📖 Encyclopedia History · · 18 min read
Project Silver Bug and the Avrocar
The Air Force acknowledges a contract with Avro Canada, later known as the flying-saucer project Silverbug.
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Investigations, analysis and news from the community.
📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
NSC 5412 Special Group
A secret National Security Council group is formed to coordinate covert operations.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
4602d AISS crashed-object claim (1954)
A Marine aviator says he was told an Air Force intelligence squadron ran a crashed-object program.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Navy FLYOBRPT reporting instruction (1954)
A new Navy directive orders UAP sighting reports sent to several intelligence commands.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 8 min read
Roswell-area helicopter crash claim (1954)
An Air Force helicopter trainee says he was sent to a desert crash near Roswell in 1954.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 5 min read
JANAP 146(C)
Directive JANAP 146(C) covers UAP reports and bars civilian pilots from discussing them.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
SOM1-01 Special Operations Manual
Engineer Bob Wood reportedly suspects the 'SOM1-01' manual was created as Cold War disinformation.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Lockheed–Kelly Johnson sighting (1953)
Lockheed test crew members flying a Navy aircraft follow a flying saucer over the Pacific.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Air Force Regulation 200-2
Air Force Regulation 200-2 tightens UAP reporting and routes key reports away from Project Blue Book.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Kingman UFO crash
An engineer using the pseudonym Fritz Werner swears he investigated a crashed craft near Kingman, Arizona.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 5 min read
Ed Balocco's night chase near Edenton (1953)
A Marine pilot scrambled near North Carolina reports a disc with red lights coming within 350 feet.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
CIA memo on Civilian Saucer Investigation
A CIA officer admits monitoring a public UAP meeting in Los Angeles.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Albert Chop and the Tremonton film release
Air Force spokesman Albert Chop claims the CIA killed a press release and ordered a debunking campaign.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 27 min read
Robertson Panel
The CIA's Robertson Panel recommends stripping UAP of special status and reducing public interest.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Pentacle memo
A Battelle scientist suggests using Project Stork to reassure the public that everything is under control.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Fort Polk crash claim (1953)
An Army source says he saw an egg-shaped craft crash-land at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 5 min read
Fort Monmouth desert-disc film
A radar technician says he was shown a film of a silver disc embedded in the desert at Fort Monmouth.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Warrant officer and the crates of bodies (1953)
A former Army warrant officer claims he saw crates of small humanoid bodies at Wright-Patterson.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 5 min read
Toronto dematerialization claim (1953)
An RAF instructor claims he saw a successful 'dematerialization' experiment in Toronto.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 9 min read
Ruppelt held back before the Robertson Panel
An Air Force colonel stops Blue Book's Edward Ruppelt from sharing strong cases with the CIA before the Robertson Panel.
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