PROJECT BLUE BOOK

The UFO Program to the American
Society of Newspaper Editors 22 Apr67
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unconscionable delay in getting this letter off to you.
But I (all of usdo want you to know how very much we
appreciate your the American Society of
Newspaper - Editors.
I'm sure you must have been able to sense the
great say.
myself myseli heard many heard many favorable comments Cormance. rmance.
As we had As we had anticipated, the scientists got what got what
little heat there was from the questioners. But it meant
a great deal a great deal to me as producer as producer of the show to have that
handsome handsome Air Air Force uniform up up there on the platform, and there on the platform, and
you were T good sport take part and give us official ein1
word.
Once again, thank you very much for taking time
out of your busy schedule to help educate press. You
did us much good.
Mulo
Newbold Noye
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:
CHARLES L. BENNETT CREED C. BLACK JOHN H. COLBURN ARTHUR C. DECK WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
OKLAHOMAN & TIMES CHICAGO DAILY NEWS WICHITA EAGLE AND BEACON SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
J. Q. MAHAFFEY C. A. McKNIGHT SYLVAN MEYER J. EDWARD MURRAY EUGENE PATTERSON VERMONT ROYSTER
TEXARKANA GAZETTE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER GAINESVILLE (GA.) TIMES ARIZONA REPUBLIC ATLANTA CONSTITUTION WALL STREET JOURNAL

OFFICE OF THE PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
NEWBOLD NOYES, JR.
WASHINGTON STAR
WASHINGTON, D. C. 2O003
April 12, 1967
Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr.
TDET/UFO
Headquarters FTD (AFSC)
Wright-Patter son AFB, Ohio 45433
Dear Major Quintanilla:
Just a to suggest that if you have a nat Il yod nave a
text of your prep remarks emarks for the ASNE next ASNE next
week, and can ge week, and mimeographed nimeographed would be
helpful to have a helpful to have a dozen press ress
room at the Shoreham.
Not necessary, but it does insure that if does insure that if
want to quot so
accurately. accurately.
Faithfu yours,
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Uubll ho
Newbold Noyes
NN:gcg
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:
CHARLES L. BENNETT CREED C. BLACK JOHN H. COLBURN ARTHUR C. DECK WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
OKLAHOMAN & TIMES CHICAGO DAILY NEWS WICHITA EAGLE AND BEACON SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
J. Q. MAHAFFEY C. A. MCKNIGHT SYLVAN MEYER J. EDWARD MURRAY EUGENE PATTERSON VERMONT ROYSTER
TEXARKANA GAZETTE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER GAINESVILLE (GA.) TIMES ARIZONA REPUBLIC ATLANTA CONSTITUTION WALL STREET JOURNAL

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FOREIGN TEC LOGY DIVISION
70916 Date 17 Apr 67
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MEMO TO: Dr. Cacioppo
Tony -
Think it might be useful for you to monitor
session 20 - 2l.
Let's look at the briefing I want for LeBailley on
this.
RAYMOND S. SLEEPER, COlonel, USAF
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# FOREIGN TECH OLOGY DIVISION
Date 17 Anr 67
MEMO TO: _. Dr. Cacioppo
Tony -
Think it might be useful for you to monitor
session 20 - 21.
Let's look at the briefing I want for LeBailley on
this.
RAYMOND S. SLEEPER, COlOnel, USAF
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Date 17 7
MEMO TO: Dr.Cacioppo
Tony
Think it might be useful for you to monitor
session 20 - 21.
Let's look at the briefing I want for LeBailley on
this.
RAYMOND S. SLEEPER, COlONel, USAF
Reference attached
SUSPENSE: 20ap267

FOs.
I've been with Dr. Condon,
Dr. Hynek, Dr. Menzel and the like, and trying keep Major
Kehole and his gang at length. wondering whether
it might be possible to one of Project
Blue Book officers Quintinel ake part
in such a session.
What I hope to come up with is a non-kooky, balanced
panel representing both total- and not-so-skeptics, and to
If you think this is a possil ity, I can of course
approach Major Quintinella nought I'd better
sound you out first.
As you probably know, the ASNE is composed of about
700 newspaper editors from all over the country, about 500
all important ones) will be at this
meeting. ovide: the major forums for serious TTT
public discu ssion esting people in and out of govern-
ment, and of course very widely reported.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:
RFNNETT CREED C. BLACK JOHN H. COLBURN ARTHUR C. DECK -AHIBIIAF WILLIAM B. DICKINSON PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN

