"...The official Air Force position on flying
saucers or space ships from other planets is that we do not deny the
possibility that life could exist out there some place and that a visit from
outer space could happen. What we say is that to date it has not happened.
That is, we have no evidence on hand to prove the existence of space ships or
the fact that space travel in reverse is fait accompli." (Reprinted on p.
414 of Project Blue Book, edited by Brad Steiger, Ballantine Books, New York,
1976).
March 1966
(1) Major Hector Quintanella, USAF, Director of Project Bluebook:
"It is impossible to prove that flying saucers do not exist."
(Quoted from p. 16 of Project Blue Book, edited by Brad Steiger,
Ballantine Books, New York, 1976).
(2) Special Report of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc
Committee to Review Project "Blue Book," II. Discussion. "The
Committee concluded that in the 19 years since the first UFO was
sighted there has been no evidence that unidentified flying objects
are a threat to our national security." (Reprinted on p. 813 of
Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, Dr. Edward U.
Condon, Project Director, Bantam Books, New York, 1969).
19 September 1966
Air Force Regulation 80-17, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO),
par. 2 Program Objectives. "Air Force interest in UFOs is two-fold: to
determine if the UFO is a possible threat to the United States and to use the
scientific or technical data gained from study of UFO reports. To attain
these objectives, it is necessary to explain or identify the stimulus which
caused the observer to report his observation as an unidentified flying
object. a. Air Defense. The majority of UFOs reported to the Air Force have
been conventional or familiar objects which present no threat to our
security." (This regulation superseded AFR 200-2, 20 July 1962).
31 October 1968
Section II, Summary of Study, item 9.
Extra-terrestrial Hypothesis of Final Report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying
Objects:
"...we found that no direct evidence whatever of a convincing nature
now exists for the claim that any UFOs represent spacecraft visiting Earth
from another civilization." (Reprinted on p. 25 of Scientific Study of
Unidentified Flying Objects, Dr. Edward U. Condon, Project Director, Bantam
Books, New York, 1969).
October1973
Form letter from Lt. Col. John T. Halbert, USAF, Chief, Civil
Branch, Office of Information, to Ralph Blum. "...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 knowledge." (Quoted from pages 170 and 231 of Beyond
Earth: Man's Contact with UFOs, Ralph Blum with Judy Blum, Bantam Books, New
York, 1974).
January 1985
Conclusions of Project Blue Book:
"(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...
Since Project Blue Book was closed (1969), nothing has happened to
indicate that the Air Force ought to resume investigating UFOs." Excerpt
from "UFOs and Project Blue Book," Fact Sheet, United States Air Force,
Public Affairs Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, January 1985.
(See pages 443 and 583 of Above Top Secret, Timothy Good, William Morrow and
Company, New York, 1988.)
July 1994
"Comparison of all information developed or obtained indicated
that the material recovered near Roswell was consistent with a balloon device
and most likely from one of the Mogul balloons that had not been previously
recovered. Air Force research efforts did not disclose any records of the
recovery of any 'alien' bodies or extraterrestrial materials." (Excerpt from
page 1, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY of the REPORT OF AIR FORCE RESEARCH REGARDING THE
"ROSWELL INCIDENT," Department of the Air Force, July 1994.)
8 September 1994
"The Air Force research did not locate or develop any
information that the 'Roswell Incident' was a UFO event nor was there any
indication of a 'cover-up' by the Air Force. Information obtained through
exhaustive records searches and interviews indicated the material recovered
near Roswell was consistent with a balloon device of the type used in a
then-classified project. No records indicated or even hinted at the recovery
of 'alien' bodies or extraterrestrial materials." (Excerpt from MEMORANDUM
FOR CORRESPONDENTS, No. 235-M, released on September 8, 1994, by the Public
Affairs Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.)