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92,92N;;92,.92¢;»A c92.+<¢< F92 sL92 !Dear Mr. Malmfeldt: 92 This office recently received inquiry regarding UFOs, referred to us from the Bu e u.a public As the inclosed fact sheet indicates, the A &#39;Project Blue Book" investi-

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UFOs wasterminated on

related documentation

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was turned

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The inquirer referred to us hasbeen apprisedof these

events. Hopefully,the inclosedfact sheetwill be of help in responding to anyfuture inquirieson this subject. .1

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On December 17, 1969 announced the termination of program for the investigation The decision on an evaluation of Colorado entitled, Objects;" areview

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the Secretary Project Blue of UFOs.

of the Air Book, the

Force Air Force

to discontinue UFO investigations was based areport prepared by the University of "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying of the University of Colorado&#39;s report by

the National Academy of Sciences; past UFO studies; and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the past two-decades. .

As

aresult

of these

investigations and

studies, and

experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are: l! no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security; ! there has been no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of

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scientific knowledge;

indicating that

and !

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sightings categorized

are extraterrestrial

vehicles.

with the termination of Project Blue regulation establishing and controlling

igating and

analyzing UFOs

Book, the the program

was rescinded.

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Archives and Washington, D.C. and analysis.

Records Service, 20408, and

8th and is available

Attached for your information is the sighting summary for the period 1947-1969. alisting of UFO-related materials currently

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Air Force for invest-

All documentation

regarding the former Blue Book investigation manently transferred to the Modern Military

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been no

as "unidentified

has been perBranch, National

Pennsylvania Avenue, for public

review

Project Blue Also included available.

Book is

Since the termination of Project Blue Book, no evidence has been presented to indicate that further investigation of UFOs by the Air Force is warranted.

In view of the considerable Air Force commitment of resources in the past, and the extreme pressure on Air Force funds at this time, there is no likelihood

of renewed

Air

Force involvement

in this

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1948 1949

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1957

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1960

169 22

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1966 1967 1968 1969

1969 UNIDENTIFIED

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497 46 545

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670 14 1,006 14 627 10 390 12 557 14 591

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474 15 399 14 562 19

887 16 1112 I 937 19 375 3 146

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1947 -

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considered UFO

phenomena duringperiodic meetings and seminars. In addition, alist

of private

organizations interested

in aerial

phenomena

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ilYour letter of P-eptember 1 has been received, and Iam very ppreciative of hearing from you.

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presented information

to you, in my letter

of July

that I

had already mentioned

21.; so this was

information I

knew.

I had given this to you as "advance" information that you would probably receive from other Government agencies, and departments,

and which

is the

Again, the

standard release

material.

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original Project years later,

Blue Book, which did close

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other persons

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still, looking

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of the

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to the

UFO

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gathering agencies -which received somet o e"better"};RO reports whichnever did go to Project Blue Book. __ _

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President....I sent

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of things,

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I know the whole scheme

hidden Intelligence-

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Washington, D.C. Dear Mr.

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Sessions:

You may recall.3hat,vvhile you were inFortSmith visiting your

Fath:r,dE!calle and,_briefly,_mengioned m Eisire tomeet:&# . in general,

fw yo -~ andto» discussthe phennenon. of and the role of U. S. Government participation,

in particular.

I saidgatI wished to issue a "challenge" to younotthat you

do notjc allenges on adaily

basis! pertaining to UFO&#39;s.

You

.stated that you were interested, and to write you - and which I am now doing.

Icnuld write "pages" on the matter, but rather than to do so - itwill be lengthy enough for me to endeavor to give you information I wish to convey in this letter.

In any event, the U.-S. in the evaluation of

Government has played important roles UFO reported sightings.

The new Project

Blue Bookis a "continuation" of the original Project Blue

established by

Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. "announcements" came from

stated

to be

Book,

the Air Force, and was located at wright-Patterson

someof the most important sighting the Air Force, and which were, later,

something not in the original

cover-up of the initial much to the chagrin

Project Blue Book

announcements - in a

announcement. This repeatedly

of the Air Force.

Original

happened

members of the

found that manyreports never were received by

thisgroup, but went tointelligence-gathering agencies.

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ts %Lhose I1 &#39;While Director ofthe F.B.I., Mr. J. Edgar Hoover personne E lv I

reported some of

brought

the sightings themselves and who were, otherwise,

in to some of the cases!

for complete information about Air Force! would not release

Evenwith the present F.O.I.,

received and with information

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repeatedly

asked the Air

Force

the UFO&#39;s - to no avail.

