On December 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of Project BLUE BOOK, the Air Force program for the investigation of UFOS.įrom 1947 to 1969, a total of 12, 618 sightings were reported to Project BLUE BOOK. The following is a copy of the US Air Force Fact Sheet distributed by Wright-Patterson AFB in January 1985. Air Force Fact Sheet Concerning UFO's and Project BLUE BOOK Motion picture film, sound recordings, and some still pictures are maintained by the Motion Picture & Sound & Video Branch (NNSM) and the Still Picture Branch (NNSP). Photographs scattered among the textual records have also been filmed separately on the last two rolls. The first microfilm roll includes a list of contents for all of the rolls and the finding aids. Finding aids for these records include a file list for the project files and an index to individual sightings, entered by date and location.Īccess to BLUE BOOK textual records is by means of 94 rolls of 35mm microfilm (T-1206) in the National Archives Microfilm Reading Room.

A cubic foot of records comprises about 2,000 pages. The records include approximately 2 cubic feet of unarranged project or administrative files, 37 cubic feet of case files in which individual sightings are arranged chronologically, and 3 cubic feet of records relating to the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), portions of which are arranged chronologically, by OSI district, and by overseas command. Textual records of Project BLUE BOOK (the documentation relating to investigations of unidentified flying objects), excluding names of people involved in the sightings, are now available for research in the National Archives Building. The memorandum does not identify MJ-12 or the purpose of the briefing. The memorandum, one page, refers to a briefing to take place on July 16. These searches were all negative with the exception of a 'Memorandum for General Twining, from Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President, Subject: 'NCS/MJ-12 Special Studies Project' dated July 14, 1954. Searches were made of the indexes to the NSC's Policy Paper and Meeting Minute files under the subjects MJ-12, majestic, unidentified flying objects, UFO, flying saucers,extraterrestrial biological entities and Aquarius. In addition, the records of the National Security Council (NSC) for the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations are in the custody of the National Archives. The Truman and Eisenhower Libraries have also searched their holdings for any references to, or copies of, the documents. Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to identify these documents. The National Archives has received numerous inquiries concerning documents identified as 'MJ12' and 'Briefing Document: Operation Majestic 12.' We have made extensive searches among the records in our custody of the U.S. The project closed in 1969 and we have no information on sightings after that date. Project BLUE BOOK has been declassified and the records are available for examination in our research room. The United States Air Force retired to the custody of the National Archives its records on Project BLUE BOOK relating to the investigations of unidentified flying objects.

Reference Report relating to Majestic 12.

Air Force Fact Sheet on UFO'S and Project BLUE BOOK

Reference Report relating to Project BLUE BOOK.Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects

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