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After the Air Force and college, Raymond Fowler worked for GTE Sylvania for 25 years in the Strategic Systems Division and the Communication Systems Division, usually on contract to the United States Air Force.
“From the Air Force and college days, I went to GTE Sylvania and worked for them for 25 years in the Strategic Systems Division and the Communication Systems Division on a number of weapon systems, usually on contract to the United States Air Force.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:01:03.1-00:01:17.5 administrative first hand
2
The Canadian government attempted to build a circular airfoil aircraft, which was built by the Avro Company Limited, with the United States Air Force working with them, producing the Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar, essentially a hovercraft that could move about one metre above the ground.
“The Canadian government attempted to build a circular airfoil. It was being built by the Avro Company Limited. The United States Air Force worked with them, and they produced what essentially became a hovercraft, which could move maybe three or four feet above the ground.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:06:18.3-00:06:33.4 testimony
3
United States Air Force UFO investigation projects date back to 1948 and even earlier, to when flying discs or flying saucers were seen in great numbers over the United States.
“the Air Force projects go all the way back to 1948, and even prior to 1948, when the flying discs or flying saucers were seen in great numbers over this country”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:10:50.1-00:11:00.3 testimony
4
The United States Air Force made deals with Life Magazine to use its worldwide correspondence network to gather UFO sighting data.
“They even made deals with Life Magazine to use Life Magazine's worldwide correspondence to get data that were so interested in data.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:13:03.2-00:13:08.8 testimony
5
United States Air Force regulations under Project Blue Book indicated that the public could only be told about identified UFO cases, not unidentified ones, which caused the Air Force to have a very bad public reputation.
“Their regulations indicated that they couldn't tell the public that there were unknowns, that they were only to tell the public the ones that they had identified. And because of this, they had to give all types of explanations for UFOs, and it caused the Air Force to have a very bad name.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:13:17.7-00:13:33.5 testimony
6
On 1969-12-17, the United States Air Force publicly announced it had terminated Project Blue Book, while covertly continuing to investigate the better civilian sightings, concentrating mostly on government source control cases and airline pilot cases under JANAP 146, a Joint Army Air Force Navy order outlining what military and civilian pilots should do when they see a UFO.
“in December of 1969, December 17, 1969, the United States Air Force again told the public that it had terminated its UFO program and now covertly investigates the better civilian sightings and concentrates mostly on government source control cases and airline pilot cases under the order JANAP 146, a Joint Army Air Force Navy order, which outlines what military civilian pilots are supposed to do when they see a UFO sighting.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:13:44.3-00:14:18.7 testimony
7
United States Air Force spokesmen also contradicted their own radar operators regarding the 1978 Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Alaska UFO sighting.
“The Air Force spokesmen also contradicted their own radar operators”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:16:15.1-00:16:20.0 testimony
8
J. Allen Hynek, the chief scientific consultant to the United States Air Force, visited Raymond Fowler at his home in Wenham, Massachusetts several times.
“Dr. Jalen Hynek, the late Dr. Jalen Hynek, who was the chief scientific consultant to the Air Force, has visited me here right in this house several times.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:18:35.8-00:18:44.5 administrative first hand
9
Sympathetic military personnel have provided UFO researchers with preliminary complaint reports describing UFO sightings before those reports get classified.
“we've had sympathetic people on the inside of the military that have given us complaint reports concerning UFOs, which is a preliminary report describing the sightings, what happened, and so forth, which later gets classified.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:20:41.9-00:20:54.7 testimony first hand
10
A document obtained by researchers describes a triangular-shaped object landing at the back gate of RAF Woodbridge, a joint United States Air Force/Royal Air Force base near Ipswich, England.
“One of the interesting ones took place on a joint United States Air Force, Royal Air Force base at RAF Woodbridge in England, near Ipswich, England on the coast. And they had a triangular-shaped object land at the back gate of the base.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:21:31.2-00:21:45.3 testimony second hand
11
Banner headlines about UFOs create difficulties for the United States Air Force and prompt congressional pressure for hearings on the subject.
“banner headlines on UFOs cause headaches for the United States Air Force and causes congressional people to stress the need for congressional hearings.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:24:53.8-00:25:07.6 opinion first hand
12
The United States Air Force publicly states that UFOs are not a threat to national security and are the product of hoaxes, hallucinations, and misinterpretations.
“yet the Air Force tells the public that UFOs are not a threat to national security. They're the product of hoaxes, hallucinations, and misinterpretations.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:26:47.8-00:26:53.2 administrative second hand
13
An individual holding a high managerial position and top-secret clearance at GTE Sylvania, who worked as a civilian for the Air Force in 1953 assessing landing gear and crash damage, told Raymond Fowler that he was taken on a secret mission to examine a crashed vehicle.
“talking to an individual at GTE who holds a high managerial position, who has a top secret clearance. and who worked as a civilian for the Air Force back in 1953. And his expertise was landing gear and also assessing the damage done to crashed aircraft.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:36:23.5-00:36:43.6 hearsay second hand
14
William Powers was an Air Force astronomer who helped investigate the Socorro, New Mexico UFO landing.
“we found out from Dr. William Powers, who was an Air Force astronomer who helped investigate that case”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:41:04.3-00:41:09.4 administrative first hand
15
Since 1969, the official position of the United States military has been that UFOs pose no threat to national security and are not worthy of further study.
“Since 1969, the position of our military has been that UFOs pose no threat to national security and are not worthy of further study.”
Statement to Congress char:1565-1691 administrative
16
Work Dylan Borland performed while enlisted in the United States Air Force was denied.
“denial of work I performed while enlisted in the U.S. Air Force”
Whistleblower Statement for the House of Representatives Task Force char:2649-2707 testimony first hand
17
Dylan Borland served as a "1N1" geospatial intelligence specialist for the United States Air Force in an active duty enlisted capacity from 2010 to 2013.
“I am a former "1N1" geospatial intelligence specialist for the U.S. Air Force in an active duty enlisted capacity from 2010 to 2013.”
Whistleblower Statement for the House of Representatives Task Force char:450-577 administrative first hand
18
Gerald Light claimed he saw five different types of extraterrestrial spacecraft at Muroc Air Base in April 1954, being studied and handled by United States Air Force officials with the assistance and permission of the Etherians.
“he stated that he saw five different types of extraterrestrial spacecraft “being studied and handled by our Air Force officials, with assistance and permission of the Etherians!””
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch10:47107-47274 testimony second hand
19
Major Murphy said General James Doolittle's involvement in the 1946 Sweden investigation meant considerable interest among the top brass, a year before the Kenneth Arnold sighting and several years before the creation of Project Blue Book, noting the Air Force did not even exist in 1946.
“This was a year before Kenneth Arnold, mind you, several years before the creation of Project Blue Book. Dammit, the Air Force didn't even exist in 1946!”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:54501-54649 opinion first hand
20
Jacques Vallée observed that the United States Air Force made many naive and misguided attempts to understand UFOs, using censorship and force to try to get rid of flying saucers, believing the objects were a direct military threat.
“The U.S. Air Force has made many naive and misguided attempts to understand UFOs. It has tried, patiently at first, desperately sometimes, to get rid of 'flying saucers.' To that end it has used power from the scissors of its censors and from the barrels of its guns. It was looking for evidence that the objects were a direct military threat to the United States.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:75747-76104 opinion first hand
21
Jacques Vallée believes the United States Air Force never considered that the UFO threat might operate at a different, non-military level.
“It never occurred to the USAF that the threat might be at a different level.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch11:76112-76182 opinion first hand
22
In the early days of Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force explained away observations of strange craft reported by military personnel and civilians as "flights of wild geese."
“In the early days of Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force explained away as “flights of wild geese” observations of strange craft reported by military personnel and civilians.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:29544-29710 administrative
23
During the early Project Blue Book period, the United States Air Force knew that the strange craft reported were not birds, but U-2 spy planes en route toward Russia.
“The Air Force knew very well that the objects were not birds, but U-2 spy planes en route toward Russia.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:29721-29818 opinion first hand
24
Reports of UFO landings by reliable observers, sometimes Air Force personnel, went uninvestigated for weeks at a time under Project Blue Book.
“Reports of UFO landings by reliable observers, sometimes Air Force personnel, went uninvestigated for weeks at a time.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:31111-31224 opinion first hand
25
A recently declassified CIA/USAF panel on UFOs that met in 1953 recommended monitoring the activities of civilian UFO groups.
“One of the recommendations of a recently declassified CIA/USAF panel on UFOs, which met in 1953, was precisely to monitor the activities of civilian groups”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch13:7950-8099 administrative second hand
26
Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force's UFO investigation project, was closed roughly ten years before Jacques Vallée's Washington meeting with the Science Adviser's office.
“even after the closing of the Air Force's Project Blue Book ten years ago”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:2288-2358 observation
27
Héctor Quintanilla authorised Jacques Vallée to study the UFO cases gathered by the United States Air Force.
“I went through the French Air Force data, and later Major Quintanilla authorized me to study the cases gathered by the U.S. Air Force.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:9678-9806 administrative first hand
28
The Washington policy at the time was to claim that 98 per cent of all UFO sightings had been explained by the United States Air Force.
“The Washington policy at that time was not to ridicule the witnesses, but simply to claim that 98 per cent of all sightings had been explained by the Air Force.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch4:9984-10138 administrative
29
The University of Colorado UFO Project had recently received half a million dollars from the United States Air Force to determine whether the Earth was being visited by extraterrestrials.
“They had just received half a million dollars from the U.S. Air Force to find out whether we were being visited by extraterrestrials.”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5417-5532 administrative first hand
30
Eric W. Davis's background check came back clear, with no derogatory items found, a good Korean record, and Air Force trust.
“- Background check clear - no derogatory items found - Korean record good and AF trusts you”
EWD Notes - Eric Davis Meeting with Adm. Wilson 2002-10-16 char:10670-10756 testimony first hand
31
Michael Kostelnik was replaced by Brigadier General M. Ward of the United States Air Force.
“Mike K. was replaced by Brig. Gen. M. Ward (AF)”
EWD Notes - Eric Davis Meeting with Adm. Wilson 2002-10-16 char:23015-23059 testimony first hand
32
During the meeting on 2002-10-16, Thomas Wilson said that upon seeing Eric W. Davis's resume, US Uniformed Services ID copy, Air Force orders and physics paper, which Rich had provided, he figured out who Davis was.
“TW: Hello! The minute I saw your (EWD) resume, US Uniformed Services ID copy, AF orders and physics paper Rich gave, I knew who you were. Put two and two together, figured you out! Figured who you were!!”
EWD Notes - Eric Davis Meeting with Adm. Wilson 2002-10-16 char:512-705 testimony first hand
33
After the United States Air Force took over in the late 1980s, Area 51 was officially renamed Air Force Flight Test Center, Detachment 3.
“After the Air Force took over in the late 1980s, the name Area 51 was officially changed to: AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER, DETACHMENT 3”
Interview with Dr Craig McPherson, scientist and former employee of Area 51 2007-06-20 char:16633-16773 administrative
34
In May 1956, Craig McPherson was hired by the United States Air Force as an Applied Physics Specialist.
“In May 1956, I was hired by the U.S. Air Force as an Applied Physics Specialist.”
Interview with Dr Craig McPherson, scientist and former employee of Area 51 2007-06-20 char:3001-3070 testimony first hand
35
During the late 1950s, the United States Air Force built an underground facility at Groom Lake.
“During this time frame, the Air Force built an underground facility at Groom Lake.”
Interview with Dr Craig McPherson, scientist and former employee of Area 51 2007-06-20 char:3496-3573 testimony first hand
36
Richard C. Hoagland found that the Apollo 15 Lunar Module was named "Falcon," seemingly a reference to the United States Air Force Academy mascot, since Mission Commander David Scott was a graduate of the Academy.
“He noted, for instance, that the Apollo 15 Lunar Module had been named “Falcon”, seemingly a reference to the Air Force Academy mascot. Since Mission Commander David Scott was a graduate of the Academy, the name made sense”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch12:17833-18050 observation first hand
37
Whitley Strieber found no evidence, based on service information obtained from the Air Force, of disciplinary action taken against any of the officers involved in the Roswell press release.
“Strangely, based on the service information I was able to obtain from the Air Force, I found no evidence of disciplinary action taken against any of the officers involved in the press release.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:19206-19390 observation first hand
38
Whitley Strieber concludes that a group of professionally competent Air Force officers caused the publication of a press release claiming the Air Force had recovered a crashed flying disk, after observing the debris, and that only after publication was any attempt made to change the story.
