Record Group 341: Records of Headquarters
U.S. Airforce (Air Staff)
Series:
Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), June 1947-December 1969
Other title: Sighting Reports {Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, June 1947-December 1969}
Creators: Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Air Force Systems Command. Foreign Technology Division. Aerial Phenomena Branch. (7/1/1961 - 12/17/1969) (Most Recent) Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Air Materiel Command. Intelligence Department. Technical Intelligence Division. (1947 - 1951) (Predecessor) Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations. Office of the Director of Intelligence. Air Technical Intelligence Center.
(5/21/1951 - 7/1/1957) (Predecessor)
NAID: 595466
Photographs and other Graphic Materials
Textual Records
Collected: June 1947-December 1969
1 File Unit
Synopsis:
This series consists of the case files on sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) of Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) investigation into UFOs which were sighted between June 1947 and December 1969. From 1947 through 1951, the USAF Air Material Command Intelligence Department Technical Intelligence Division maintained the series. From 1951 through March 1952, the USAF Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations Office of the Director of Intelligence Air Technical Intelligence Center maintained the series. From March 1952 through 1969, the USAF Air Force Systems Command Foreign Technology Division Project Blue Book Office and its predecessors maintained the series.
The first subseries contains sighting case files.
The second subseries contains photographs that have been withdrawn from the first subseries. The files contain the information the Air Force gathered about specific UFO sightings. Each case file relates to one sighting or to a group of closely related sightings. The files contain reports from UFO observers, correspondence between these observers and the Air Force, newspaper and magazine clippings, and reports of analyses of photographs and physical evidence. Some reports were submitted by letter or telegram, but most reports of sightings were submitted on an Air Force questionnaire which contains the name and address of the observer, date and hour of the sighting, and a description of what the observer saw. Each case file contains a control sheet which summarizes the sighting report and shows the Air Force explanation and conclusions for the sighting. There is a monthly list of sightings of unidentified flying objects for which case files were prepared. For each sighting the list contains the date, location, name of observer, and evaluation of the sighting report. The list for each month can be found at the beginning of the relevant files in this series.
The case files contain cross reference sheets to photographs that can be found in the second subseries to this series. The case files also contain cross reference sheets with citations to the photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, and artifacts that were submitted with the reports and that can be found in the series "Project 'BLUE BOOK', 1954 - 1966" (National Archives Identifier 542184), "Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films, 1950 - 1966" (National Archives Identifier 61934), "Sound Recordings Relating to Project Blue Book Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Investigations, 1953 - 1967" (National Archives Identifier 1142703), and "Project Bluebook Artifacts, 1952 - 1969" (National Archives Identifier 23857160).
Arrangement
Arranged in two subseries. The first subseries, case files of sightings, is arranged chronologically by date of sighting and assigned file number. The second subseries, photographs, is arranged by file number.
Dates
The creator compiled or maintained this series between June 1947-December 1969.
Function
Air Force staff compiled these records as part of the Air Force study of UFOs called Project Blue Book. Investigators from districts and commands sent the records to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
Access: Fully Restricted
Access to all of these archival materials is restricted for the following reason:
* FOIA (b)(6) Personal Information
The records may be restricted due to privacy concerns.
Use: Possibly Restricted
Use of these archival materials may be restricted.
Some or all of the records may be subject to copyright restrictions. Researchers should contact the publisher for further information.
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Record Group 341
Records of Headquarters U.S. Air
Force (Air Staff)
1934 - 2004
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National Archives Identifier:
595466
Accession Number:
NN-375-209
Declassification Project Number:
NND 923007
HMS/MLR Entry Number:
A1 294D
Additional Resource
Microform Publication
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