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The Air Force has been formally involved in the investigation and documentation of UFO sightings, notably through Project Blue Book [1] and early investigations into potential foreign technology [2]. Furthermore, Air Force officials and pilots have provided public commentary and reports regarding these sightings {fact:1, fact:2, fact:7}.
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 5 facts
quoteMajor General John Samford, the Air Force’s director of intelligence, held a press conference regarding U.F.O. reports, stating that a certain percentage of reports were made by credible observers of relatively incredible things.
quoteJohn Ratcliffe, the former director of National Intelligence, stated in a Fox News interview that U.F.O. sightings involve objects observed by Navy or Air Force pilots or satellite imagery that engage in actions difficult to explain, exhibit movements hard to replicate, utilize technology the United States does not possess, and travel at speeds exceeding the sound barrier without producing a sonic boom.
quoteMajor General John Samford, the Air Force’s director of intelligence, held a major press conference regarding U.F.O. reports, describing them as 'a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things.'
claimBy September 1947, the volume of U.F.O. sighting reports became too high for the U.S. Air Force to ignore.
quoteMajor General John Samford, the Air Force’s director of intelligence, held a press conference regarding U.F.O. reports, describing them as 'a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things.'
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
measurementThe U.S. Air Force cataloged 12,618 UFO sightings between March 1952 and December 1969 as part of Project Blue Book.
claimAllen Hynek, an astronomer who served as a USAF consultant starting in 1948, criticized the Condon Committee Report and authored two nontechnical books advocating for the continued investigation of UFO reports.
UFOs and the U.S. government: The push towards greater ... - WBUR wbur.org 1 fact
claimDuring the summer of 1947, the U.S. Air Force investigated UFO sightings out of concern that the objects were secret Soviet craft developed by kidnapped Nazi rocket scientists.