osi.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/2302429/
project-blue-book-part-1-ufo-reports/
50 Years Ago: Government Stops Investigating UFOs
https://archivesfoundation.org/documents/50-years-ago-government-stops
-investigating-ufos/
Unidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104590/
unidentified-flying-objects-and-air-force-project-blue-book/
https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/
UFOsandUAPs/proj_b1.pdf?ver=2017-05-22-113513-837
The CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs
https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/cia-role-study-UFOs.pdf
UFO Study: Condon Group Finds No Evidence of Visits from Outer Space https://www.jstor.org/stable/1725090Cold War