“The inescapable fact of the Roswell affair is that a group of professionally competent Air Force officers caused the publication of a press release claiming that the Air Force had recovered a crashed fling disk, after observing the debris. Only after this' release was published was any ahem pt made to change the story.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:19519-19833 opinion first hand
39
Whitley Strieber found an undertone of claims in his research that the government knew more about the UFO/visitor phenomenon than it was saying, prompting him to investigate.
“In my research I found an undertone of claims that the government knew more about this mattes than it was saying I decided to do some investigation into the truth of this possibility.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:7633-7804 testimony first hand
40
There is some small reason to speculate that the United States government may have had some sort of communication from visitors as early as the late 1940s, as well as having obtained pieces of crashed disks and the bodies of the occupants.
“There is some small reason to speculate that the United States government may have had some sort of communication from visitors as early as the late 1940s, as well as obtained pieces of crashed disks and the bodies of the occupants.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:8031-8253 opinion first hand
41
Early in April 1966, the Secretary of the Air Force was reported to favour a scientific analysis of the 648 cases classified as 'unidentified' at that time in the Project Blue Book files.
“Early in April, 1966, the Secretary of the Air Force was himself reported to be in favor of a scientific analysis of the 648 cases that were classified as “unidentified” at that time in the Blue Book files.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:10163-10363 administrative
42
Two men from Air Force Intelligence came to the Texan witness's door, showed identification, and requested the UFO fragments he had found.
“The next day two men from Air Force Intelligence came to his door, exhibited their identification papers, and politely requested the evidence.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:1020-1153 testimony
43
A survey of technically trained witnesses who had seen a UFO found that only one in twelve had bothered to call the Air Force.
“In a recent survey of technically trained witnesses who had seen an unidentified flying object, it was found that the proportion of those who had bothered to call the Air Force was only one in twelve!”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:1523-1716 measurement second hand
44
Jacques Vallee believes the Air Force, late in 1966, was simply fed up with the UFO problem, rather than engaging in a coverup.
“My own theory of the Condon fiasco is not a coverup scenario. I believe that the Air Force late in 1966 was simply fed up.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:15550-15669 opinion first hand
45
A rumour spread in Europe during the summer of 1966 claimed that the Air Force was completely frustrated with the UFO problem and was looking for a university willing to write a negative report after only a cursory examination of the facts.
“The rumor that spread in Europe through “informal channels” during the summer of 1966 was a difficult one to verify... According to that rumor, the Air Force was completely frustrated with the UFO problem and was looking for an excuse to get rid of it. The only problem was to find a university that was willing to write a negative report after a cursory examination of the facts.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:18855-19316 hearsay second hand
46
This 1966 rumour about the Air Force seeking a negative report was taken seriously enough in Paris to prevent the creation of a French investigation committee similar to the American one.
“But this rumor was taken seriously enough in Paris to prevent the creation of an investigation committee similar to the American one.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:19357-19486 administrative
47
As early as February 1967, members of the Condon Committee were privately approaching their scientific colleagues on other campuses, asking how they would react if the committee's final report to the United States Air Force recommended closing down Project Blue Book.
“As early as February, 1967, members of the Condon Committee were privately approaching their scientific colleagues on other campuses, asking them how they would react if the committee's final report to the Air Force were to recommend closing down Project Blue Book.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:21057-21317 testimony first hand
48
The files of Project Blue Book were transferred into United States Air Force archives, and although the files themselves are not classified, the building holding them is, meaning a security clearance is required to view the unclassified papers.
“The files of Project Blue Book have now been transferred into the Air Force archives. The files are not classified but the building is, with the interesting result that one needs a security clearance in order to see these "unclassified" papers.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:22247-22484 observation first hand
49
In August 1965, Colonel Spaulding made inquiries among top scientists associated with his office at the Air Force about whether to submit the UFO files to the Academy of Sciences or a similarly respected body to reassure the public.
“In August, 1965, Colonel Spaulding made inquiries among top scientists associated with his office at the Air Force. He asked them specifically what they thought of submitting the UFO files to the Academy of Sciences or to some such highly respected body, in an effort to reassure the public.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:5078-5362 testimony
50
Physicist Dr. Brien O'Brien headed a special study group that recommended the Air Force spend 250,000 US dollars a year to obtain 'high-grade data' on UFOs.
“A physicist, Dr. Brien O’Brien, headed a special study group that came back with the recommendation that the Air Force spend $250,000 a year to obtain "high-grade data."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:5609-5772 administrative
51
Jacques Vallee considers the confusion in UFO reporting and disclosure a product of bureaucratic disorganisation rather than a secret military policy or a sinister 'Silence Group'.
“The very fact that a new study was recommended seems to show that any suppression of information or any leaking of wild rumors was not the result of a secret military policy on the UFO subject or the work of a sinister "Silence Group" but more likely a product of the confusion that was evident at all levels of the bureaucracy.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:5779-6095 opinion first hand
52
Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek later verified, using Air Force data, that UFO landings tended to occur in desolate places.
“Allen Hynek and I later verified it, using Air Force data.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:7139-7192 observation first hand
53
J. Allen Hynek released a statement, at the urging of Air Force public-relations staff, calling for a thorough investigation of the Michigan sightings but suggesting that some people in Michigan might have seen swamp gas.
“Hynek had to release a statement prematurely, at the urging of public-relations people from the Air Force. In his statement, he called for a thorough investigation of the phenomenon, but mentioned also that *some* people in Michigan *might* have seen swamp gas.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:8453-8710 administrative
54
When the United States Air Force released the negative conclusions of the Condon Committee study on UFOs, French scientists and military personnel who had quietly accumulated their own UFO data were not convinced, as some of them knew the real situation from files not available to most scientists.
“When the United States Air Force released the negative conclusions of the Condon study on UFOs, these conclusions were prominently displayed in the Paris press. The result, however, was not what the U.S. Air Force had expected. The French had quietly accumulated their own data on the subject and, although these files were not available to most scientists, there was no lack of military personnel and technical experts in France who knew what the real situation was.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch12:22879-23342 observation
55
In the 1961 Barney Hill UFO encounter, the observation of a disk with windows fell into strangeness category 3, and this is what Barney Hill and Betty Hill reported to the United States Air Force.
“The Betty and Barney Hill "abduction" case of 1961 is a fascinating one in light of this classification because one part of the incident (the observation of a disk with windows) is clearly of category 3 and this is indeed what they reported to the Air Force.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch13:10053-10305 testimony second hand
56
Jacques Vallee observed that Air Force bases around the world were sending copies of all their UFO information to government organisations.
“When I saw that Air Force bases around the world were sending to government organizations copies of all their information on UFOs”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch18:4109-4234 observation first hand
57
At Northwestern University, the team around Professor J. Allen Hynek had access to the files of the United States Air Force (USAF) Project Blue Book.
“At Northwestern University, the team around Professor J. Allen Hynek, of which I was a part, had access to the files of the U. S. Air Force Project BlueBook.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch7:944-1092 testimony first hand
58
J. Allen Hynek was the United States Air Force's expert on UFO matters.
“Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the U.S. Air Force’s expert on UFO matters”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22310-22365 administrative first hand
59
Jacques Vallee examined 10,000 UFO reports contained at the time in the files of the United States Air Force.
“I examined the 10,000 reports contained at that time in the files of the USAF, spending four years in sorting the signal from the noise.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22603-22733 testimony first hand
60
Jacques Vallee visited the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the United States Air Force centralised its official UFO data.
“I visited the Foreign Technology Division of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where the Air Force centralized its “official” data.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch8:22740-22865 testimony first hand
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The United States Air Force subsequently closed down Project Blue Book, its public-relations office for monitoring UFO sighting reports, with a declaration similar to the Condon Committee's.
“The Air Force subsequently closed down its own public-relations office for the monitoring of sighting reports (Project Blue Book) with a similar declaration.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:1956-2101 administrative
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One of the contributors to Leslie Kean's book on UFOs, a former government investigator, was often called via cell phone by nervous Air Force personnel observing strange phenomena in remote locations.
“a former government investigator is often called via cell phone by nervous Air Force personnel observing strange phenomena in remote locations.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch44:18237-18370 testimony first hand
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The United States Air Force took the lead in addressing UFO sightings during the late 1940s, complicated by the onset of the Cold War.
“The U.S. Air Force took the lead in addressing these events, complicated by the onset of the Cold War, attempting to explain away as many cases as possible in order to divert public attention from the mystery.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch44:21032-21233 observation first hand
64
The United States Air Force attempted to explain away as many UFO cases as possible in order to divert public attention from the mystery.
“attempting to explain away as many cases as possible in order to divert public attention from the mystery”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch44:21135-21233 opinion first hand
65
The United States Air Force established Project Blue Book in the early 1950s.
“In the early 1950s, it established Project Blue Book, a small agency that received reports from citizens, investigated the reports, and offered explanations to the media and the public.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch44:21469-21647 administrative first hand
66
The United States Air Force closed down Project Blue Book in 1970, publicly ending all official UFO investigations without having found an explanation for many UFO incidents.
“the Air Force closed down the program in 1970, ending all official investigations—or so they said publicly—without having found an explanation for many shocking UFO incidents.”
Surviving Death 2017-03-07 ch44:21793-21958 administrative first hand
67
In 1947, the United States Air Force began a series of studies that investigated more than 12,000 claimed UFO sightings before it was officially ended in 1969.
“In 1947, the Air Force began a series of studies that investigated more than 12,000 claimed U.F.O. sightings before it was officially ended in 1969.”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:6377-6477 administrative
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Project Blue Book, a study included in the Air Force's UFO investigation series, started in 1952.
“The project, which included a study code-named Project Blue Book, started in 1952, concluded that most sightings involved stars, clouds, conventional aircraft or spy planes, although 701 remained unexplained.”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:6644-6840 administrative
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The Air Force's UFO investigation project, including Project Blue Book, concluded that most sightings involved stars, clouds, conventional aircraft or spy planes.
“concluded that most sightings involved stars, clouds, conventional aircraft or spy planes, although 701 remained unexplained.”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:6727-6840 observation
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Of the more than 12,000 UFO sightings investigated by the Air Force's project including Project Blue Book, 701 remained unexplained.
“although 701 remained unexplained”
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:6818-6840 measurement
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Robert C. Seamans Jr. was the secretary of the Air Force at the time Project Blue Book ended.
“Robert C. Seamans Jr., the secretary of the Air Force at the time, said in a memorandum announcing the end of Project Blue Book that it “no longer can be justified either on the ground of national security or in the interest of science.””
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:6854-7082 administrative
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Ted Stevens said 'I've been waiting to do this since I was in the Air Force.'
“He added, “Ted Stevens said, ‘I’ve been waiting to do this since I was in the Air Force.’””
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program 2017-12-16 char:8285-8367 hearsay second hand
73
The United States Air Force file on the Hill sighting states that Paul W. Henderson explained the sighting as a probable misidentified planet.
“The Air Force file says that Henderson explained the sighting as a probable misidentified planet.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:42932-43022 administrative second hand
74
J. Allen Hynek was an academic and astronomer who, in the 1970s, was the scientific consultant to the United States Air Force programme to study UFOs, called Project Blue Book.
“Hynek, an academic and an astronomer himself, in the 1970s was the scientific consultant to the US Air Force program to study UFOs, called Project Blue Book.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:2031-2183 administrative
75
Betty Hill and Barney Hill reported empirical evidence of a starlike object sighting to the United States Air Force, but when describing their experience to people they felt would not scoff, such as Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist, they divulged the story of an encounter with nonhuman beings.
“They reported empirical evidence to the Air Force, the sighting of the starlike object. But when describing their experience to people they felt would not be inclined to scoff, like Donald Keyhoe and later their therapist (who, ironically, did not believe in UFOs), they divulged the story of the encounter with nonhuman beings.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch5:7068-7389 testimony second hand
76
Among those who report UFO sightings are former US president Jimmy Carter and other credible witnesses, including trained observers of the US Air Force, pilots, commercial pilots, police officers, US Army personnel, and millions of civilians who were not looking for UFOs.
“Among those who report sightings are former US president Jimmy Carter and legions of other credible witnesses, including the trained observers of the US Air Force, pilots, commercial pilots, police officers, US Army personnel, and millions of civilians who were certainly not out looking for UFOs.”
American Cosmic 2019 char:20895-21187 observation
77
The F-111, flown by the United States Air Force, had side-by-side seating.
“The Air Force, the F-111 was a side-by-side, but the Navy, it was the A-6.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 00:20:45.9-00:20:49.9 observation first hand
78
The United States Air Force is working on smaller, cheaper, attritable aircraft platforms.
