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| Author | Edward J. Ruppelt |
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| Subject | Unidentified flying objects |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 315 |
| LC Class | TL789 .R8 |
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects is a 1956 book by then-retired Air Force UFO investigator Edward J. Ruppelt, detailing his experience running Project Bluebook.[1] The book was noted for its suggestion that a few UFO sightings might be linked to spikes of atomic radiation.[2] Contemporary media summarized four topics discussed in the book:[3]
- There is "no real proof" that flying saucers exist—no reliable photographs, no "hardware".[3]
- While the Air Force is officially dismissive of the spaceship theory, that conclusion is "far from unanimous".[3]
- Some staff within the Air Force had produced a UFO analysis, called the "Estimate of the Situation", concluding that some UFOs were interplanetary spaceships. That analysis was rejected by a panel of scientists meeting in January 1953.[3]
- Technological explanations were not considered: "No one at the meeting gave a second thought to the possibility that the UFOs might be super-secret US aircraft or a Soviet Development".[3]
In 1960, Ruppelt authored a second edition in which he reported being "positive" that UFOs do not exist.[4]
- ^ Ruppelt, Edward J. (November 17, 1956). The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects. Doubleday. ISBN 9780598368362 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Oneonta Star 19 Jan 1956, page Page 1". Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "St. Louis Post-Dispatch 19 Jan 1956, page Page 41". Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ruppelt (1960), Ch. 20