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2- General LeBailly March 6, 1967
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I do think it would be a good thing for this in-
fluential group to get reasonable perspec on this,
after all, rather puzzling business.
Faithfully yours,
hulolel
l.
Newbold
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
MEMORANDUM
BEAR
magj Duintanilla
WPAFB

work with you toward this end.
While we have no objection to making Major Quintanilla available.
his job is administering the UFO reports made to the Air Force, and he
has limited dealings with the press. Our offices here shoulder the
brunt of dealings with the press and public on this subject and you
might wish to consider having one of our people the panel addition
to Major Quintanilla.
Another man you might like to consider Another r man you might like to consider adding to the panel, partic- adding to the panel, partic-
ularly since the theme of the panel since the theme of the panel ce iters ters on press problems, is
Herb Strentz, a teacher at Bakersfield Herb Strentz, a teacher at Bakersfiel ollege, California. He did llege, California. He did
an article for the fall l966, COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW, on how
different papers in th papers in the same locale coyer th coyer same story e story -- in this
case, two Detroit and four Chicago case, two Detroit and four Chicago overage of the 1966 verage of the 1966
southern Michigan UFO sightings. We're sendin sendin copv 'this this
article for your information. article for your information.
We look forward to working with your people on this panel and ask this panel and ask
that you contact Lt Colonel Jacks of our Public Information Division to
work out further details. He, or Capt Rhoads in his absence, can be
reached on 695-5809 or 695-7793.
Sincerely,
IStanedr
E. B. LeBAILLY
Major General, USAF
Director of Information
Mr. Newbold Noyes, Jr. .
WASHINGTON STAR
Washington, D.C. 20003
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FOR CMDR AND IO. WE HAVE APPROVED REQUEST OF THE AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER E EDITORS TO HAVE MAJOR QUINTANILLA APPEAR
ON A PANEL BEFORE THIS DISTINGUISHED GROUP TO DISCUSS THE
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT PHENOMENON. MENZEL, HYNEK, CONDON AND UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT PHENOMENON. MENZEL, HYNEK, CONDON AND
LIKE PERSONNEL ASSOCIATED WITH UFO ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.
THE NATIONAL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE SHOREHAM IN WASHINGTON, MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE SHOREHAM
D.C., 20-22 APRIL, WITH EXACT DATE AND TIME OF PANEL YET TO BE XAOTDATE PANEL YET TO BE
DETERMINED. REQUEST I MAJOR QUINTANILLA BE PLACED ON TDY TO
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 20330 O
OFFICE OF THESECRETARY
WAR 3 1 1967
Dear Mr. Noyes:
Confiaming your recent conversations with It Colonel Jacks
of my stafr, we are making arrangements to have Major Heotor
Quintaniila of Project Blue Book appear on the American Society
of Newspaper Editors panel to disouss the unidentified flying
object phenomenon.
We would appreciate it if you would contact Major Quintanilla
direetly at the following address as to details:
Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr.
TDET/UFO
Headquarters FTD (AFSC)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio L5433
Also, I would like Lt Colonel Jacks to continue working with
you so we mey keep abreast of such developments as date, time, you so we mey keep abreast of suoh developments as date, time,
place, and fellow panelists. plece, and fellow panelists.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
kSignea)
B. B. LeBAILLY
Major General, USAF
Director of Information
Mr. Newbold Noyes
WASHINGTON STAR
Washington, D.0. 20003

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be holding his hands. They will work him over--ask him every leading
dirty question he might get. He will be ready for them. It has got to be
Hector. (Bluc
questions.
Hector has two things go him:
We are not going to throw Quintanilla out in the cold pool by himself.
have him fireproofed.
2. I Movement of Blue Book out of vaulted area.
3. Situation has developed to point where a number of newsmen are taking
Friday, 7 April.

