THE ZENODOTUS PROJECT: Sanitized Version of Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947

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

Series:

Sanitized Version of Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1969

Other title: Copies of Sighting Reports {Photocopy of the Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, June 1947-Dec. 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 Material Command. Intelligence Department. Technical Intelligence Division. (1947 - 1951) (Predecessor)

NAID: 597821

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Textual Records

Collected: 1947-1969

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10,622 File Units

Synopsis:

This series consists of sanitized case files on sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) of Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force investigation into UFOs that were sighted between June 1947 and December 1969.

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 analysis 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, the 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.

The Department of the Air Force deleted the following information to protect the privacy of observers of unidentified flying objects and others who furnished information to the Air Force: the names, addresses, and other information which identifies the observers and portions of investigative reports which identify persons who provide information about the observers and which include information of a personal and private nature, chiefly medical and financial data, that was gathered about the observers.

Administrative responsibility for Project Blue Book and its predecessors, Project Sign and Project Grudge, was assigned to the Air Material Command in 1947 and delegated to the Technical Intelligence Division in 1948.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically by date of sighting.

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.

General Notes

The case files contain cross reference sheets to photographs that can be found in the series Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) (NAID 595466). The case files also contain crosss reference sheets with citations to the photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, and artifacts that were submitted with reports and that can be found in the series Project Blue Book Photographs of Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, Project Blue Book Motion Pictures, Project Blue Book Sound Recordings, and Project Blue Book Artifacts.

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Topics

Unidentified flying objects

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Record Group 341

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

1934 - 2004

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