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Conspiracies and Cover-ups rustrated by the lack of definitive proof that UFOs are alien space- Fone. many investigators claim that there is an official cover-up of the evidence. To support their assertions, investigators point out the many absurd explanations given by the Air Force to debunk UFO sightings. For example, the Air Force explained away the Hillsdale, Michigan, sightings as “swamp gas.” Another reason investigators believe there is a cover-up is because many military insiders, such as those who have commented on the Roswell case, claim that the gov- tad oie Yor 1 So, the question must be asked: What does the United States gov- ernment know about UFOs? As it turns out, the United States gov- ernment has taken the subject of UFOs very seriously. In fact, the Air Force, the CIA, and other governmental institutions have conducted large-scale official UFO studies. Project Blue Book is probably the most famous government study of UFOs. It was started in 1952 by the United States Air Force, following a wave of sightings over the nation’s capital. The study was headed in Dayton, Ohio, by Major Edward Ruppelt, the purpose being to deter- mine if UFOs represented any threat to “national security.” 95 ernment is withholding crashed UFO hardware. PROJECT BLUE BOOK