UFO sightings ↔ Project Blue Book

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Project Blue Book was the official U.S. Air Force program responsible for cataloging 12,618 UFO sightings [1] and investigating their origins [2]. Scientific advisor J. Allen Hynek utilized his role within the project to analyze these UFO sightings, eventually shifting his perspective on their validity [3].

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Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 2 facts

perspectiveJ. Allen Hynek, a trained astronomer and scientific advisor for Project Blue Book, was initially skeptical of UFO reports but eventually concluded that many sightings could not be satisfactorily explained.

measurementThe U.S. Air Force cataloged 12,618 UFO sightings between March 1952 and December 1969 as part of Project Blue Book.

How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com The New Yorker 1 fact

measurementProject Blue Book determined that 95% of reported UFO sightings were attributable to common phenomena such as uncommon clouds, weather balloons, atmospheric temperature inversions, Venus, or classified military technology like the U-2 spy plane and the SR-71 Blackbird.