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Gen. Giller I 2m very much
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here in
Saturday morning session will be in the Empire Room. We
will get under way wi panel 9:30 a.m. If you
have not been previou ontacted a member of our pro-
gram committee, the yous point for speakers is some-
thing called Direc Room. I think it would be wise
if you and were there a.m., so that we
can meet one another, h a cup proceed to
the meeting room in time.
McDonald of the University Arizona. Dr. Condon, I'm
sorry ha reported feels he should not take
part in th he discussion, uch interested and
has given me He might show
e East.
I am still working possib fourth person for
the program This citizen who thinks
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS AND THE FOLLOWING:
CHARLES L. BENNETT CREED C. BLACK JOHN H. COLBURN ARTHUR C. DECK WILLIAM B. DICKINSON
OKLAHOMAN & TIMES CHICAGO DAILY NEWS WICHITA EAGLE AND BEACON SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN
J. O. MAHAFFEY C. A. MCKNIGHT SYLVAN MEYER J. EDWARD MURRAY EUGENE PATTERSON VERMONT ROYSTER
TOXAOCAN CHE OV CAEVLE YeA ThMEs ANUTONA NENINLIC AYLANTA CONSTITUTION STHPETJOUNNAL

I envision T.I will open w statement of
about ter minutes Powell. i railable. Second
(or first i Powel Donald, the man
who believes UFOs a-terrestrial
Then
who thinks all LUFO sightings can plained by natural phe-
nomena -- another 20 minutes, roughly Then you, to describe
how Blue Book works, and add i any comments you might care to
Then question and comments ex-
changed betw n panelists. We have t wind up by ll:l5.
moderated, by J. Mahaffey, Gazette
and Daily News. He is very amusing
and I hope will be able to keep the
too heated -- which I understand is omething problem
with both Menzel and McDonald!
If you have any prol on to all
this, please call me. In any look forward to
seeing you on the 22d.
Faithfully
Dund hes

strued to be concern to the National Security. . .
The Technical Intelligence Division of AMC issued Hq AMC Technical Instruc-
tion No 2185, 11 February 1948, and the project was inaugurated with a code
name of "SIGN." The code name "SIGN" was changed to the code name "GRUDGE"
on 16 December 1948 report covering analysis
of the first ? concluded that, while no definite and conclusive
evidence existed ports of unidentified objects was 8 neces-
Agencies.
After the Projec Report, work continued along the same lines and a
Project "GRUDGE' was published and released in August 1949 by AMC.
This report cont analysis of 244 cases and concluded that Unidentified
Flying Objects orts resulted from: amisinterpretation of conventional
objects, b mass hysteria or "War Nerves", c hoaxes and/or d) objects, b) mass hysteria o "War Nerves", c) hoaxes and/ a Psychopathe-
logical logical persons. persons. Based upon these conclusions AMC recommended Based upon these conclusions AMC recommended that invest- that invest-
igation and study of this type of report be reduced in scope. igation and study of this type of report be reduced in scope. Major portions Ma,jor portions
of this work were performed under contract by Ohio State University,
Professor Hynek (Pr resent Consultant to AF on Project Blue Book), The Rand
Corporation, Dr. G. Valley, Dr. Paul Fitts, Air Weathe ervice, 3610th
Weather Bureau.
Following publication of the "GRUDGE"
investigate sightings, inasmuch as it is an Air Force responsibility to
identify and analyze Aerial Phenomena that could possibly be a menace to
the United States.
and 195l centered around Project kle" and the Green Fireball studies
of Dr. LaPaz in the Southwestern United States. Project "Twinkle" Final
Report was completed on 27 December l95l. During December l95l Colonel
Kirkland Ruppelt made isit a private industrial firm to dis-
cuss the feasability of a scientific study from the data collected since
the program's Inception. Thus, Project Blue Book's Special Report #l4 came
into being.

WHOSE PURPOSE WAS COLLE TE, EVALUATE, AND EMINATE TO INTERESTED
GOVERNMENT T AGENCIES AND CONTRACTORS ALL INFORM REGARDING SIGHTINGS.
INITIALLY THE PROJECT WAS CLASSIFIE ASSIFICATION
WAS DROPPED IN MARCH 1952. THE UFO PROJECT HAS BEEN UNCLASSIFIED SINCE THAT
TIME. TIME.
DURING THE PERIOD 1948 TO 1955, THE AIR FORCE MADE THREE COMPREHENSIVE THE PERIOD 1948 TO 1955, THE AIR FORCE MADE THREE COMPREHENSIVE
STUDIES OF THE WHICH HAD WHICH HAD BEEN SUBMITTED BEEN SUBMITTED TO THEM. THEM. THESE REPORTS THESE REPORTS
ARE KNOWN ARE KNOWN AS THE N AS THE "SIGN" "SIGN" REPORT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY OF 1948, THE REPORT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY OF
"GRUDGE" R REPORT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN E PROJECT
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REPORT WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN MAY 1955. THE REPORTS CONCLUDED
THAT "THE PHENOMENA PRESENTED NO THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THAT THE VAST M MAJORITY SIGHTINGS WERE MISINTERPRETATIONS - CONVENTIONAL
OBJECTS." THEY ALSO CONCLUDED THAT "IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE HIGHLY IMPROBABLE

