THE ZENODOTUS PROJECT: Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947

Record Group 341: Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)

Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947-1969

Creator:

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 Material Command. Intelligence Department. Technical Intelligence Division. (1947 - 1951) (Predecessor)

NAID: 595175

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Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Textual Records

Collected: 1947-1969

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18 Digital Objects

Synopsis:

This series consists of the administrative files of Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that took place between 1947 and 1969. The files contain correspondence, staff studies, status reports, congressional hearing reports, press releases, transcripts of public and Air Force briefings, newspaper articles, and photographs. The files relate to the organization and staffing of the project, the release to the public of information about unidentified flying objects, and the progress and findings of the study.

Arrangement

Unarranged

Dates

The creator compiled or maintained this series between 1947-1969.

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

Unrestricted

Use

Unrestricted

Subjects and References

Topic

Unidentified flying objects

Part of

Record Group 341

Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)

1934 - 2004

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