The BLUE BOOK PROJECT is one of a series of United States Air Force systematic investigations of incoming reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the mid-20th century.
Beginning in 1952, it represented the second wave of such research (the first included two similar projects - Sign and Grudge). Research was terminated at the end of 1969.
At some point, the American service could not ignore what they did not understand, namely the lights in the sky, drawings on the ground and visual contacts.
Undoubtedly, the US intelligence services at first thought that they were Russians, but upon closer examination of the issue, as well as after contacts with the Russian side, it became clear to them that these were technologies of extraterrestrial origin.
On September 10, 1951, at 15:15, a radar wave from Fort Manmet (New Jersey) detected an unknown object almost above itself at an altitude of 28.3 km, which was confirmed by visual observation of a silvery point in the sky by operators. This incident was preceded by another at about 11 o'clock in the morning, the same radar station was already fixing an object flying low along the Atlantic coast, abruptly and quickly changing its azimuth (the angle between the direction to the north and the direction to any given object).
The pilots of a T-33 plane flying by allegedly saw a 9-15-meter silver disc. The next day, at 13:30, an object was seen, either descending or rising.
These cases became known to General Cabell, Air Force chief of intelligence. After convening a meeting on September 13 of the same year and interviewing the T-33 pilots summoned to Washington, Cabell's headquarters decided to listen to Lieutenant Jerry Cummings, a representative of the now officially defunct Grad UFO study project, who hastened to explain the incidents by observation of probes and temperature antepsy that caused interference in radar. The general was unhappy with the news that reports of UFOs were practically not investigated, and an order was given to establish a new secret project to study "flying saucers"
On October 27, 1951, an order was issued to establish a new project, but still under the name "Gradge", of which Edward Ruppelt was appointed head.
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In March 1952, the project received a new name "Blue Book": "the word" Graj "is already outdated, and we chose the code name" Blue Book "because this is the name of college tests, and both tests and the project are equally abundant in inexplicable and confusing questions,”said Ruppelt.
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It was back in 1952 on July 19
On July 19, 1952, at 11:40 pm local time, Washington Airport dispatcher Edward Nugent noticed seven objects on the radar screen. The facilities were located 15 miles southwest of the city. They moved away from the established air routes in the area. Chief Dispatcher Harry Barnes would later write:
Barnes ordered other radars to check objects and called another radar. Air traffic controller Howard Cocklin confirmed that he can see objects on his radars, and also said that he was observing them visually from the window of the aircraft traffic control tower:
Objects were visible on all radars and moved towards the city. After a while, they hovered over the White House and the US Congress building.
Barnes called Andrew Air Force Base, where they confirmed they also see unusual objects on radar.