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AARO has often been referred to as Project Blue Book 2.0. I believe that Project Blue Book (1952 - 1970), was publicly broadcast to distract from the accounting principles and activities utilized to facilitate UFO Legacy Program research and development. This post contains an interview from 1977 (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15pxvm8/this_is_an_interview_f…) with J Allen Hynek, lead consultant for Project Blue Book. I also liked that post's simplified summary:

Project Blue Book was a publicly available report on UFOs undertaken by the US government. Famous for being the one who voiced "swamp gas" to explain sightings, Hynek drastically changed his tune over the years. We should be learning from our history, and listening to the people who have come before us on this. There are tons of people from this generation who had/have information on encounters and how/why they have been covered up.

Indirect Costs = Blue Book

1955 (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1955/annualreports/ar_1955.pdf) National Science Board Annual Report

This morning's post contained information regarding the National Science Foundation and Vannevar Bush. (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/1eool9a/national_science_found…) During my research, specific areas of the annual reports drew my interest, and I wanted to highlight one for others to provide feedback:

I'm convinced that historical analysis of transactions and contracts subject to the blue book accounting principles mentioned in this annual report would lead to Legacy Programs.

I believe "Project Blue Book" was named a such to draw attention away from the accounting principles and standards settled by the Military Departments, AEC, and more when determining indirect costs, and those "indirect costs" were used to facilitate research, development, acquisitions, and more of tech or knowledge not accessible to the public derived from UFO/NHI/UAP.

Excerpt from the National Science Foundation's 1955 Annual Report: How Indirect Costs Have Been Met

During the war, the Office of Scientific Research and Development and later the newly established Office of Naval Research attempted to negotiate indirect cost rates on individual projects with individual universities. As the Office of Naval Research program expanded this procedure proved unsatisfactory because of the endless amount of time consumed in negotiation and the problems of administering a variety of rates, often at the same institution.

The Department of the Navy and the War Department solved the problem after a 2 years’ study by establishing a formula whereby a single indirect cost rate could be determined for each institution. The principles and definitions of allowable costs, known as the “Blue Book,” have been incorporated in summary form into section 15 of the Armed Services Procurement Regulations. At present they serve as the basis for determining direct and indirect costs on research and development contracts with colleges and universities by the three military services.

Since 1949, the Atomic Energy Commission has used similar methods for determining costs of research at institutions, although the Atomic Energy Commission does not reimburse the institution for all the costs connected with certain of its research contracts... The allowance for indirect costs in research contracts made by the Bureau of Standards, the Weather Bureau, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and certain other agencies is determined by negotiation.

Project Blue Book (1952-1970)

Other fun details I found fascinating regarding the National Science Foundation and the time frame of Project Blue Book (1952-1970). NSF had this logo during this time frame, appearing on their annual reports from 1952-1969. Private A&D changed significantly in the following years.

NSF Logo 1952-1970 (https://preview.redd.it/0cjzbfbo1whd1.png?width=966&format=png&auto=w…)