Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

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have been so labeled. It was interesting that in at least "b-10
cases reviewed that the object sightod was catogorizcd by Robertson
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as probably "F'oo Fighters", to dato unex.pla:incd but not
danet!)rous; they wore not hl:tppy thus to clism:iss the si2:ht.irlcs by
calling them namos. It was their feeling that theso phenomena are
not boyond the domain of present knowledee of physical sciences, however.
AIR FORCE REPORTING SYSTEM
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It was·the Panel's opinion that some of the Air Force concern
over U.F.0.'s (notwithstanding Air Do.fens0 Cownand anxiety over fast
radar tracks) was probably caused by public pressure. The result
today is that the Air.Force
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one sees in the sky and
fails to Wlderstand. This has been particularly encouraged in popu­
lar articles on this and other subjects, such as space travel and
science fiction. The result is the mass receipt of low-grade reports
which tend to overload channels of comnrunication with material quite
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i:rrelevant. to hostile objects that might .some day appear. The Panel
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agreed generally that this mass of poor-quality reports containing
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little, if any, scientific data was of no value. Quite the opposite,
it was possibly dangerous in having a lllilitary service foster public
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concern in "nocturnal meandering lights". The implication being,
since the interested agency was military, that these objects were
or might be_potential direct threats to national security. Accord- •
ingly, the ·.ieed for d,eemphasization made itself apparent. Comments
on a possible educational program are en'n~erated b'elow.
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