“you look at some of the new stuff that's coming out that the air force is working on with smaller cheaper uh attritable platforms”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 00:57:29.3-00:57:36.5 testimony first hand
79
In the 1960s the United States developed a Mach 3 compression-lift bomber called the XB-70 Valkyrie.
“The US in the 60s developed a bomber. It was a Mach 3 compression lift bomber called the XB-70.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:14:50.4-03:14:55.3 testimony first hand
80
After building three XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the United States scrapped the programme because the aircraft had become obsolete.
“We built three XB-70s and we scrapped the program. Because now you go, well, the technology is cool, we proved it, but now it becomes obsolete, so it's not even worth building a whole fleet of these things.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:15:29.6-03:15:42.1 testimony first hand
81
During the 1980 Rendlesham Forest incident, United States military personnel who witnessed the event received radiation burns.
“what is it, Rameshon Forest in England, the U.S. guys that saw stuff and actually got radiation burns.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:26:03.6-03:26:08.9 hearsay
82
The United States Air Force attributed the 1997 Phoenix Lights to flares dropped by an A-10 aircraft.
“It was an A-10 drop in flares.”
David Fravor: UFOs, Aliens, Fighter Jets, and Aerospace Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #122 2020-09-08 03:29:43.5-03:29:44.3 hearsay second hand
83
David Mahler said that for decades the United States Air Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Central Intelligence Agency maintained an official policy of denying, dispelling, and debunking the UFO subject.
“Well, for decades, the Air Force, FBI, CIA, all the official agencies had a policy of denial. Deny the subject, dispel the subject, debunk the subject.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:06:01.6-00:06:13.7 opinion first hand
84
Robert Salas is a retired US Air Force weapons operator who monitors reports of craft appearing over nuclear installations such as those at Exmouth.
“A world away from Western Australia, in the foothills of Southern California, retired US Air Force weapons operator Robert Sallis is keeping a close eye on reports of craft appearing in the skies over nuclear installations like Exmouth.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:37:19.8-00:37:38.2 administrative
85
Air Force and Army personnel arrived within 40 minutes of the 1966 Westall High School UFO sighting.
“Within 40 minutes of the sighting, Air Force and Army personnel, they're all looking at their trucks.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:51:33.5-00:51:40.2 testimony
86
Two weeks after the 1966 Westall High School UFO sighting, two government officials, one in plain clothes and one a senior Air Force officer, visited Greenwood's home and told him he had not seen anything.
“Two weeks later, a knock on the door, and when I answered it, there were two people there, one in plain clothes and then the other one senior air force. Obviously senior, had a good many rings on his sleeve. And they told me that I was wrong, that I hadn't seen anything.”
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight 2021-09-06 00:52:48.7-00:53:03.6 testimony first hand
87
The mission for the 31 July 2022 UAP sighting near Deir ez-Zor was tasked to the Air Force service.
“**Service Tasked:** A - AIR FORCE”
Misrep-7816710 2022-07-31 char:2028-2054 administrative second hand
88
The National Air and Space Intelligence Center is the Department of Defense's primary Air Force source for foreign air and space threat analysis.
“is the Department of Defense’s primary Air Force source for foreign air and space threat analysis.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:14536-14625 administrative
89
As of 2023, the United States Air Force has been less forthcoming than other agencies with regard to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“It is unusual for an Air Force insider to come forward, as the Air Force has been less forthcoming than other agencies with regard to UAP.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:15583-15671 observation
90
For many decades, the United States Air Force carried out a disinformation campaign to discredit reported sightings of unexplained objects.
“For many decades, the Air Force carried out a disinformation campaign to discredit reported sightings of unexplained objects.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:3623-3740 observation
91
David Charles Grusch is a veteran of the United States Air Force with numerous awards and decorations for his participation in covert and clandestine operations to advance American security.
“A veteran of the Air Force, he has numerous awards and decorations for his participation in covert and clandestine operations to advance American security.”
Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin 2023-06-05 char:6248-6394 administrative
92
David Fravor considers that no aircraft in possession of the United States could have shot down the Tic Tac object, based on its performance.
“do you believe that your aircraft or any aircraft in possession of the United States could have shot the Tic Tac down? ... I would say no, just on the performance. It would have just left in a split second.”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:125957-126171 opinion first hand
93
David Grusch was an intelligence officer for 14 years, serving in the United States Air Force in active-duty and Air National Guard and Reserve capacities at the rank of Major, and most recently at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency at the GS-15 civilian level, the military equivalent of a full bird colonel.
“I was an intelligence officer for 14 years both in the U.S. Air Force, both active-duty Air National Guard and Reserve at the rank of Major and most recently from 2021 to 2025—excuse me, 2023—at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, NGA, at the GS–15 civilian level, which is the military equivalent of a full bird colonel.”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:36267-36589 administrative first hand
94
David Grusch was a member of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force from 2019 to 2021 in a National Reconnaissance Office reservist capacity within the United States Air Force.
“In the U.S. Air Force in my National Reconnaissance Office—NRO—reservist capacity, I was a member of the UAP Task Force from 2019 to 2021.”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:38214-38347 administrative first hand
95
David Grusch says that some Independent Research and Development (IR&D) activities flow through Special Access Program (SAP) programmes with cognisant authority over the Air Force that are congressionally reported compartments.
“Sometimes they flow through certain, I will just say SAP programs, that have cognizant authority over the Air Force or something and those are congressionally reported compartments.”
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency 2023-07-26 char:98400-98568 testimony first hand
96
The chief of staff for intelligence of the United States Air Force did not believe that Project Stargate's remote viewers could do what they claimed.
“chief of staff for intelligence for the u.s air force though they he did not believe it what that we could do what we could do”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:36:28.3-00:36:35.0 testimony first hand
97
An officer from the United States Air Force brought Ed Dames a satellite photo of a blurry object believed to be a new Russian fighter aircraft, and asked for remote-viewing information about it.
“he sends an officer up with a folder. ... He says, look, we have this satellite photo of this blurry thing that we think is a new Russian fighter. We want you to give us information about that.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:36:39.1-00:36:57.2 testimony first hand
98
Ed Dames's remote-viewing team identified an additional version of the Russian fighter aircraft that lands at an air force base, information which the requesting Air Force officer had not disclosed.
“there's another version of this that lands at Edwards Air Force Base. And then the smile went away.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:37:15.8-00:37:20.6 testimony first hand
99
After the remote-viewing session on the Russian fighter aircraft proved accurate, the Air Force officers involved were required to sign nondisclosure agreements.
“He gave us the own program, and we had to sign nondisclosure agreements because we busted the program.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:37:21.2-00:37:27.3 testimony first hand
100
A declassified 1961 US Air Force sighting report of an unidentified object in Pakistan acknowledged the message as a Project Moon Dust message.
“A declassified US Air Force sighting report from 1961 of an 'unidentified object' in Pakistan acknowledged the message as a 'Project Moon Dust' message.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:2151-2295 administrative second hand
101
Edward Condon and his team of scientists were recruited by the United States Air Force to conduct an objective and independent investigation into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that became the Condon Report.
“Dr Edward Condon and his team of scientists had been recruited by the air force to do an objective and independent investigation.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:22675-22790 administrative
102
The Condon Report gave the United States Air Force the justification it was seeking to end Project Blue Book.
“The Condon Report gave the US Air Force the excuse it was looking for to bail out of Project Blue Book.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:23334-23432 opinion
103
In December 1969, the United States Air Force Secretary announced that Project Blue Book had been terminated.
“A little over a year later, it was all over; in December 1969, the Air Force Secretary announced Project Blue Book had been terminated.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:23585-23735 administrative
104
The 1985 United States Air Force summary of Project Blue Book's conclusions told the public that nothing had happened to indicate that the air force ought to resume investigating UFOs.
“The public was told in the air force’s 1985 summary of Blue Book’s conclusions that ‘nothing has happened to indicate that the air force ought to resume investigating UFOs’.23”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:24211-24384 administrative second hand
105
In 1987 the US Air Force said Project Moon Dust 'no longer officially exists'.
“because in 1987 the US Air Force said Project Moon Dust 'no longer officially exists'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:3147-3225 administrative second hand
106
The US Air Force announced that the name Project Moon Dust was 'replaced by another name that was still classified'.
“It announced the name was 'replaced by another name that was still classified'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:3234-3301 administrative second hand
107
In 1964, Robert Jacobs was a 1st Lieutenant in the US Air Force in charge of a photographic squadron based at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
“In 1964, Dr Robert Jacobs was a 1st Lieutenant in the US Air Force in charge of a photographic squadron based at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:3715-3857 administrative first hand
108
The 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron (AISS) ran a secret project in which the US Air Force deployed covert quick reaction intelligence teams around the world to recover unidentified objects and debris from space.
“The 4602d AISS ran a secret project in which the US Air Force deployed covert quick reaction intelligence teams around the world to recover unidentified objects and debris from space.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:814-991 administrative
109
US Air Force Project Blue Book investigators made no conclusion about the origins of the object seen by Lonnie Zamora in 1964, declaring the case 'still open'.
“Even the US Air Force's Project Blue Book investigators made no conclusion about the object's origins, declaring the case 'still open'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:8362-8491 administrative second hand
110
In 1967, a US Air Force sergeant was shown a film by the Central Intelligence Agency that allegedly featured clear close-up images of a 'UFO' in flight.
“In 1967, a US Air Force sergeant was shown a film by the Central Intelligence Agency that allegedly featured clear images of a 'UFO' close up in flight.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch10:9613-9758 hearsay second hand
111
Harry Turner asserted that in 1953 the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations persuaded the US Air Force to use the Project Blue Book investigation as a means of publicly debunking UFOs.
“He asserted that in 1953 the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations persuaded the US Air Force to use the Project Blue Book investigation into UAPs as a 'means of publicly "debunking" UFOs'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:1921-2112 opinion second hand
112
Daniel Sheehan recalls that soldiers in the photographs were dressed in US Air Force parkas and weather gear, some carrying still cameras and one carrying what looked like a 1940s-era movie camera with film canisters mounted on top.
“There were soldiers dressed in US Air Force parkas and weather gear and some had still cameras and one was lugging what looked like a 1940s-era movie camera with film canisters mounted on top.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:20383-20571 testimony first hand
113
Harry Turner's paper criticised the 1968 Condon Committee Report, the US Air Force-funded study of UFOs directed by physicist Edward Condon.
“Turner's paper eviscerated the 1968 Condon Committee Report, the US Air Force–funded study of UFOs under the direction of physicist Edward Condon.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:2213-2352 opinion second hand
114
The 1977 classified reports for President Carter concluded there were many cases in which official US Air Force investigations could not rule out the possibility that some of the vehicles were extra-terrestrial.
“The reports concluded that there were many cases in which official US Air Force investigations could not rule out the possibility that some of these vehicles were in fact extra-terrestrial.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:24479-24656 administrative second hand
115
Harry Turner dismissed the official Project Blue Book UFO investigation, which had been shut down by the US Air Force in 1969.
“Turner also dismissed the official Project Blue Book UFO investigation shut down by the air force two years earlier in 1969.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:2577-2696 opinion second hand
116
Both the official records and direct witness reports suggest that the Australian and US military were surprisingly incurious about an incursion of a strange hovering object reported over one of their most sensitive military facilities by both a senior American officer and an Australian witness.
“It is also extraordinary that both the official records and direct witness reports suggest that both the Australian and US military were surprisingly incurious about an incursion of a strange hovering object reported over one of their most sensitive military facilities by both a senior American officer and an Australian witness.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:27127-27475 observation
117
Harry Turner told his superiors that J. Allen Hynek, along with many other reputable scientists, did not accept the US Air Force explanation of misidentification, hysteria or hoax for UFO sightings.
“'It is quite clear that Dr Hynek along with many other reputable scientists do not accept the USAF explanation of misidentification, hysteria or hoax,' Turner told his superiors.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch11:3032-3199 opinion second hand
118
The United States Air Force's standard response to public inquiries echoed Project Blue Book's findings that UAP investigations should be shelved because UAP posed no threat.
“Meanwhile, around the world, the public was being told a completely different story; the US Air Force's stock standard response to public inquiries echoed Project Blue Book's findings – that UAP investigations should be shelved because they posed no such threat at all.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch12:20774-21039 administrative
119
In 1988 the US Air Force revealed the existence of the F-117A Night Hawk stealth attack aircraft and the B-2 stealth bomber under pressure to explain sightings of strange aircraft.
“Under pressure to explain the sightings of strange aircraft, in 1988 the US Air Force revealed the existence of the F-117A Night Hawk stealth attack aircraft and the B2 stealth bomber, but those aircraft did not explain what people were seeing.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:10409-10646 administrative
120
Dave, a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force who flew the Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, witnessed an unidentified craft while night-flying out of Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, in late 1972 or early 1973.