They the certain case reports to Mr. Hoover.

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mostly sanitized version/copies are requested completely blocked-out.

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Mr. William sea ns -F.B.I.- 2_ while Chairman Goldwater asked

a "need to know" an initial

of the

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Senate Committee

on Science,

for information

and was

basis. This

request, of

announcement from

the Air

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told that

he was

not on

Goldwater, had

Force that

to do

a"saucer"

with

had crashed

and that alien bodies were at thn point in time! located in ahanger, or other building, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, at Dayton, Ohio.

Senator Goldwater was refused any information in this matter, along wit not being allowed to personally look inside of the alleged building.

Before taking office as President, Jimmy Carter announced to the public that, if elected, he would give the American people the Government&#39;s information about UFO&#39;s. This did not happen, and Mr. Carter was given a complete run-around and I could tell you more was contacted by the Pentagon on the matter.

The new Project Blue

Book has 1&8 present,

about this,

and/or former,

NASA, and intelligencegathering agency personnel, among as adviser-consultants to PBB -anonymously.

These are

the most

part, have/had

their respective

been actively

agencies, and

who are

Air Force,

NC

others, acting persons who,

engaged in earlier still muchly

because I

fo

UFO reports fo interested.

So, with this brief back-ground of information about me and about Gover ment participatiaz, the "challenge" I have mentioned would be to have you make inquiries at the highest levels of "officialdom" about what ou Government really knows, whether or not there ARE alien bodies located ANYWHERE, what happened to the crashed "flying saucers", where are the photo&#39;s takenby Air Force personnel through onboard gun cameras, and similar questioning.

I am positive you would find that even you would be getting ageneral run-aroun and could not receive satisfactory answ

to the above. I

think you

will/would find

all the information you should be evident to you after making several

matter, thinking will not

you are

b_e the case, Ia

receiving answers ssure you.

that you

receiving and inquiries. You

are not

which should may tend

to your

receiving

be very to drop

questions, but

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not take more of your time I would appreciate your

You may wish to appoint one of our

in this matter, but, looking into the matter.

office; personnel

to start

making

inquiry about UFO &#39;s, in general, and see which Agencies to which you

would be directed. Keep personnel, in

inquiring about

Book closed

the other

-and

in mind,

however, that

agencies, may

will tell

it&#39;s "doors"in 1969,

some present office

not know what you

you that the Air and that the

would be

Force Project

Air Force

Blue

no longer

investigqtes Sightini UFO reports -and thisintoI already know. The importan the other agencies; such as

key is to go beyond the ir Force the Office of Defense, C.I.A., etc.

President Bush,

when asked about

UFO&#39;s, the ush gerson told askirg "You do the not know the half ofit". As ym know, President was formerly with C.I.A@ His comments are on tape, by

the way..

Well, I think this should suffice for this time. I appreciate your patience in reading this letter, and should you desire any additional infonnation, please do not hesitate to let me know.

I would like, ver; much, to work through you, and with you, to endeavor to bring the matte of UFO&#39;s to a

conclusion

I hope you had a nice

-if

that conclusion

visit,with your

is an

honest one.

Dad, and come back for

avisit

again, soon.

Very sincerely

, r

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ask

for my help in securin information relative to investigations of ob ect UFO! sightings.

unidentified flying

I have discussed your request with my colleagues, and I would first like to explain that the investigation of UFOs is not now nor has it ever been the responsibility of the FBI. The Department of the Air Force conducted investigations and studies of UFO reports from 1947 to 1969.

On Deceber 17, 1969, the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of "Project Blue Book," and the Air Force has furnished all documents

regarding investigations itsArch ves and Records UFOs of Administration, the Modern to Military Eighehn

Branch, National

Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, understand this data is available You may wish to make an inquiry the answers

to some Also of

Air

of your

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20408.

I for public review and analysis. of the Modern Military Branch for

questions.

possible interest,

the National

Space Administration

was asked

b President

be gained

investigation, and

Aeronautics and

Carter to

look into

the possibility of resumin UFO investigations in 1977.After studying all the factsavailable, itdecided that nothing would by further

the Department

of the

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Forceonal agreed with that decision..

You may also want to check with Aeronautics and Space Admin stration in connection

the Nat

with your

research.

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responsibility of

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any Federal

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