📖 Encyclopedia History · · 9 min read
Gerald Ford's call for UFO hearings
Rep. Gerald Ford is told an upcoming UAP study won't be tied to the Air Force.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Arthur Sylvester's "right to lie" remarks
A Pentagon spokesman defends withholding information when it's in the public interest.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Air Force proposals to improve UFO work (1961)
Asked how to improve UAP work, the Air Force suggests a raise for adviser J. Allen Hynek and a new camera.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 5 min read
John McCormack's doubts about the Air Force (1961)
House leader John McCormack says the Air Force isn't sharing all it knows about UFOs.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 4 min read
Airline pilots and the "Big Brother" gag rules (1958)
About 50 airline pilots criticize the Air Force's UAP gag rules as 'Big Brother'.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
McCormack subcommittee UFO briefing (1958)
The Air Force tells a House committee civilian UAP groups are its biggest UAP-related challenge.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Henderson UFO briefing (1958)
The Air Force briefs members of Congress on handling constituent questions about UAP.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
McClellan subcommittee persuaded against hearings (1958)
An Air Force general says informal talks persuaded Senate investigators no UAP hearings were needed.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 10 min read
Mach 3 radar target alert (1957)
The Air Force intelligence chief warns of a radar target crossing the U.S. at Mach 3.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Navy pilots' shoot-down orders claim (1956)
Unnamed Navy pilots claim standing orders to shoot down hostile UAP over the Pacific.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 3 min read
Air Force Manual 190-4
A former Air Force spokesman says a manual governed all official statements about UFOs.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 11 min read
Ruppelt's account of the Estimate of the Situation
Edward Ruppelt writes he once saw a top-secret 'Estimate of the Situation' on UAP.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 4 min read
Afghanistan saucer reports (1956)
Wright-Patterson monitors a reported saucer landing in Afghanistan and plans an overflight.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Senator Russell's Soviet sighting (1955)
Sen. Richard Russell sees two discs in the Soviet Union; the CIA classifies the case.
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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
Submarine encounters study (1952)
Air Force and Navy intelligence study nine undersea UAP encounters reported by U.S. submarines.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 7 min read
Dewey Fournet's motion study and Navy inquiry
A Blue Book officer reportedly runs a private, Navy-assisted inquiry into undersea and aerial UAP.
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📖 Encyclopedia History · · 6 min read
Henry J. Taylor secret-weapon broadcast (1950)
A broadcaster announces saucers are secret U.S. weapons; the story is later called CIA disinformation.
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