“He told me how 'Dave', a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force who flew the high-altitude mach-3-plus Lockheed SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, witnessed an unidentified craft while night-flying out of Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, in late 1972 or early 1973.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:17625-17897 testimony second hand
121
When the anonymous former Australian soldier reported the 1990 North West Cape UAP sighting, it was dismissed as being a United States Air Force Galaxy Transport aircraft resupplying the nearby US base.
“He said that when he reported the incident, it was dismissed as being a United States Air Force Galaxy Transport aircraft resupplying the nearby US base.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:4224-4372 administrative second hand
122
Christopher Mellon monitored Area 51, a highly secure US Air Force facility within the Nevada test range, for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“One of the top-secret Department of Defence sites Mellon monitored for the Senate Intelligence Committee was Area 51, a highly secure US Air Force facility within the massive Nevada test range.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:9266-9479 administrative
123
Area 51 was first acquired by the US Air Force in 1955 for developing Lockheed's U-2 spy plane.
“First acquired by the air force in 1955 for developing aerospace company Lockheed's U-2 spy plane”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch13:9486-9578 administrative
124
Ross Coulthart considers the explanations offered by the US military for the 1997 Phoenix Lights sighting to be risible in light of the evidence from a large number of witnesses.
“The explanations offered by the US military for the Phoenix sighting are risible in light of the clear evidence from an enormous number of witnesses; flares and a mass delusion do not cut it as an explanation.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:25399-25596 opinion first hand
125
Ross Coulthart is convinced that someone senior in the US military has been trying to cover up UAP sightings.
“I am left in no doubt that someone senior in the US military has been trying to cover up sightings”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:25609-25698 opinion first hand
126
Eric Davis was with the US Air Force as a subcontractor from one of the US's preeminent public research universities.
“Dr Eric Davis was with the US Air Force as a subcontractor from one of the US's preeminent public research universities.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:12433-12540 administrative
127
The admitted source of Gabe Valdez's claims about underground UFO bases at Dulce was a disinformation programme run from within the United States Air Force itself.
“What is intriguing is that we now know that the admitted source of these almost certainly bunkum claims was a disinformation program run from within the US Air Force itself.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:23507-23673 opinion
128
Richard Doty has claimed in retirement that he was under orders to lie to Gabe Valdez and Paul Bennewitz to distract them from secret unspecified United States Air Force projects that Doty was ordered to misidentify as extra-terrestrial.
“he has since claimed in retirement that he was under orders to lie to Valdez and Bennewitz to distract them from secret unspecified US Air Force projects that Doty was ordered to misidentify as extra-terrestrial.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:24015-24215 testimony first hand
129
The United States Air Force made the implausible extrapolation from well-corroborated witness sightings around Dulce, New Mexico to include dubious allegations of underground alien bases.
“It was the US Air Force itself that made the implausible extrapolation of this evidence to include dubious allegations of underground alien bases at Dulce.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:24781-24930 opinion
130
In 1996, Dr Eric Davis was on secondment from the University of Maryland at a US Air Force fighter wing in South Korea when he read an advertisement in a physics magazine seeking research scientists interested in studying the foundations of spacetime, the universe and the physics of consciousness.
“In 1996, Dr Eric Davis was on secondment from the University of Maryland, at a US Air Force fighter wing in South Korea, when he read an intriguing ad in a physics magazine seeking to hire research scientists interested in studying the 'foundations of spacetime, the universe and the physics of consciousness'.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch15:8882-9177 administrative
131
Eric Davis suggested the UAP were also a mystery to his masters at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and said something needed to be done about them because they were interfering with military deployments in the ocean and had interfered with air force deployments in the atmosphere wherever the air force was flying its planes.
“Importantly, Davis suggested the UAPs were also a mystery to his masters at the Defence Intelligence Agency. 'And we got to do something about them because they are interfering with military deployments in the ocean and they have interfered with air force deployments in the atmosphere wherever the air force is flying their planes,' he said.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:12684-13021 opinion first hand
132
Eric Davis cited the 5 December 1950 case known as Del Rio, allegedly involving a crashed extra-terrestrial craft near Del Rio, Texas, subsequently recovered by the US Air Force, in his interview with George Knapp.
“So it was intriguing to hear Dr Davis citing one of those other claimed extra-terrestrial spacecraft crashes in his interview with George Knapp – the 5 December 1950 case known as Del Rio, which allegedly involved a crashed craft near the town of Del Rio, Texas, that was subsequently recovered by the US Air Force.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:13803-14112 hearsay first hand
133
Ross Coulthart is most sure that in 1950 there was a determined effort by the FBI and the US Air Force to smear businessman and scientist Silas Newton, who was pushing the story of a recovered craft at Aztec, New Mexico.
“What I come away most sure about is that in 1950 there was a determined effort by the FBI and the air force to smear businessman and scientist Silas Newton, who was pushing the story of a recovered craft at Aztec.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:14948-15155 opinion first hand
134
Ross Coulthart suggests the Tic Tac UAP encountered by the USS Nimitz in 2004, which comprehensively outperformed the best fighter attack jets in the US Air Force, was clearly a potential threat worthy of intense investigation.
“Nor was any explanation given for why these strange UAPs might be seen as a 'threat' but perhaps one explanation was that the Tic Tac, which so comprehensively outperformed the best fighter attack jets in the US Air Force, was clearly a potential threat worthy of intense investigation.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:9672-9944 opinion first hand
135
Tom DeLonge suggested that the US government's recovery of a crashed alien spacecraft was the reason why, 90 days after the 1947 Roswell crash, the United States Air Force was created as a separate entity from the United States Army.
“DeLonge repeated claims long on the fringes of ufology conspiracy theories, suggesting that the US's recovery of a crashed alien spacecraft was the reason why, 90 days after the mythical 1947 Roswell crash, the US Air Force was created as a separate entity from the Army.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch21:4594-4860 opinion first hand
136
For the 75 years prior to the US Navy's September 2019 acknowledgement, the US military had flatly denied in public that UAP were an issue of national security concern, repeatedly suggesting prosaic explanations such as lenticular clouds, weather balloons or optical illusions.
“For the past 75 years, the US military has flatly denied, in public, that UAPs are an issue of national security concern, repeatedly playing down the notion they may be any threat and repeatedly suggesting (despite the protestations of many witnesses) prosaic explanations for the phenomena such as lenticular clouds, weather balloons or optical illusions.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch22:10887-11233 opinion
137
A US Navy statement said there had been a number of reports of unauthorised and/or unidentified aircraft entering various military-controlled ranges and designated airspace in recent years, and that for safety and security concerns the Navy and the US Air Force take these reports very seriously and investigate each one.
“‘There have been a number of reports of unauthorised and/or unidentified aircraft entering various military-controlled ranges and designated air space in recent years,’ a navy statement said. ‘For safety and security concerns the navy and the [US Air Force] takes these reports very seriously and investigates each and every report.’”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch22:15567-15918 administrative second hand
138
In 2019 there were 5,878 secrecy orders in effect under the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951, most sponsored by the US military and many imposed on private inventors.
“In 2019, there were 5878 such secrecy orders in effect, most of them sponsored by the US military and many imposed on private inventors.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch24:5417-5570 measurement second hand
139
The US military denied that any of its helicopters were in the air near the site of the 1980 Cash-Landrum encounter that night.
“The US military denied any of its choppers were in the air nearby that night, and 23 of them in one place does sound implausible.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:16289-16406 administrative
140
The US military has denied the UFO cover-up accusation made by Edgar Mitchell.
“The government's response to this living legend's accusations was always polite, but the US military has denied the cover-up accusation to this day.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch25:5979-6123 administrative
141
Bill Sweetman wrote that an unacknowledged Special Access Program - a black program - is considered so sensitive that the fact of its existence is a 'core secret', defined in United States Air Force regulations as any item, progress, strategy or element of information whose compromise would result in unrecoverable failure.
“‘An unacknowledged SAP [Special Access Program] – a black program – is a program which is considered so sensitive that the fact of its existence is a “core secret”, defined in USAF regulations as “any item, progress, strategy or element of information the compromise of which would result in unrecoverable failure”,’ Sweetman wrote.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:14538-14863 testimony first hand
142
When Ross Coulthart recited the official United States Air Force explanation that the recovered 1947 Roswell debris was a high-altitude nuclear test surveillance balloon from a secret project codenamed Mogul, Nat Kobitz laughed dismissively.
“I recited the official US Air Force explanation for the 1947 Roswell crash to him – that the recovered Roswell debris was merely a high-altitude nuclear test surveillance balloon from a secret project codenamed Mogul. He laughed dismissively”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch27:14837-15066 opinion first hand
143
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was the location of what used to be known as the Foreign Technology Division of the United States Air Force.
“Wright-Patterson was the location of what used to be known as the Foreign Technology Division of the US Air Force.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch27:17704-17812 administrative
144
Barry Goldwater told Larry King that if you could get into certain places at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, you would find out what the air force and government know about UFOs.
“'I think at Wright-Patterson, if you could get into certain places, you'd find out what the air force and the government does know about UFOs,' the Senator told King.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch27:18658-18818 opinion first hand
145
Ross Coulthart spoke over several weeks with other anonymous insiders who all assert that the United States military, almost certainly the United States Air Force, is in possession of retrieved non-terrestrial alien technology.
“I talk over the following weeks with other anonymous insiders. To protect their identities, I cannot reveal much of the astonishing detail of what they told me but I am left in no doubt that they all assert that the US military, almost certainly the US Air Force, is in possession of retrieved non-terrestrial – alien – technology.”
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146
Ross Coulthart considers it possible that inter-service rivalry, with the United States Navy frustrated at being excluded from a secret alien technology program controlled by the United States Air Force, is helping to expose the alleged secret.
“Perhaps what is most effectively flushing out this incredible secret is good old-fashioned inter-service rivalry; that the navy is seriously pissed it is out of the loop.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch27:25442-25607 opinion first hand
147
Tom DeLonge exchanged emails with senior former United States Air Force generals.
“Tom DeLonge truly was exchanging emails with very senior former US Air Force generals”
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Christopher Mellon said many of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) encountered by US Navy pilots appeared to exhibit performance characteristics far more impressive and concerning than any of the objects downed by the United States Air Force in February 2023.
“Mellon also reiterated that many of the UAPs encountered by Navy pilots, 'appeared to exhibit performance characteristics that are far more impressive and concerning than any of the objects recently downed by the US Air Force.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:22079-22299 opinion first hand
149
United States Air Force F-22 Raptor fighters were operating in the same training areas as US Navy pilots and had superior sensor systems.
“He also stressed how US Air Force F-22 fighters were operating in the same training areas as the Navy pilots, and they had superior sensor systems,”
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150
United States Air Force pilots were not reporting Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that must have been detected by their radars.
“yet the USAF pilots, '… were not reporting UAP that must have been detected by their radars.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:22456-22541 opinion first hand
151
The preliminary UAP assessment provided to the United States Congress was almost completely devoid of information from the United States Air Force.
“the preliminary assessment provided to Congress was almost completely devoid of information from the US Air Force”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:22558-22666 opinion first hand
152
The United States Air Force oversees the United States Space Force and has far more aircraft and sensor systems than the United States Navy, as well as responsibility for supporting North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
“despite the fact that the Air Force (as a department which also oversees US Space Force) has far more aircraft and sensor systems than the Navy as well as the responsibility for supporting NORAD.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:22672-22861 opinion first hand
153
Christopher Mellon believed most of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)'s Uncorrelated Tracks are flocks of geese or private planes with malfunctioning transponders, but there are also more serious cases the United States Air Force did not report, including cases where US and/or Canadian Air Forces scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“To be sure, most are flocks of geese or private planes with malfunctioning transponders etc., but there are also more serious cases that the Air Force did not report, including, it now seems, cases where US and/or Canadian Air Forces scrambled fighter aircraft to intercept UAP.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:23038-23312 opinion first hand
154
Christopher Mellon, in facilitating meetings between US Navy pilots and congressional oversight committees along with Luis Elizondo, found the United States Air Force notably unhelpful, if not hostile, to inquiries on the subject of UAP.
“Pointedly, Mellon went on to savage the US Air Force for being, 'notably *unhelpful* [his emphasis], if not hostile to inquiries on the subject,' when he and Luis Elizondo facilitated meetings between US Navy pilots and the congressional oversight committees.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:23734-23982 opinion first hand
155
Project Blue Book was the code name for the group that studied Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) for the United States Air Force from 1952 to 1969.
