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The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, written by Captain
Edward Ruppelt in 1956, was the first serious, unbiased account
written about UFOs by anyone connected with the official government
investigations of UFO phenomena. Ruppelt, who coined the term
"unidentified flying objects" and headed Project Blue Book from
1951 to 1953, includes his personal investigations and findings in
his extensive research on UFOs. He discusses both well-publicized
UFO sightings and lesser-known accounts, as well as the inner
workings of Air Force UFO research. This edition is the original
1956 edition; in 1960 Ruppelt released a second edition which
seemed to weaken his original views that some UFO reports could not
be explained, and reinforce the Air Force's position that there was
nothing mysterious about UFOs. EDWARD J. RUPPELT (1923-1960) was
the head of Project Blue Book during the Korean War, from
1951-1953. He served at the Air Technical Intelligence Center,
where he took over Project Grudge, a formal investigation by the
U.S. military with the goal of debunking extraterrestrial and UFO
activity. Under Ruppelt's supervision, the project, later named
Blue Book, experienced its most fruitful years, when investigations
were properly conducted without judgment or disdain. Many UFO
researchers hail him as a pioneer of UFO research and hero in the
fight to earn respectability for the field.
The official Air Technical Intelligence Center reports of their
findings, many details from which are revealed for the first time,
contain some completely baffling detailed accounts of UFO sightings
by thoroughly reliable witnesses. these are the complete official
accounts of the classic cases, as well as a wealth of
less-publicized but equally amazing incidents. While others who
have written books and articles on UFOs imply that they were
conferring with officials in the inner sanctum, Mr. Ruppelt, as
this fascinating book makes clear, was the inner sanctum.
Excerpt: ...of hoaxes that always accompany UFO publicity. Last, it
would provide us with material on which to base a study of the
effect of newspaper publicity upon the number and type of UFO
reports. Colonel Dunn liked the idea of the clipping service, and
it went into effect soon after the first publicity had appeared.
Every three or four days we would get an envelope full of
clippings. In March the clipping service was sending the clippings
to us in letter-sized envelopes. The envelopes were thin-maybe
there would be a dozen or so clippings in each one. Then they began
to get thicker and thicker, until the people who were doing the
clipping switched to using manila envelopes. Then the manila
envelopes began to get thicker and thicker. By May we were up to
old shoe boxes. The majority of the newspaper stories in the shoe
boxes were based on material that had come from ATIC. All of these
inquiries from the press were adding to Blue Book's work load and
to my problems. Normally a military unit such as ATIC has its own
public information officer, but we had none so I was it. I was
being quoted quite freely in the press and was repeatedly being
snarled at by someone in the Pentagon. It was almost a daily
occurrence to have people from the "puzzle palace" call and
indignantly ask, "Why did you tell them that?" They usually
referred to some bit of information that somebody didn't think
should have been released. I finally gave up and complained to
Colonel Dunn. I suggested that any contacts with the press be made
through the Office of Public Information in the Pentagon. These
people were trained and paid to do this job; I wasn't. Colonel Dunn
heartily agreed because every time I got chewed out he at least got
a dirty look. Colonel Dunn called General Samford's office and they
brought in General Sory Smith of the Department of Defense, Office
of Public Information. General Smith appointed a civilian on the
Air Force Press Desk, Al Chop, to handle all inquiries...
The meticulous account of the top military brass on UFOs in the
United States. Written and documented by the former head of the Air
Force Project Blue Book, the federal organization in charge of a
formal government study of UFO's. "It is without question the most
satisfactory and satisfying evaluation of saucer sightings to
appear in print." --Cleveland Plain Dealer "Ruppelt's book is an
objective, calmly written work that should be in the hands of every
sober student of the UFO mystery." --Baltimore Sun "His
investigations, as his writings indicate, were thorough, unbiased
and competent. I can think of no one better qualified to write on
the Air Force activities in this regard. His book is a splendid
account of this work, readable and enjoyable. It should be of wide
interest to both the professional and the layman." --F.C. Durant
III, President International Astronautical Fed.
This is a book about unidentified flying objects: UFOs - "flying
saucers." It is actually more than a book; it is a report because
it is the first time that anyone, either military or civilian, has
brought together in one document. But more often than not these
facts have been obscured by secrecy and confusion, a situation that
has led to wild speculation on one end of the scale and an almost
dangerously blase attitude on the other. It is only when all of the
facts are laid out that a correct evaluation can be made. The
report was difficult to write because it involves something that
doesn't officially exist. It is well known that ever since the
first flying saucer was reported in June 1947 the Air Force has
officially said that there is no proof that such a thing as an
interplanetary spaceship exists. But what is not well known is that
this conclusion is far from being unanimous among the military and
their scientific advisers because of the one word, proof; so the
UFO investigations continue. The hassle over the word "proof" boils
down to one question: What constitutes proof? Does a UFO have to
land at the River Entrance to the Pentagon, near the Joint Chiefs
of Staff offices? Or is it proof when a ground radar station
detects a UFO, sends a jet to intercept it, the jet pilot sees it,
and locks on with his radar, only to have the UFO streak away at a
phenomenal speed? Is it proof when a jet pilot fires at a UFO and
sticks to his story even under the threat of court-martial? Does
this constitute proof? The at times hotly debated answer to this
question may be the answer to the question, "Do the UFO's really
exist?" I'll give you the facts - all of the facts - you decide
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