For more than 20 years he has dug deep to uncover the us governments most closely guarded secrets regarding ufos through his project the black vault. Despite the fact that blue book was terminated in 1969, friend told the huffington post in 2012 that he thought the ufo issue should have been turned over to scientists, who could best determine what was behind the more unusual reports. The top secret ufo files that revealed a government coverup. Ufo enthusiast releases k pages of air force docs on. A global investigative team is ready to take reports. Air force releases ufo files project blue book uinterview. Onceclassified ufo files now searchable online huffpost. Ruppelt traveled to lubbock and interviewed the professors, carl hart, and others who claimed to have. Craig determined by checking great falls newspaper records that no home game was scheduled for 15 august, and, in fact, the witness team played that evening in twin falls, idaho. Project blue book the black vault image 7 of 18 on sept. The following audio was collected by ufo investigator rob mercer, and. Project blue book the official story alien ufo truth.
Project blue book audiobook by brad steiger, donald r. He resides in the springfield, ohio about 20 minutes from wright patterson air force base. The us also established the psychological strategy board to assist in debunking and disseminating hoax reports, in order to sway disinterest in ufo phenomena. Air forces investigation into the ufo phenomenon being posted online at the black vault website. In 1989, an organization calling itself the new project. Greenewald shared the files on his database, the black vault the first time the entire project blue book files have ever been posted. The lost files of project blue book the ufo chronicles. It started in 1952, and it was the third study of its kind the first two were projects sign 1947 and grudge 1949. Joining guest host ian punnett, greenewald discussed what he has learned about roswell, project blue book and other secret ufo cases. The project blue book collection, recently added to the black vault, contains thousands of pages of declassified ufo documents, all part of official investigations into ufo phenomena conducted by the united states military from 1947 to 1969 some of these documents were already available at places like the blue book archive, but according to military times, this is the first. These are the official documents about it from the project blue book files.
Air force were trying to actually discover what the unidentified flying objects were. The following documents were collected by ufo investigator rob mercer, and digitized to preserve their history. Declassified air force ufo files appear at the black vault. The top secret ufo files that revealed a government coverup mufon kindle edition by steiger, brad, schmitt, donald r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. General information reference report relating to project blue book u. The unexplained ufo reports from the files of the u. From the desks of project blue book the black vault case files. Files from the united states air force study on ufo activity are now available to view online for free. The united states air force began project blue book, the third study of its kind, in 1952 with two objectives.
Air force fact sheet on ufos and project blue book reference report relating to majestic 12 mj12 information of the roswell incident general information the united states air force retired to the custody of the national archives its records on project blue book relating to the investigations of. Ufo investigator, rob mercer discovers a bounty of project blue book files on craigs list. From the desks of project blue book the black vault case. Project sign was the initial response, but it only lasted for just over a year. Between 1947 and 1969, at the height of the cold war, more than 12,000 ufo sightings were reported to project blue book, a small, topsecret air force team. As the cold war deepens and the new political threats loom for project blue book, dr. But the compilation of all cases into an easytosearch database has just launched recently by the black vault. Posting all 129,491 pages to his website the black vault, greenewalds project blue book collection is comprised of more than 10,000 cases, pulled from. Wright patterson has a rich history of research and development. In 1952, of the big five, the united states put forth blue book, and the united kingdom used red book to track ufo reports. In late september 1951, lieutenant ruppelt read about the lubbock lights and decided to investigate them.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading project blue book. After years of being stuck on microfilm at the national archives, ufo enthusiast john greenewald has made available more than,000 pages of the u. Ep1 stanton friedman on the black vault radio w john greenewald, jr. Thus began another age of debunkery and secretiveness in the area of official ufo research. Declassified project blue book files were made easily. Project blue book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects ufos conducted by the united states air force u. Project blue book unknowns this list claims 701 ufo reports which represent all of the unexplained sightings recorded by the air forces project blue book, a seventeen year investigation. Project blue book, founded in 1948 as project sign, was the air forces official research group assigned to investigate ufo reports. That in itself should make them of scientific interest. This was made possible by a man by the name of john greenewald, who has spent nearly two decades filing freedom of information requests to compile an extensive archive of ufo case files from around the world, including project blue book. Usaf ufo project blue book files go online for free. His website, the black vault, claims to have archived 1,322,017 declassified government documents since he. Compiled by don berliner, for the fund for ufo research the conclusions or views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the fund for ufo research, inc. Popular ufo sightings from project blue book files.