“Members of the US Air Force's Project Blue Book, the code name for the group that studied UAPs for the USAF from 1952 to 1969, often derided for its perceived over-zealousness in aggressively debunking almost all UAP sightings.”
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The United States Air Force falsely claimed Robert Jacobs never filmed from Big Sur, and Jacobs provided a photograph of the telescope to prove that he had.
“When the US Air Force falsely claimed Jacobs never filmed from Big Sur he provided this photograph to prove it happened.”
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157
When the United States Air Force tried to deny the 1964 Vandenberg missile warhead UAP incident, Robert Jacobs' commanding officer publicly backed his account.
“When the US Air Force tried to deny the incident, Jacobs' commanding officer publicly backed his account.”
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158
Area 51, also known as Homey Airport or Groom Lake, is a US Air Force base within the Nevada Test and Training Range used to test experimental aircraft and weapons.
“Area 51, also known as Homey Airport or Groom Lake, the super-secret US Air Force base within the Nevada Test and Training Range used to test experimental aircraft and weapons.”
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The United States Air Force has given four different explanations for what supposedly happened at the 1947 Roswell incident.
“This is because the US Air Force has given four different explanations for what supposedly happened at Roswell in 1947.”
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In 1994, the United States Air Force decided to change its story on Roswell again, offering a third explanation, admitting its 1947 weather balloon story was untrue.
“What undoubtedly assisted the conspiracy theories was the 1994 decision by the US Air Force to change its story yet again, offering a third explanation; it admitted that its 1947 weather balloon story was indeed bunkum.”
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161
The United States Air Force claimed there had been a cover-up of Roswell of a kind, but not for the reasons the ufologists alleged.
“There had been a cover-up of a kind, but the air force claimed it was not for the reasons the ufologists alleged.”
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The author of In Plain Sight considers what happened at the Roswell incident should be treated as an open question for investigation, citing the US Air Force's bungled explanations and admitted lies.
“on the evidence, especially in light of the US Air Force's bungled explanations and admitted lies, I do think what happened at Roswell should be treated as an open question for investigation.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:21943-22120 opinion first hand
163
A later United States Air Force investigation acknowledged that the 1947 sighting the Air Materiel Command had explained as birds or insects was actually unexplained.
“but the later air force investigation acknowledged the sighting was unexplained.”
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The United States Air Force was created as a separate branch of the military in September 1947.
“(The US Air Force was created as a separate branch of the military in September 1947.)”
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J. Allen Hynek later observed that the air force could easily discount civilian UFO reports but could not discount outright their own trained military witnesses.
“Hynek later observed that the air force could easily discount civilian reports, 'but they could not discount outright their own trained personnel – the military witnesses.'”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch8:12030-12191 opinion first hand
166
J. Allen Hynek said two schools of thought dominated the air force's approach to UAP investigations: one that they should be taken seriously as probable extra-terrestrial craft, and a debunking view eventually embraced by top officials in Washington DC.
“He said two schools of thought dominated the approach to UAPs in their investigations: the first acknowledged that they should be taken very seriously as probable ET craft and the second was the debunking view eventually embraced by the top brass in Washington DC”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch8:12205-12466 opinion first hand
167
An air force scientific advisory board composed of top scientists declared it was against all known science that a craft could behave in the manner attributed to UFOs.
“An air force scientific advisory board composed of top scientists declared that it was against all known science that a craft could behave in the manner attributed to 'UFOs'”
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J. Allen Hynek said the air force's resulting theorem was 'It can't be, therefore it isn't'.
“'Science had said that it was impossible and the air force theorem which was to cause so much trouble later on was born: "It can't be, therefore it isn't",' Dr Hynek lamented”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch8:12646-12811 opinion first hand
169
Edward Ruppelt was a US Air Force officer privy to the Project Sign investigations.
“One insider privy to the Project Sign investigations was a US Air Force officer, Edward Ruppelt”
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Dan Kimball personally filed a report of the sighting to the air force but was never given any response or follow-up information.
“Kimball personally filed a report of the sighting to the air force but was never given any response or follow-up information”
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The air force objected to the idea of a separate independent naval investigative body.
“The air force then objected to the idea of a separate independent naval investigative body”
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J. Allen Hynek witnessed how the air force instructed its investigators to 'stall' off press inquiries with a 'no-comment answer' regarding the Hanford sighting and other such sightings.
“Dr J. Allen Hynek, by now immersed in the Blue Book investigations, witnessed how the air force instructed its investigators 'to "stall" off press inquiries "with a no-comment answer"' to the Hanford incident and other such sightings”
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In the Pentagon's biggest press conference since World War Two, US Air Force Director of Intelligence Major General John Samford dismissed the Washington DC sightings as having been caused by freak weather phenomena.
“In the Pentagon's biggest press conference since World War Two, the US Air Force's Director of Intelligence, Major General John Samford, dismissed the Washington DC sightings as having been caused by freak 'weather phenomena.'”
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J. Allen Hynek concluded that the Robertson Panel's primary role was to debunk all UAP sightings and put control of investigations back with the air force.
“It became clear to Project Blue Book consultant Dr J. Allen Hynek that the Robertson Panel's primary role was to debunk all UAP sightings and to put control of investigations into the phenomenon back with the air force”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch8:18334-18547 opinion first hand
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In his book Flying Saucers Are Real, Donald Keyhoe claimed the United States Air Force knew the mystery objects were extra-terrestrial but was playing down reports to avoid public panic.
“In his best-selling book of the same name, he claimed the US Air Force knew that the mystery objects were extra-terrestrial but that it was playing down reports to avoid a public panic”
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The US Air Force dismissed the July 1952 Los Alamos National Laboratory sighting as 'papers', because the witness had contrasted the odd motion of the object with 'fluttering papers'.
“It was dismissed by the air force absurdly as 'papers', because the witness had contrasted the odd motion of the object with 'fluttering papers.'”
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A subsequent US Air Force inquiry into the 1950 McMinnville UFO photographs stated it was one of the few UFO cases in which all factors investigated - geometric, psychological and physical - appeared consistent with an extraordinary flying object, silvery, metallic, disc-shaped, tens of metres in diameter, flying within sight of two witnesses.
“'This is one of the few UFO cases in which all factors investigated, geometric, psychological, and physical, appear to be consistent with the assertion that an extraordinary flying object, silvery, metallic, disc-shaped, tens of metres in diameter, and evidently artificial flew within sight of two witnesses.'”
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Bill Chalker considers that political myopia from both the US and Australian military effectively scuttled Australia's first serious flirtation with scientific investigation of UFOs.
“says of Turner’s efforts, ‘Political myopia from both the US and Australian military effectively scuttled Australia’s first serious flirtation with scientific investigation of UFOs’.”
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Roscoe Hillenkoetter told Congress that behind the scenes, high-ranking air force officers were soberly concerned about UFOs, but through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens were led to believe the unknown flying objects were nonsense.
“He would tell Congress, ‘Behind the scenes, high-ranking air force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense.’”
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Delmer Fahrney noted that many witnesses had stopped reporting their UAP sightings to the air force because of the seeming frustration of all information going in and none coming out.
“Admiral Fahrney also noted that many witnesses had stopped reporting their sightings to the air force because ‘of the seeming frustration – that is, all information going in, and none coming out’.”
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When the air force was alerted to the 1953 US Navy carrier squadron UAP sighting, air force officers arrived on the carrier and an air force colonel grilled the navy men without consulting the carrier's captain.
“When the air force was alerted, air force officers soon arrived on the carrier and an air force colonel grilled the navy men. Without consulting the carrier’s captain, he warned them to ‘Forget what you saw today. You’re not to discuss it with anyone.’”
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Roscoe Hillenkoetter, former CIA Director, was pushing for Congressional hearings on the UAP issue while the US Air Force aggressively debunked most UAP sightings in public but privately took the phenomenon very seriously.
“While the US Air Force aggressively debunked most UAP sightings in public, privately it was taking the phenomenon very seriously. Former CIA Director Roscoe Hillenkoetter was pushing for Congressional hearings.”
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A US Air Force investigator described the 1956 RAF Bentwaters-Lakenheath sightings as real and not figments of the imagination because three radar sets picked up the targets simultaneously.
“A US Air Force investigator described the sightings as ‘real and not figments of the imagination’ because three radar sets picked up the targets simultaneously.”
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Because Harry Turner quoted US flying saucer author and National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena director Donald Keyhoe in his research, Australia's Director of Air Force Intelligence dismissed Turner's findings after consulting with the US Air Force.
“because Harry Turner quoted US best-selling flying saucer author and National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena director Major Donald Keyhoe in his research, Australia’s Director of Air Force Intelligence dismissed Professor Turner’s findings, after consulting with the US Air Force”
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The United States Air Force and United States Navy have been at the forefront of developing policies, procedures, and mechanisms for reporting Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
“Also, the Air Force and Navy have been at the forefront of developing policies, procedures, and mechanisms for reporting UAP.”
Unclassified Summary of Report No. DODIG-2023-109, "Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," August 15, 2023 2024-01-24 char:1037-1158 observation
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In December 1947, the United States Air Force Chief of Staff established Project Sign to investigate the first recorded observations of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
“The DoD's first official UAP-focused activities occurred in December 1947, when the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff established PROJECT SIGN to investigate the first recorded observations of unidentified flying objects.”
Unclassified Summary of Report No. DODIG-2023-109, "Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," August 15, 2023 2024-01-24 char:1302-1511 administrative
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The United States Air Force designated Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as a "Special Interest Item," which requires aircrews to document and report UAP observations within 24 hours of engine shutdown and mission completion using the Marauder system.
“For example, an Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft and Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Technical Advisor stated that the Air Force designated UAP as a "Special Interest Item," which requires aircrews to document and report UAP observations within 24 hours of engine shutdown and mission completion using the Marauder system.”
Unclassified Summary of Report No. DODIG-2023-109, "Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," August 15, 2023 2024-01-24 char:15061-15403 testimony second hand
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Between 1947 and 1949, United States Air Force personnel investigated 243 reported Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) sightings.
“From 1947 to 1949, Air Force personnel investigated 243 reported UAP sightings.”
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United States Army personnel use the United States Air Force's Marauder system to document and report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) observations because the Army has not developed its own UAP-specific processes.
“An Army Senior Advisor for Science and Technology and Innovation stated that Army personnel also use the Air Force's Marauder system to document and report UAP observations because the Army has not developed its own UAP-specific processes.”
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In 1952, the United States Air Force Director of Intelligence initiated Project Blue Book to investigate Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO).
“In 1952, the U.S. Air Force Director of Intelligence initiated PROJECT BLUE BOOK to investigate unidentified flying objects.”
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Between 1952 and 1969, United States Air Force personnel investigated over 12,000 reported Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings.
“Between 1952 and 1969, Air Force personnel investigated over 12,000 reported sightings.”
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The Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense interviewed senior officials and requested unidentified anomalous phenomena-related data and organisational policies, procedures, and guidance from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Military Services, the Military Service Intelligence Components, the Military Department Counterintelligence Organizations, and defense intelligence agencies.
“We interviewed senior officials and requested UAP-related data and organizational policies, procedures, and guidance from the following DoD organizations: OUSD(I&S), AARO, Military Services (Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force), Military Service Intelligence Components (Army G2, Navy N2, Air Force A2), MDCOs (Army Counterintelligence, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Office of Special Investigations), Defense intelligence agencies (Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, and National Security Agency)”
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J. Allen Hynek of Project BLUE BOOK said that the United States Air Force (USAF) expected him to perform the role of debunker.
“J. Allen Hynek of Project BLUE BOOK, said that the USAF expected him to perform the role of debunker”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:112735-112827 testimony first hand
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Edward J. Ruppelt, the first chief of Project BLUE BOOK, later wrote that he was expected to explain away every report and that the United States Air Force (USAF) sought to produce press stories in alignment with its position.
“Capt Ruppelt, the first chief of BLUE BOOK, later wrote that he was expected to explain away every report and that the USAF sought to produce press stories in alignment with the USAF's position.”
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The United States Army Air Force Air Materiel Command operated Project Mogul between 1947 and 1949.
“The U.S. Army Air Force Air Materiel Command operated Project Mogul between 1947 and 1949.”
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In 1956, the United States Air Force initiated the WS-117L satellite reconnaissance programme equipped with a film-return vehicle.
“In 1956, the USAF initiated the WS-117L satellite reconnaissance program equipped with a film-return vehicle.”
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In February 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower decided the Central Intelligence Agency would have the lead role in the WS-117L/CORONA program, called "CORONA," jointly managed alongside the United States Air Force.
“In February 1958, President Eisenhower decided the CIA would have the lead role in the program, called "CORONA," and that it would be jointly managed alongside the USAF.”
