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Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (1955)

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United States Air Force. Published by the US Air Force in 1955. The report states on its title pages: "No copyright material is contained in this publication." A US publication from before 1978 without a copyright notice is in the public domain.

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RecordProject Blue BookBetween 1947 and 1969 the US Air Force logged 12,618 UFO reports. When it closed the files, 701 still carried the label unidentified. Even its own scientific consultant later mocked it as a society for explaining the uninvestigated. What did the Air Force conclude, and what do the unexplained cases actually mean?EventThe 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO SightingsIn July 1952, radar at Washington's airports tracked unknown targets two weekends running, and fighter jets were sent up over the capital. The story reached the White House, and the Pentagon held a huge press conference. The official answer was weather. A newspaper headline said saucers swarmed over the capital. Was it?

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