The top secret ufo files that revealed a government coverup mufon steiger, brad, schmitt, donald r. Finally, decades after the united states air force closed their official investigations into the ufo phenomenon, the files are online in their entirety for free courtesy of the blackvault. Background in march of 1962, an unknown object going mach 2 mysteriously changed appearances mid flight. Project blue book ufo files go online cult of weird. Air forces project blue book details decades of ufo. Determine if ufos were a threat to national security, and scientifically analyze uforelated data.
Lawrence tacker interview, ufos in the air force, december 4, 1960. Searching for the origin of life across the universe potential life on other planetary documentary touch your heart 1,438 watching live now. Known as project blue book, the mission stretched from 1947 to 1969. Joining guest host ian punnett, greenewald discussed what he has learned about roswell, project blue.
The files are now being hosted by john greenewalds black vault. Allen hynek aidan gillen and captain michael quinn michael malarkey must delve further down the ufo. Alejandro rojas january 30, 2015 28 comments the news was ablaze with the story of files regarding the u. The cias declassified ufo files are now available online. Background the following case was submitted to the project blue book cases. The archive of 12,600 reports have been declassified for several years, but until now, theres been no easy way to read about cocoa, fla. Wrightpatt was ground zero for ufo investigation program. The cias legendary project blue book is now fully declassified and available to read online. While project blue book continued to be praised as the open information source of the investigation of ufo activity, the internal orders were to decrease or completely eliminate any unexplainable sightings and most of the following press reports were to be issued as natural. We find a ufo genre and arguably american culture at large which does not expect individuals to possess neither the skills nor inclination to think critically. The files of project blue book, a once secret united states air force project that sought to carefully document reported sightings of unidentified flying objects. Based on the recent admission by the us navy that it investigates encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena uaps, more commonly referred to as unidentified flying objects ufos, the black vault attempted to identify reporting procedures and guidelines for commercial airliners and sought comment from the federal aviation administration faa. John greenewald from the black vault shares information about ufo disclosure from project blue book, roswell, foia, aatip, and more at the 2018 edinburg out of this world ufo conference. Project blue book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects ufos conducted by the united states air force.
The files surrounding the investigation of the sightings are all included in the project blue book files. In 1989, an organization calling itself the new project blue book contacted the fbi. Air force files from project blue book the 28year effort by the air force to investigate every reported ufo sighting are now available online, for free, in easily accessible pdf form. This would be followed by other investigations, project blue book is one of them.
Project blue book is regarded as the third ufo investigation project by the usaf. Declassified cold warera bay area ufo sightings now. Under the code name project blue book, the air force analyzed over,000 incidents. The top secret ufo files that revealed a government coverup mufon. The first was project sign, which began in 1947, then grudge, which. Usaf ufo blue book files forced to be taken down posted by. Air force releases thousands of pages of declassified. The black vault is proud to host files from the desks of project blue book courtesy of investigator rob mercer. That percentage varied according to how much freedom the. Project blue book reveals houston ufo incidents houston. A termination order was given for the study in december 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased inread more. Project blue book originally project blue book was the air force name for a project that investigated ufo reports between 1947 and 1969. It started in 1952, the third study of its kind, following projects sign 1947 and grudge 1949. After the air force investigated, they concluded it was an unknown.
A termination order was given for the study in december 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased in january 1970. Air force on ufo sightings spanning from 1952 to 1970, has been available for quite some time now. The list provides the dates, locations, and blue book case numbers for the incidents. Home shows secret ufo revelations opening the blue book files secret ufo revelations opening the blue book files. Started in 1952, it was the second revival of such a study. Secret ufo revelations opening the blue book files. An official investigation by the cia into the existence of ufos, aliens and all the other eerie stuff. Mariana ufo incident, august 15, 1950 the black vault case files. Robert friend was the director of project blue book from 1958 to 1963. Project blue book unidentified flying objects national. Air forces project blue book details decades of ufo reports in new digital archive. In the project blue book archives of the black vault were stories like this. John greenewald has spent almost 20 years reaping the benefits of the freedom of information act to amass,000 pages of project blue book data on.
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