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The United States Army and United States Air Force took over the Avrocar project in 1958 when Avro offered it to the United States Government, when it became known as "Project Silver Bug."
“The U.S. Army and U.S. USAF took over the project in 1958 when Avro offered it to the USG, when it became known as "Project Silver Bug."”
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The Gambit 1 satellite's exposed film was returned to Earth in reentry vehicles, or "buckets," that separated from the satellite, fell through the atmosphere, and descended by parachute until obtained by United States Air Force aircraft at approximately 4,600 metres altitude.
“The Gambit 1 satellite's exposed film was returned to Earth in reentry vehicles, or "buckets," that separated from the satellite, fell through the atmosphere and descended by parachute until obtained by USAF aircraft at about 15,000 feet altitude.”
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The success of the HAVE Blue program led the United States Air Force to later produce the F-117 Nighthawk, as well as the TACIT Blue aircraft.
“and the success of this program led the USAF to later produce the F-117A Nighthawk, as well as the TACIT Blue aircraft.”
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The B-2 Spirit is a United States Air Force low-observable stealth bomber capable of delivering conventional and nuclear payloads.
“The B-2 is a USAF low-observable stealth bomber capable of delivering conventional and nuclear payloads.”
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The Predator UAV was initially a joint United States Navy and United States Army project but transitioned to the United States Air Force in 1996.
“It was initially a joint USN and U.S. Army project but transitioned to the USAF in 1996.”
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The United States Air Force retired the Predator UAV fleet in 2018.
“The USAF retired the fleet in 2018.”
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The RQ-170 Sentinel is a UAV developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the United States Air Force (USAF).
“The RQ-170 Sentinel is a UAV developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works for the USAF.”
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The RQ-4 Global Hawk, built by Northrop Grumman, is the largest unmanned aerial system (UAS) in operation by the United States Air Force (USAF).
“Built by Northrop Grumman, the RQ-4 Global Hawk is the largest UAS in operation by the USAF.”
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The Estimate of the Situation report was rejected by USAF Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg as lacking proof.
“it was rejected by USAF Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenberg as lacking proof.”
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The United States Air Force (USAF) did not stop collecting and analysing reports of UFOs after Project GRUDGE was terminated, but folded that work into its existing intelligence processes.
“The USAF did not stop collecting and analyzing reports of UFOs; rather, it folded that work into its existing intelligence processes.”
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The United States Air Force (USAF) subsequently implemented a public affairs campaign designed to persuade the public that UFOs constituted nothing unusual or extraordinary, with the stated goal of alleviating public anxiety.
“The USAF subsequently implemented a public affairs campaign designed to persuade the public that UFOs constituted nothing unusual or extraordinary. The stated goal of this effort was to alleviate public anxiety.”
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In 1949-08, the United States Air Force (USAF) asserted that the UFO reports were misinterpretations of natural phenomena, man-made aircraft, fabrications, or hoaxes.
“In August 1949, the USAF asserted that the UFO reports were misinterpretations of natural phenomena, man-made aircraft, fabrications, or hoaxes.”
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In late October 1951, almost two years after Project GRUDGE was disestablished, the United States Air Force's UFO mission was reorganised into another distinct programme, also named Project GRUDGE, led by Edward J. Ruppelt.
“In late October 1951, almost two years after Project GRUDGE was disestablished, the USAF's UFO mission was reorganized into another distinct program - also named Project GRUDGE - led by Capt Ruppelt.”
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The Robertson Panel reviewed all USAF data and concluded that most UFO reports had ordinary explanations.
“The panel reviewed all USAF data and concluded that most reports had ordinary explanations.”
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United States Air Force (USAF) Director of Intelligence, Major General Charles P. Cabell, established Project BLUE BOOK to study UFO phenomena.
“USAF Director of Intelligence, Major General Charles P. Cabell, established Project BLUE BOOK to study UFO phenomena.”
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The United States Air Force recorded 12,618 UFO sightings between 1947 and 1969.
“The USAF recorded 12,618 UFO sightings between the years 1947-1969.”
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Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans, Jr. announced Project BLUE BOOK's termination on 1969-12-17.
“Secretary of the Air Force Robert C. Seamans, Jr. announced Project BLUE BOOK's termination on December 17, 1969.”
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The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) partnered with the United States National Archives to examine the records from the United States Air Force's Project BLUE BOOK, which spanned from 1947 to 1969.
“AARO partnered with the U.S. National Archives to examine the records from the USAF's Project BLUE BOOK, which spanned from 1947 to 1969.”
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The vast majority of the Project BLUE BOOK files are populated with United States Air Force documentation, with rare instances of media clippings and images.
“The vast majority of the files are populated with USAF documentation. Some cases contain media clippings and images, but these instances are rare.”
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Project BLUE BOOK determined that no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the United States Air Force demonstrated any indication of a threat to national security.
“No UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the USAF demonstrated any indication of a threat to national security.”
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Project BLUE BOOK determined that there was no evidence submitted to, or discovered by, the United States Air Force that sightings represented technological developments or principles beyond the range of then-present-day scientific knowledge.
“There was no evidence submitted to, or discovered by, the USAF that sightings represented technological developments or principles beyond the range of then-present day scientific knowledge.”
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Dr. Edward U. Condon, a physicist and former Director of the National Bureau of Standards, was the scientific director of an 18-month study on flying saucers funded under a 325,000 US dollar United States Air Force contract to the University of Colorado.
“Dr. Edward U. Condon, a physicist and former Director of the National Bureau of Standards, was the scientific director of an 18-month study on "flying saucers" funded under a $325,000 USAF contract to the University of Colorado.”
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The Condon Report panel investigated Frank Edwards's 1966 claim about a UFO fragment recovered near Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1952, and found that Project BLUE BOOK was not aware of this claim, that the United States Air Force and United States Navy found no incident report of weapons engagement with a UFO that summer, that no United States Navy aircraft were present, and that the retired officer who was the original source of the claim had retired before the summer of 1952, when the event allegedly occurred.
“Project BLUE BOOK was not aware of this claim. The USAF and USN found no incident report of weapons engagement with a UFO that summer, no USN aircraft were present, and the retired officer who was the original source of the claim had retired before the summer of 1952, when the event allegedly occurred.”
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President Bill Clinton said that as far as he knew, an alien spacecraft did not crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, that if the United States Air Force did recover alien bodies they did not tell him about it, and that he wanted to know.
“President Clinton said, "As far as I know, an alien spacecraft did not crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947...if the USAF did recover alien bodies, they didn't tell me about it...and I want to know."”
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The United States Air Force conducted a systematic search of numerous archives and records centres in support of the Government Accountability Office's audit of Roswell, and interviewed numerous people who may have had knowledge of the events.
“The USAF conducted a systematic search of numerous archives and records centers in support of GAO's audit of Roswell. As part of this review, the USAF also interviewed numerous people who may have had knowledge of the events.”
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The United States Air Force published The Roswell Report in 1995, which included "The Report of the U.S. Air Force Research Regarding the 'Roswell Incident'" by Col Richard L. Weaver and the "Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings" by 1st Lt James McAndrew.
“The USAF then published *The Roswell Report* in 1995, which included: "The Report of the U.S. Air Force Research Regarding the 'Roswell Incident'" by Col Richard L. Weaver, and the "Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings" by 1st Lt James McAndrew.”
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The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert stated that the United States Air Force's research did not locate or develop any information indicating that the Roswell incident was a UFO event, nor was there any cover-up by the United States Government.
“The report stated that the USAF's research did not locate or develop any information that indicated the "Roswell Incident" was a UFO event, nor was there any "cover-up" by the USG.”
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The United States Air Force published a follow-on report in 1997, The Roswell Report: Case Closed, with additional materials and analysis supporting its conclusion that the debris recovered near Roswell was from the United States Army Air Force's balloon-borne programme.
“The USAF subsequently published a follow-on report in 1997, *The Roswell Report: Case Closed*, with additional materials and analysis which supported its conclusion that the debris recovered near Roswell was from the U.S. Army Air Force's balloon-borne program.”
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The alleged alien bodies reported by some in the New Mexico desert were test dummies carried aloft by United States Army Air Force high-altitude balloons for scientific research.
“The alleged "alien" bodies reported by some in the New Mexico desert were test dummies that were carried aloft by U.S. Army Air Force high-altitude balloons for scientific research.”
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Reports of military units that allegedly recovered a flying saucer and its crew were descriptions of Air Force personnel engaged in the dummy recovery operations.
“Reports of military units that allegedly recovered a flying saucer and its "crew" were descriptions of Air Force personnel engaged in the dummy recovery operations.”
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The Government Accountability Office's 1995 report found that United States Army Air Force regulations in 1947 required that air accident reports be maintained permanently.
“The GAO's 1995 report on the results of its investigation found that that the U.S. Army Air Force regulations in 1947 required that air accident reports be maintained permanently.”
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Four air accidents were reported by the Army Air Force in New Mexico during July 1947, all involving military aircraft and occurring after 1947-07-08, the date the Roswell Army Air Field public information office first reported the crash and recovery of a flying disc near Roswell.
“Four air accidents were reported by the Army Air Force in New Mexico during July 1947. All involved military aircraft and occurred after July 8, 1947 - the date the RAAF public information office first reported the crash and recovery of a "flying disc" near Roswell.”
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United States Air Force officials reported to the Government Accountability Office that there was no requirement to prepare a report on the crash of a balloon in 1947.
“USAF officials reported to GAO that there was no requirement to prepare a report on the crash of a balloon in 1947.”
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Wilbert B. Smith, in an interview as early as 1961, claimed that in 1952 the United States Air Force (USAF) lent him a piece of a UFO to study.
“Smith, in an interview as early as 1961, claimed that in 1952, the USAF lent him a piece of a UFO to study.”
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Wilbert B. Smith claimed the piece of a UFO lent to him by the United States Air Force (USAF) was composed of magnesium orthosilicate.
“He also claimed it was composed of magnesium orthosilicate.”
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J. Allen Hynek, among individuals inside and outside the United States Government, claimed the United States Air Force (USAF) had a key goal of debunking or explaining away reports of UAP.
“At various points in history, individuals inside and outside of the USG, including Dr. J. Allen Hynek, claimed the USAF had a key goal of debunking or explaining away reports of UAP.”
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The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) found no evidence to suggest that the United States Air Force (USAF) had a policy intended to cover up evidence of extraterrestrial knowledge, material, or interactions.
“AARO found no evidence to suggest that the USAF had a policy intended to cover up the evidence of extraterrestrial knowledge, material, or interactions.”
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The United States Air Force (USAF) instead sought to focus on what it determined to be more important concerns, such as Soviet technology and United States defence readiness.
“Rather, the USAF instead sought to focus on what it determined to be more important concerns, such as Soviet technology and U.S. defense readiness.”
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AARO interviewed five former United States Air Force members who served in and around U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile silos at Malmstrom, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Minot Air Force Bases between 1966 and 1977.
“AARO interviewed five former USAF members who served in and around U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos at Malmstrom, Ellsworth, Vandenberg, and Minot USAF bases between 1966 and 1977.”
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One interviewee and a United States Air Force videographer claimed to have observed and recorded a UAP destroying an intercontinental ballistic missile loaded with a "dummy" warhead mid-flight.
“Additionally, one interviewee and a USAF videographer claimed to have observed and recorded a UAP destroying an ICBM loaded with a "dummy" warhead, mid-flight.”
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AARO and a leading science laboratory concluded that the sample material is a metallic alloy, terrestrial in nature, and possibly of United States Air Force origin, based on its materials characterisation.
“AARO and a leading science laboratory concluded that the material is a metallic alloy, terrestrial in nature, and possibly of USAF origin, based on its materials characterization.”
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Two Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents told Luis Elizondo that a walk-in contractor claiming he could make planes invisible actually worked for the Air Force on one of its most sensitive technologies, and requested Elizondo's file on the man.
“"That guy actually works for us, and we need whatever file you have on him." ... "He is a contractor for one of our most sensitive technologies."”
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J. Allen Hynek was the lead scientist in charge of the United States Air Force's official Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) investigation team, Project Blue Book.
“Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the lead scientist in charge of the Air Force's official UAP investigation team, Project Blue Book, visited the region.”
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During the 1952 Washington DC Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) flap, when United States Air Force pilots pursued the objects, the objects abruptly changed direction and disappeared.
“When Air Force pilots pursued them, the objects abruptly changed direction and disappeared.”
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During the 1952 Washington DC Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) flap, one Air Force pilot fired at the objects, later justifying it as a last-ditch measure because his fighter aircraft had no hope of overtaking them.
“One pilot shot at them, later justifying his action as a last-ditch measure because he knew that his state-of-the-art fighter aircraft had no hope of overtaking them.”