THAT ANY OF THE UFO REPORTS EXAMINED IN THE STUDIES REPRESENTED TECHNICAL
DEVELOPMENTS IDE THE RANGE C OF PRESENT DAY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. THIS
WAS IN 1955, AND SINCE THAT TIME, PROJECT BLUE BOOK HAS CONCERNED ITSELF
WITH THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SIGHTINGS, EVALUATION I OF THE E DATA, AND RELEASE
THE NEWS MEDIA. I THIS INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THE.
.
PUBLIC NEWS RELEASES AND BLUE BOOK BROCHURES.
TODAY, THE OPERATIONAL P PORTION N OF THE PROJECT IS STILL LOCATED AT
IS STILL
THE SAME T TODAY I IS DETERMINE IF
UFO'S PRESENT THREAT THREAT SECURIT
I WOULD EMPHASIZE AT THIS POINT GREAT LENGTHS GREAT LENGTHS
TO COLLECT ALL L AVAILABLE SIGHTING AND TO
AS TO WHAT STIMULUS CAUSED T IIS WHOLLY
TO O THE PRIMARY
EACH CASE WHETHER THERE THREAT OUR N NATIONAL SECURITY.
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MY OFFICE IS THE FOCAL POINT FOR ALL UFO REPORTS WHICH ARE REPORTED
TO THE AIR FORCE. EACH AIR FORCE BASE COMMANDER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
APPOINTS AN OFFICER TO BE THE INVESTIGATING G OFFICER FOR HIS AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY. T THE INVESTIGATING G OFFICERS COLLECT INFORMATION FROM
OBSERVERS AND CONDUCT A PRELIMINARY Y EVALUATION OF THE E SIGHTING, ACCORDING
TO THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THE BASE
LEVEL. T THE INFORMATION N AND THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION ARE SUBMITTED TO
N OFFICE VIA TELETYPE COR THROUGH I LETTER REPORTS. THESE
REPORTS ARE THEN PLACED IN CATEGORIES ACCORDING TO TO THEIR CHARACTERISTICS.
IF A UFO REPORT IF A UFO R EXHIBITS AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS, WE GO DIRECTLY DIRECTLY TO THE
FAA, LOCAL AIRPORTS, SAC FAA, LOCAL HQS AND ITS ITS SUBORDINATE UNITS, AND TO THE AIR THE AIR
DEFENSE C COMMAND AND ITS SUBORDINATE UNITS. UFO REPORTS WHICH EXHIBIT BALLOON
CHARACTERISTICS BE CHECKED ONTACTING . THE U.S. WEATHER RSTATIONS,
ATHER STATIONS, THE HOLLOMAN N BALLOON CONTROL
CENTER, TH CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, AND VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL
COMPANIES WHICH ARE PRESENTL BALLOON RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
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IN CHECKING REPORTS WHICH EXHIBIT
DIRECTLY TO THE SPACE DETECTION CENTER AT SPRINGS. THEY HAVE
FOR TRACKING ALL SATELLITE ACTIVITY.
THE SPACE DETECTION CENTER FOR I INFORMATION REGARDING SATELLITE DECAYS.
FOR REPORTS WHICH WE SUSPECT WERE CAUSED MISSILE FIRINGS
DIRECTLY CAPE KENNEDY,
GREEN RIVER, AND MILITARY WHICH IMIGHT BE ENGAGED IN SPECIAL
ACTIVITES.
FOR R ANALYSIS OF RADAR REPORTS WE E USE AN ORGANIZATION AT WRIGHT- USE AN ORGANIZATION AT WRIGHT-
PATTERSON PATTERSON OR CAN USE OTHER CAN USE R ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE ENGAGED IN TYIS TYPE TYPE
OF ACTIVITY. OF ACTIVITY.
FOR PHYSICAL SPECIMENS SUBMITTED TO OFFICE, WE
MATERIEL
DRUG BY OWENS AND CORNING GGLASS,
THE NORTHWESTERN GEOLOGY INSTITUTE PAPER CHEMISTRY.
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FOR SUSPECTED ASTRONOMICAL SIGHTINGS WE USE THE SERVICES OF DR. J. ALLEN
