The Mammoth Book of Cover-Ups

Since that date there has been, officially, no US government body actively investigating UFO sightings … although most UFOlogists believe this is a lie.

USAF/CIA Project Blue Book covered up UFO sightings: ALERT LEVEL 10

Further Reading

Peter Brookesmith, UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue, 1995

J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry, 1972

Jenny Randles and Peter Hough, The Complete Book of UFOs, 1994

DOCUMENT: EXTRACTS FROM THE US AIR FORCE’S «PROJECT BLUE BOOK» FACTSHEET

On 17 December 1969 the Secretary of the Air Force announced the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force program for the investigation of UFOs.

The decision to discontinue the UFO investigation was based on an evaluation of a report prepared by the University of Colorado entitled «Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects»; a review of the University of Colorado’s report by the National Academy of Sciences; and Air Force experience investigating UFO reports during the past two decades.

As a result of theses investigations and studies, and experience gained from investigating UFO reports since 1948, the conclusions of Project Blue Book are:

(1) no UFO reported, investigated, and evaluated by the Air Force has ever given any indication of threat to our national security;

(2) 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 present day scientific knowledge; and

(3) there has been no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as «unidentified» are extraterrestrial vehicles.

With the termination of Project Blue Book, the Air Force regulation establishing and controlling the program for investigating and analysing UFOs was rescinded. All documentation regarding the former Blue Book investigation has been permanently transferred to the Modern Military Branch, National Archives and Records service, 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20 408, and is available for public review and analysis.

Attached for your information is the Project Blue Book sighting summary for the period 1947–69. Also included is a listing of UFO-related materials currently available.

Since the termination of the Project, 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 area.

TOTAL UFO SIGHTINGS, 1947–69

Year * Total Sightings * Unidentified

1947 * 122 * 12

1948 * 156 * 7

1949 * 186 * 22

1950 * 210 * 27

1951 * 169 * 22

1952 * 1,501 * 303

1953 * 509 * 42

1954 * 487 * 46

1955 * 545 * 24

1956 * 670 * 14

1957 1,006 * 14

1958 * 627 * 10

1959 * 390 * 12

1960 * 557 * 14

1961 * 591 * 13

1962 * 474 * 15

1963 * 399 * 14

1964 * 562 * 19

1965 * 887 * 16

1966 * 1,112 * 32

1967 * 937 * 19

1968 * 375 * 3

1969 * 146 * 1

PROMIS

In 1982 a Washington DC software firm, Inslaw, developed a programme called PROMIS (Prosecutors’ Management Information System) for the US Justice Department. The unique feature of PROMIS was that it could collate information from different criminal databases without the information being reentered. An unseemly dispute between Inslaw and the Justice Department soon occurred as to who controlled the rights to PROMIS. The Justice Department halted all payments and Inslaw went bankrupt.

After a tenacious campaign by Bill Hamilton, Inslaw’s boss, a bankruptcy court concluded in 1987 that the Justice Department «took, converted and stole PROMIS software through trickery, fraud and deceit».