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The United States Air Force studied Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in 1948 and 1949 under Project Sign and Project Grudge.
“The Air Force had studied UAP in 1948 and 1949, under the auspices of two year-old studies known as Project Sign and Project Grudge.”
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J. Allen Hynek later regretted the role he played in suppressing evidence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) under the United States Air Force.
“To his credit, Hynek later regretted the role he played in suppressing evidence under the aegis of the US Air Force.”
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The United States Air Force warned Lonnie Zamora not to share knowledge of the markings he saw on the object during the 1964 Socorro UAP encounter with civilians.
“He was strictly warned by the Air Force not to share that knowledge with civilians, and he kept his word.”
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The US Air Force-commissioned teleportation study Lue Elizondo read comprised about eighty pages of dense mathematics and argued that teleporting an object from one place in the universe to another was theoretically possible due to quantum entanglement.
“In this study, there were about eighty pages of dense mathematics, and it argued that teleporting one object from one place in the universe to another was possible in theory, due to a mind-blowing quirk in physics known as quantum entanglement, which Einstein knew about and called “spooky.””
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In August 1947, a civilian pilot on the US East Coast reported an encounter to US Air Force Air Command with a cylinder-shaped object described as "blunt at both ends".
“**August 1947:** A civilian pilot on the East Coast reported an encounter to USAF Air Command with a cylinder-shaped object, “blunt at both ends.””
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During his early days at the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program/Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AAWSAP/AATIP), Lue Elizondo brought an unclassified US Air Force-commissioned document on teleportation to read while at his daughter's lacrosse practice on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
“One afternoon during my early days at AAWSAP/AATIP I took my oldest daughter to lacrosse practice somewhere on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and sat on the bleachers with some of the other parents. To pass the time, I had brought along an unclassified document on the topic of teleportation, commissioned by the US Air Force.”
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As a young researcher, Jacques Vallée worked with and organised the papers of J. Allen Hynek from the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book.
“As a young researcher, Vallée worked with and organized the papers of Dr. Hynek of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book.”
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Lue Elizondo preferred flying on a "gray tail" Air Force cargo transport over a Gulfstream V, and preferred a Humvee over a limousine when landing.
“If given a choice when flying, I would much prefer taking a “gray tail,” an Air Force cargo transport, over a flashy G-V. I felt more at home riding in a cargo net than in a gilded leather seat. If given the choice upon landing, I'd take a Humvee over a limousine any day.”
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Lue Elizondo concluded the United States Air Force had long been a key player in efforts related to the Legacy Program.
“We now knew the Air Force had long been a key player in the Legacy efforts”
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From the moment Lue Elizondo joined the team, the United States Air Force was stubbornly and mysteriously uncooperative on the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“From the moment I came on board the team, I learned that the Air Force was stubbornly and mysteriously uncooperative on the topic of UAP.”
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Lue Elizondo's team sent carefully crafted emails to United States Air Force liaisons requesting information or follow-up details on UAP incidents, and the requests were repeatedly denied or ignored entirely.
“I cannot enumerate the times we sent carefully crafted emails to Air Force liaisons requesting information or follow-up details on UAP incidents, only to have the requests denied or ignored entirely.”
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Project Blue Book was terminated by the United States Air Force in 1969.
“Perhaps they had buried the past when they euthanized Project Blue Book in 1969.”
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Lue Elizondo became convinced that the United States Air Force was part of the cover-up regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“It had become extremely clear to me that the Air Force was part of the cover-up.”
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The defense contractor said it would give Lue Elizondo's team access to the nonhuman UAP material but that they first needed permission from the Secretary of the United States Air Force.
“They said they would give us access to it but first we needed to get permission from the secretary of the US Air Force.”
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The defense contractor's acknowledgement confirmed a long-standing memorandum generated by the United States Air Force that made the contractor beholden to the Air Force's strict handling requirements for the recovered material.
“The contractor was acknowledging a long-standing memorandum generated by the Air Force which made the contractor beholden to the USAF's strict handling requirements.”
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Lue Elizondo considers this development evidence that the United States Air Force had not only known about crash retrievals but had historic control over them and leverage with defense contractors including this one.
“This proved that the Air Force had indeed not only known about crash retrievals but had a historic control over them and leverage with this defense contractor and probably others.”
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Luis Elizondo considered seeking a letter from the Secretary of Defense to compel the aerospace firm to grant access to the nonhuman-origin materials.
“I was beginning to wonder if we could go directly to the secretary of defense... If we could get a letter from the SECDEF, that should trump anyone in the Air Force from trying to stymie our efforts.”
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According to Lue Elizondo, the United States Air Force did not investigate UAP reports because official Air Force policy held that UAP do not exist.
“As for the Air Force, they were missing in action as usual. According to the Air Force, UAP don’t exist, so why investigate them?”
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James Clapper is a former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, former head of Air Force intelligence, and former director of national intelligence.
“the legendary general James Clapper, a former undersecretary of defense for intelligence, former head of Air Force intelligence, and former director of national intelligence.”
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The Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena report focused primarily on United States Navy reports and stated that United States Air Force information was not yet available.
“The report focused primarily on Navy reports, and claimed that Air Force information was not yet available”
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Frank Kendall III, then secretary of the United States Air Force, told reporters that he was not sure Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) warranted his attention.
“The then secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall, told reporters that he was not sure that UAP warranted his attention.”
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John Ratcliffe stated that reported Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings involve objects seen by United States Navy or United States Air Force pilots or picked up by satellite imagery that engage in actions difficult to explain.
“When we talk about sightings, we’re talking about objects that have been seen by Navy or Air Force pilots or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain…”
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US Air Force F-22 aircraft with powerful sensors used the same military training areas off the US east coast as US Navy aviators reporting UAP encounters.
“US Air Force F-22s with even more powerful sensors were using the same training areas.”
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In 1970, the United States Air Force abandoned Project Blue Book, its public relations effort to investigate and discredit UAP reports.
“from 1970, when the US Air Force abandoned Project Blue Book (its public relations effort to investigate and discredit UAP reports)...”
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The United States Air Force and most components of the US intelligence community refused to support the AAWSAP congressionally funded UAP investigation.
“despite being the result of a good-faith effort by the powerful Senate Majority Leader, the Honorable Harry Reid, the US Air Force and most components of the US intelligence community refused to support this congressionally funded UAP investigation.”
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The CIA's Robertson Panel advised the United States Air Force to enlist the Walt Disney Company and the mass media in a campaign to debunk UAP.
“this CIA panel advised the Air Force to enlist the Walt Disney Company and the mass media in a campaign to “debunk” UAP.”
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The United States Air Force investigated the 1964 Lonnie Zamora UAP encounter at Socorro, New Mexico.
“The Air Force.”
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The Condon Committee inquiry, an Air Force-funded UAP study at the University of Colorado chaired by physicist Edward Condon, declared the UAP topic devoid of scientific merit.
“A subsequent Air Force–funded UAP study at the University of Colorado went further, declaring the topic devoid of scientific merit. Chaired by physicist Edward Condon...”
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Edward Condon's report provided the United States Air Force the justification it sought to close Project Blue Book.
“Dr. Condon’s report provided the Air Force the excuse it sought to close Project Blue Book, its controversial UFO investigation.”
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By 1970 the United States Air Force officially maintained that UAP reports resulted from a mild form of hysteria, fabricated hoaxes or attempts to seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of natural objects.
“the Air Force disingenuously took the position that UAP were simply the result of “a mild form of hysteria; individuals who fabricate reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity; psychopathological persons, and misidentification of natural objects.””
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The United States Air Force maintained that no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the US Air Force had ever given any indication of a threat to national security.
“the Air Force continued to staunchly maintain that “[n]o UFO reported, investigated and evaluated by the US Air Force has ever given any indication of a threat to national security.””
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The United States Air Force claimed there was no indication of UAP technology beyond the range of present-day knowledge.
“the Air Force even claimed there was no indication of technology “beyond the range of present day knowledge.””
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Both the United States military and the Brazilian military were involved in the Varginha UFO incident.
“The US military was involved, the Brazilian military.”
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Several US Air Force pilots have seen things they cannot explain.
“I mean, four or five guys I've interviewed, solid people, great pilots for the US Air Force, etc. They've seen things that they cannot explain.”
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In 1958, with presidential authorisation, the United States Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began working on a top-secret program to develop systems to collect intelligence from space.
“In 1958, with presidential authorization, the Air Force and the CIA began working on a top secret program to develop systems to collect intelligence from space.”
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During the 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO flap, Reverend Lewis A. Gardner sent Albert Einstein a letter asking whether he believed flying saucers came from space, specifically Mars or Venus, or were advanced military technology experiments created by the United States Air Force or America's foes.
“albert einstein received a letter from reverend lewis a gardner did he believe saucers came from space specifically mars or venus gardner wondered or were ufos some kind of advanced military technology experiments created by the u.s air force or america's foes”
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In The Flying Saucers Are Real, Donald Keyhoe suggested that the US government was hiding the truth about UFOs and claimed that high-level insiders, including Air Force officials, had retrieved crashed alien vehicles.
“He suggested that the US government was hiding the truth and claimed that high-level insiders like Air Force officials had retrieved crashed alien vehicles.”
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In his 1950-05-19 letter, J. Robert Oppenheimer wrote that some solemn attempts had been made to see whether there were physical happenings corresponding to the many reports of flying disks, that the press had reported the Air Force made such an investigation, and that there was not any credible evidence.
“Some very solemn attempts were made to see whether there are any physical happenings corresponding to the many reports of flying disks. It has been reported in the press that the Air Force has made such an investigation. There is not any credible evidence.”
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The Relationships with Inhabitants of Celestial Bodies (1947 document) states that the presence of unidentified spacecraft flying in Earth's atmosphere, and possibly maintaining orbits about the planet, was at that time accepted as de facto by the US military.
“The presence of unidentified spacecraft flying in our atmosphere and possibly maintaining orbits about our planet is now, however, accepted as de facto by our military.”
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Chris Ramsey notes that many other facets of the military, including the Air Force and Navy, were affected by the ongoing post-nuclear threat during this period.
“But there were so many other facets of the military, Air Force, Navy that were affected by the ongoing post-nuclear threat.”
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Carl Wolf worked as a precision electronics photographic repairman with a top secret crypto clearance in the United States Air Force.
“My name is Carl Wolf and I was a precision electronics photographic repairman with a top secret crypto clearance in the United States Air Force.”
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An officially acknowledged separate astronaut training programme trained non-NASA astronauts for the United States Air Force, which Ross Coulthart believes was based in California at Edwards Air Force Base.
“there was in California, I think at Edwards Air Force Base, a separate astronaut program and they were in training they were being taught they were non-nasa astronauts they were U.S Air Force astronauts”
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The separate United States Air Force astronaut training programme was officially shut down.
“now officially that was shut down”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:47:29.8-00:47:31.3 administrative
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In the 1980 Rendlesham Forest RAF Bentwaters incident a craft allegedly landed in a forest in Suffolk, England, at the location of a highly sensitive nuclear-armed American Air Force base during the Cold War.
“a UK sighting where a craft allegedly landed in a forest in Suffolk, England, at the location of a very sensitive nuclear-armed American Air Force base during the Cold War.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:55:54.3-01:56:05.9 testimony
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Joe Tisk worked for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
“comes close to what Joe Tisk, the USAAF guy said.”
Revealing The Nordic Alien Prophecies - Michael Horn | DEBRIEFED ep. 92 2026-06-12 00:47:52.7-00:48:04.1 administrative
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William Neal McCasland is a general who ran the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the laboratory where the Roswell wreckage was rumoured to have been taken.
“Neil McCasland, uh, is a general who ran the lab where the Roswell wreckage was rumored to have been taken at Wright Patterson. And he ran the, the, the air force research laboratory.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 00:33:42.2-00:33:55.7 administrative first hand
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Jesse Michels considers that because the United States Air Force and the CIA always seem to be involved in reported crash cases, reverse engineering of the recovered pieces must be taking place.
“if there's U.S. Air Force and CIA involvement, which like there always seems to be ... then like there has to be reverse engineering going on of those pieces.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 01:01:44.0-01:01:53.3 opinion first hand
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Michael Carey is a former commander of the United States Air Force's intercontinental ballistic missile force.
“[note: Maj. Gen. Michael Carey - Former commander of the Air Force's ICBM force]”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 2026-07-14 line 12 administrative
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In the pilot episode of The X-Files, the characters go to an Air Force base and see testing of triangular craft lights flipping around, resembling what is described as a TR-3B.