HYNEK, ASTRO-I SICIST AND PROJECT BLUE BOOK ONSULTANT, ALSO DR. CHARLES P.
THE AMERICAN METEOR SOCIETY, AND DR. ROBINSON, AN ASTRONOMER
FROM WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB. WE ALSO, FREQUENTLY REFER TO OPEN LITERATURE
SUCH AS SKY & TELESCOPE FOR CURRENT
AURORAL DISPLAYS.
ALTHOUGH MY OFFICE STAFF F IS SMALL, WITHIN I THE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB
COMPLEX, I HAVE THE SERVICES OF S, CHEMISTS, ASTRONOMERS, METEOR-
OLOGISTS, ANALYSISTS. THESE PEOPLE ARE
AVAILABLE ARE NEEDED.
AND ADMINISTRATIVE THE SECRETARY
.
OF THE AIR FORCE AND ARE INTERESTED IN THIS S PROGRAM.
I WOULD LIKE T THAT THE AIR FORCE MUST EVALUATE SUBJECTIVE
INFORMATION WHICH CANNOT BE ORATORY WE EVALUATING
AN OBSERVER'S INTERPRETATION AN EVENT. WITH THE EXCEPTION
HAVE NEVER ANYTHING TANGIBLE TRA-TERRESTRIAL
ORIGIN.
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VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $ $300,000, THE AIR
SCIENTIFIC R RESEARCH AND THE E UNIVERSITY.
UNDER DR. .EDWARD U.
CONDON, FORMER D STANDARDS AND NOW A
PROFESSOR FOr
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR CONNECTION WITH I THIS CONTRACT.
THE ONLY INVOLVEMENT BLUE BOOK WITH THE CONTRACT IS TO
PROVIDE THEM MATERIAL FROM
TF
AS A MATTER INTEREST, T DATE E I HAVE
SUPPLIED 400
DR. CONDON IS CONDUCTING A TOTALLY F STUDY.
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TO PARAGRAPHS FROM THE CURRENT PROJECT
BLUE BOOK REPORT:
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"TO DATE, THE FIRM CONCLUSIONS BOOK ARE: (1) NO UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING - HAS EVER
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GIVEN ANY INDICATION OF THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY; () THERE HAS BEEN
NO EVIDENCE E SUBMITTED TO OR DISC BY THE AIR FORCE THAT I SIGHTINGS
CATEGORIZED AS UNIDENTIFIED REPRESENT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS OR PRINCIPLES
BEYOND THE RANGE OF PRESENT DAY SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; AND THERE HAS BEEN
NO EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT SIGHTINGS CATEGORIZED AS UNIDENTIFIED ARE
EXTRATERRESTRIAL VEHICLES.
OF UNUSUAL
AERIAL AERIAL PHENOMENA PHENOMENA OVER OVER THE THE UNITED STATES. THE SERVICES UNITED STATES. THE SERVICES SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS
AND TECHNICIANS WILL AND TECHNICIANS WILL L CONTINUE CONTINUE TO BE U E TO BE U USED TO INVESTIGATE AND ANALYZE ANALYZE THESE
REPORTS ON T REPORTS THE SUBJECT WILL WILL L BE MADE. BE MADE.
"THE AIR "THE AIR FORCE TAKES FORCE TAKES NO STAND NO STAND ON WHETHER ON WHETHER OR NOT OR R NOT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE
COULD OR DOES EXIST. SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT
THE UNIVERSE CONTAINS LIFE E ON PLANETS S OTHER THAN OUR OWN. THE AIR FORCE
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CONTINUES TO EXTEND AN OPEN I INVITATION TO ANYONE WHO FEELS THAT HE POSSESSES
OF ERRESTRIAL VEHICLES OPERATING WITHIN THE EARTH'S NEAR
SPACE ENVELOPE TO SUBMIT HIS EVIDENCE FOR ANALYSIS."
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