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As I understand it (and I am more than willing to be corrected), the USAF carried out three partially public-facing and (perhaps) largely-since-declassified studies of the UFO phenomenon:
1. Project Sign (1948)
2. Project Grudge (1948 to 1952)
3. Project Blue Book (1952 to 1969)
In addition, there were also several panels and collatory investigations during those years such as Robertson, Condon, Battelle Institute, etc.
There are, however, apparently conspicuous omissions in the record, e.g. the publicly unavailable "Estimate of the Situation" drafted by Project Sign and referred to by Ruppelt (1956) and Hynek (1972). By far the most glaring issue, though, (from the pro-UFO-cover-up PoV) is the fact that on October 20, 1969, USAF Brigadier General Carroll Bolender, while reviewing Project Blue Book, a matter with which he had no previous connection, stated:
Questions
1. To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever confirmed the leak of a case, a photo, a file or, indeed, any piece of evidence related to a UFO report filed under JANAP 146 and/or Air Force Manual 55-11?
2. To anyone's knowledge, what US UFO-related projects, military or civilian, were run between 1969 and 2007 (the start of AATIP)?
3. I have read that new UFO reporting rules for airmen will be/have been recently introduced, but I haven't found a code similar to JANAP 146 and/or Air Force Manual 55-11? Can anyone enlighten me as to what the new ones are labelled as, please?
Thanks
1. Project Sign (1948)
2. Project Grudge (1948 to 1952)
3. Project Blue Book (1952 to 1969)
In addition, there were also several panels and collatory investigations during those years such as Robertson, Condon, Battelle Institute, etc.
There are, however, apparently conspicuous omissions in the record, e.g. the publicly unavailable "Estimate of the Situation" drafted by Project Sign and referred to by Ruppelt (1956) and Hynek (1972). By far the most glaring issue, though, (from the pro-UFO-cover-up PoV) is the fact that on October 20, 1969, USAF Brigadier General Carroll Bolender, while reviewing Project Blue Book, a matter with which he had no previous connection, stated:
“Reports of UFOs which could affect national security are made in accordance with JANAP 146 and Air Force Manual 55-11 and are not part of the Blue Book System.” ...I spoke with Bolender and it was clear that he understood the distinction between civilian reports and ones which could affect national security. Clearly the sightings of most interest are the ones that could affect national security. Blue Book wasn’t even on the distribution list for sightings reported under JANAP 146 or AF Manual 55-11. [https://stantonfriedman.com/index.php?ptp=articles&fdt=2005.05.15]
Questions
1. To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever confirmed the leak of a case, a photo, a file or, indeed, any piece of evidence related to a UFO report filed under JANAP 146 and/or Air Force Manual 55-11?
2. To anyone's knowledge, what US UFO-related projects, military or civilian, were run between 1969 and 2007 (the start of AATIP)?
3. I have read that new UFO reporting rules for airmen will be/have been recently introduced, but I haven't found a code similar to JANAP 146 and/or Air Force Manual 55-11? Can anyone enlighten me as to what the new ones are labelled as, please?
Thanks