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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 15 facts
referenceIn 1972, J. Allen Hynek published "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Enquiry," which served as a critique of Project Blue Book and the Condon Report.
measurementOver seventeen years, Project Blue Book reviewed approximately twelve thousand cases, of which seven hundred and one remained unexplained.
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.
accountJ. Allen Hynek, an Ohio State astronomer and former member of the Robertson panel, served as the only in-house scientist for Project Blue Book.
accountProject Blue Book was a continuation of Project Sign and operated out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
accountJ. Allen Hynek, an Ohio State astronomer and former member of the Robertson panel, served as the only continuous in-house scientist for Project Blue Book.
measurementThe Condon Report examined ninety-one cases from Project Blue Book, of which thirty remained official mysteries.
claimThe U.S. Air Force shut down Project Blue Book in January 1970.
accountIn testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, J. Allen Hynek recommended the creation of an independent body to evaluate the merits of Project Blue Book.
accountThe United States government conducted an inquiry into U.F.O.s known as Project Blue Book, which concluded in 1970.
measurementApproximately 95% of reported U.F.O. sightings investigated by Project Blue Book were attributed 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.
claimJ. Allen Hynek recommended to the House Armed Services Committee that an independent body be established to evaluate the merits of Project Blue Book and settle the question of UFO legitimacy.
claimThe U.S. government conducted an inquiry into U.F.O.s after the 1970 closure of Project Blue Book.
perspectiveIn his 1972 book "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Enquiry," J. Allen Hynek criticized Project Blue Book and the Condon Report, arguing that Blue Book's goal was to explain away UFOs rather than explain them, and that the Condon Report was biased toward disproving the existence of alien spaceships.
claimProject Blue Book was a meagrely funded division staffed by low-ranking officers who generally preferred other assignments.