Project "BLUE BOOK"

In December 1947, after the alleged sightings of flying saucers near Mt. Rainer, Washington, the Air Force, whose responsibilities include the air defense of the country, established Project Sign. Documentation for the project was created and acquired by the Aerial Phenomena Branch, Foreign Technology Division (FTD), Air Force Command (AFSC) until December 1969 when the UFO function was canceled by the Secretary of the Air Force. From 1951 through 1961, FTD was designated the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center under Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence (ASC/l), HQ USAF. Prior to that it was the Intelligence Department of Air Material Command. The purpose of Project Sign was to determine whether UFO's were a threat to the national security. In 1948 the project name was changed to Project Grudge and in 1952 the code name was again changed to Project Blue Book and the formal title to Aerial Phenomenon Group. The sightings were recorded by individuals (whose names were not released), by groups, and by the military. Film records of the alleged sightings were made in- Tulsa, Oklahoma; Australia; Fairchild AFB, Washington; Binghamton, NY; Naha, Okinawa; Snohomish, Washington; Almogordo, New Mexico; Montville, Ohio; Sandusky, Ohio; Olmsted AFB, PA; Keesler AFB, MS; Coburn, VA; and Edwards AFB, CA. There are 9 rolls of film of timed radar responses in the following locations- Wichita, Kansas; Macao, China; Edwards AFB, CA; Bermuda; Duluth, Minnesota; Queen Charlotte Islands, CANADA. There is a reference set of these records, consisting of contact sheets or positive rolled film.