“they go to an Air Force base, and they see testing of lights... Triangles, yep... Massive, you know, what looks like a TR3B”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:25:31.2-00:25:35.4 observation first hand
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Edward C. Aldridge served as Secretary of the Air Force and as Under Secretary of the Air Force.
“this guy was a secretary of the Air Force and undersecretary of the Air Force.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:51:53.8-00:51:57.2 administrative
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Edward C. Aldridge served as Under Secretary of the Air Force.
“Edward C. Aldridge was pretty instrumental during his time as Under Secretary of the Air Force”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:52:20.8-00:52:25.1 administrative first hand
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UAP Gerb considers Edward C. Aldridge to have been instrumental, while Under Secretary of the Air Force, in morphing legacy programmes and using expanding special access programme (SAP) security controls to hide them within other programmes and programme cover offices.
“Edward C. Aldridge was pretty instrumental during his time as Under Secretary of the Air Force for helping programs kind of morph legacy programs and take advantage of expanding SAP security controls to kind of hide itself within other programs and program cover offices.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:52:20.8-00:52:35.3 opinion first hand
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The Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force is a high-level position within the headquarters of the United States Air Force.
“which is a pretty high level position within the Air Force, specifically the headquarters of the Air Force”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:52:49.9-00:52:54.3 administrative first hand
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The Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force contained entities known as "outside activities", a collection of Air Force activities existing outside the Air Force over which the Air Force had administrative and operational control.
“there were what was known as outside activities. within the SAFAA... which was a collection of Air Force activities that existed outside of the Air Force that the Air Force had administrative and operational control over.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 00:52:56.4-00:53:11.6 testimony second hand
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In his video about the United States Air Force, UAP Gerb named Terry Phillips as a gatekeeper who should be considered alongside Glenn Gaffney.
“A good example is in the Air Force project, I put forward the name Terry Phillips as the gatekeeper. People should know in the same sentence as Glenn Gaffney.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 01:01:03.3-01:01:11.4 testimony first hand
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UAP Gerb is withholding other names connected with the United States Air Force gatekeeper question because he considers those people to be dangerous.
“There's other names there that right now I just am a little too worried to talk about... Because they're bad people.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 01:01:12.5-01:01:20.3 opinion first hand
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In 1947, Lieutenant General Nathan Twining told the United States Army Air Forces that the phenomenon under investigation was 'something real and not visionary or fictitious'.
“In 1947, Lieutenant General Nathan Twining told the Army Air Forces the phenomenon was, quote, something real and not visionary or fictitious was going on.”
Dr. Phil read the UAP files before the public, here's what he found | Reality Check 2026-07-21 00:12:45.2-00:12:58.5 testimony second hand
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The United States Air Force denied for decades that Nathan Twining's 1947 assessment even existed.
“Well, the Air Force denied for decades that any such assessment even existed.”
Dr. Phil read the UAP files before the public, here's what he found | Reality Check 2026-07-21 00:12:58.6-00:13:05.8 testimony first hand
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Asked what argument he would make to hostile non-human intelligences seeking to take over humanity, Whitley Strieber said he would ignore them, as he could not risk engagement.
“Chris Ramsay: what would be your argument as to, hey, we're special. Like what's, what would you say to them? Whitley Strieber: if I was in a position where I could communicate with them in that way and I knew that they were trying to take us over, I would end up in exactly the place the Air Force is in. I would ignore them.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:28:16.7-01:28:42.5 opinion first hand
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The United States Air Force has always ignored non-human intelligences and continues to do so.
“And that's what the Air Force is doing. It's always ignored them.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:28:44.5-01:28:47.6 opinion first hand
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When Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal published the Tic Tac story in The New York Times in 2017, the United States Air Force said nothing, and it still says nothing.
“when Leslie Kane and Ralph Blumenthal came out with the story in 2017, the Tic Tac story in the Times, the Air Force said nothing. The silence became deafening after a while because the Air Force still says nothing.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:28:48.0-01:29:06.7 observation first hand
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Whitley Strieber holds that the United States Air Force almost certainly knows more about UFOs than any other branch of the United States armed services.
“And the Air Force has got to know more than any other branch of the service, almost certainly.”
The Terrible Truth About the Visitors - Whitley Strieber | ep. 96 2026-07-24 01:29:08.2-01:29:14.9 opinion first hand
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A United States Air Force general attended the meetings Robert Bigelow describes.
“We had a military Air Force general there.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:05:38.5-00:05:40.6 testimony first hand
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The official position of the United States Air Force on UFOs is that the subject is a lot of nonsense and a burdensome duty the Air Force is unable to get away from.
“The official position is that it's a lot of nonsense, burdensome duty that the Air Force is unable to get away with.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:22:01.0-00:22:07.3 testimony first hand
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Expertise to examine the UFO problem exists at the disposal of the United States Air Force, but James E. McDonald found on investigation that it is not being used and has not been used for 15 years.
“There is expertise at the disposal of the American Air Force, but when you go digging, as I have, you find it just isn't being used and hasn't been used for 15 years.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:22:13.6-00:22:20.3 testimony first hand
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Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force UFO investigatory programme, consisted in 1967 of three people: a major, a sergeant and a secretary.
“Project Blue Book consists of three people at present. The American Air Force Investigatory Program is a major, a sergeant, and a secretary.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:22:20.7-00:22:27.8 testimony first hand
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Witnesses asked by James E. McDonald whether they reported their sighting to the United States Air Force, or in Australia to the air force, typically answered no.
“You ask people, did you ever report it? Did you ever report it to the United States Air Force? Or down here, did you report it to the RAF? And the answer is typically no.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:31:12.2-00:31:22.2 testimony first hand
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Project Blue Book, the United States Air Force UFO investigation, had been in operation for about 14 years as of 1967.
“the American Air Force investigation Project Blue Book which has been in operation for about 14 years”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:31:53.0-00:31:58.9 testimony first hand
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The United States Air Force issues press releases about the great expertise used and the thoroughness of its UFO investigations, and indicates that only two or three per cent of cases are unknowns which the Air Force insists would probably be explained with a little more data.
“the kind of press releases that are put out about the great expertise that's used, the thorough investigations, and the indication that there are only two or three percent of unknowns, and probably those would be explained, the Air Force insists, if they add a little more data.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:32:51.3-00:33:06.2 testimony second hand
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James E. McDonald concluded that the UFO problem has been completely lost sight of in America, and that the large sums of money apparently at the United States Air Force's disposal are misconstrued elsewhere in the world as indicating a very large and thorough study of the problem, which is absolutely incorrect.
“with a conclusion that this problem has been completely lost sight of in America ... the large amounts of money that seem to be at the disposal of our Air Force are misconstrued as indicating we've probably done a very large, very extensive, very thorough study of the problem. That is absolutely incorrect.”
UFOs in Australia – Eyewitnesses Talk to Dr. James E. McDonald During His Investigative Tour (1967) 2026-08-11 00:33:27.1-00:33:51.8 opinion first hand
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Dylan Borland is a former United States Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist.
“Borland is a former U.S. Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist who later worked as a senior analyst for defence contractors BAE Systems and Intrepid Solutions, examining video, radar and advanced electro-optical imagery.”
IC Watchdog Responds to Alleged UAP Whistleblower Leak — Liberation Times | Reimagining Old News 2026-08-11 char:964-1183 administrative
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Recently released document tranches include documents from the late 1940s and early 1950s showing how seriously the United States Air Force and United States Navy were taking Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.
“what we saw in some of the recent tranches was documents from early 50s, late 40s, showing how serious the Air Force, the Navy, et cetera, were taking this”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:05:33.5-00:05:42.6 testimony second hand
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David Grusch's wife is a former Central Intelligence Agency medical officer and a former United States Air Force officer who held a top secret clearance.
“my wife was a former CIA medical officer and Air Force officer. So she had you know, a top secret clearance at one point”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:14:30.9-00:14:36.9 testimony first hand
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The United States Air Force unsuccessfully tried to file an Espionage Act unauthorised disclosure complaint against David Grusch when he went public.
“What I talked about in the June 9 presser is the Air Force did unsuccessfully try to file an SPI espionage act unauthorized disclosure complaint against me when I did go public”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:15:16.4-00:15:27.4 testimony first hand
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David Grusch resigned his United States Air Force officer commission because he foresaw an attack of that nature.
“unfortunately I had to resign. my Air Force officer commissioned because I foresaw an attack of that nature.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:15:30.7-00:15:36.8 testimony first hand
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David Grusch believed the United States Air Force would probably pursue him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice if he stayed on the reserve side.
“If I stayed in the in the Air Force on the reserve side, I really thought that the Air Force was probably going to come after me using the uniform code of military justice.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:15:37.6-00:15:46.5 opinion first hand
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David Grusch missed his promotion to lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve as a result of ending his career.
“So I had to essentially kill my career and miss my promotion to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:15:52.8-00:15:59.5 testimony first hand
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David Grusch is currently seeking a medical retirement and the missed promotion through a records correction process decided by a board that works for the Secretary of the Air Force.
“I'm working right now to try to get a medical retirement and that promotion that I missed through a records correction process ... that's up to a particular board that works for the Secretary of the Air Force right now.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:16:04.0-00:16:19.4 testimony first hand
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Two months before it happened, a friend of David Grusch who had served with him in the United States Air Force and was involved in the same programmes warned him by telephone that material about his post-traumatic stress disorder would be leaked from his security files.
“i was actually warned uh two months in advance hey Dave a friend of mine called me who was involved in these programs that I served in the Air Force with. And he's like, they're going to leak the stuff out of your security files about your PTSD. True story.”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:19:39.3-00:19:53.1 testimony second hand
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David Grusch was a United States Air Force officer.
“I was an air force officer”
David Grusch: The Whistleblower Who Told Congress We're Not Alone 2026-08-13 00:52:08.4-00:52:09.0 testimony first hand
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Julia Mossbridge sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking information about the Students on Active Research (SOAR) programme she had been in, targeting the United States Air Force because she thought there might be a relationship given the programme's name.
“I had sent a FOIA request about my SOAR stuff to FOIA. I'd said, I really want to understand this program. ... I had targeted the Air Force because I thought maybe there was a relationship with the Air Force. It's called SOAR.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:26:39.7-00:26:55.8 testimony first hand
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Whitley Strieber's uncle was detailed to the Atomic Energy Commission for the rest of his career in the United States Air Force and was an intelligence officer of some kind.
“And then had been detailed to the Atomic Energy Commission for the rest of his life in the Air Force. And he was an intelligence officer of some kind.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:39:17.5-00:39:25.6 administrative first hand
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Arthur Ernest Exon supposedly later developed Alzheimer's disease, but Whitley Strieber suspects he may not have and that the United States Air Force acted against him for talking too much.
“He later supposedly got Alzheimer's, but I think He may not have. I think the Air Force really went to town on him because he was talking too much.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:40:21.5-00:40:28.6 opinion first hand
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Ross Coulthart considers that a decision must have been made somewhere in the leadership, perhaps in the United States Air Force or the legacy programme, that Whitley Strieber needed a briefing after he published Communion in the 1980s.
“One assumes that a decision was made somewhere in the leadership, perhaps in the US Air Force or the legacy program, that you needed a briefing after you published communion in the 80s.”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:45:17.7-00:45:27.2 opinion first hand
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Chris Ramsay's father was enlisted infantry rather than an officer, and not in the air force.
“my dad was, uh, enlisted. He wasn't like an officer. So it wasn't like we were like air force or anything. He was infantry.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:45:26.1-00:45:30.6 testimony first hand
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Whitley Strieber considers that people in the United States Air Force were shocked by the effect of Communion and did not expect it to happen.
“i think there were people in the air force were shocked by this and didn't expect it to happen”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 00:46:01.3-00:46:07.0 opinion first hand
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Ross Coulthart considers the thesis developed in the interview a plausible explanation for why people in the United States Air Force and private military aerospace who know about the phenomenon keep it to themselves.
“it might just provide a plausible explanation for why the people in the US Air Force and private military aerospace that know about this phenomenon and know a hell of a lot more than they're letting on are keeping it to themselves”
Whitley Strieber Reveals What 40 Years of Encounters Taught Him | Reality Check Rewind 2026-08-14 01:07:53.5-01:08:07.8 opinion first hand
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Dylan Borland is a former United States Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist.
“Dylan Borland, a former Air Force geospatial intelligence specialist”
Pressure Mounts on President Trump as UAP Disclosure Advocates Intensify Their Push 2026-08-19 char:2261-2377 administrative
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David Grusch is a Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) whistleblower and former United States Air Force intelligence officer.
“Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) whistleblower and former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch”
Pressure Mounts on President Trump as UAP Disclosure Advocates Intensify Their Push 2026-08-19 char:402-508 administrative

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