Command Palette

Search for a command to run...

USAF Special Report #14

Study

Statistical Air Force study evaluating UFO reports and classifying many as unknowns

Disclosure Rating — 7/10

  Summary

Project Blue Book compiled thousands of sightings into Special Report No. 14, applying statistical methods to categorize cases. Analysts found a significant percentage remained unexplained after evaluation.1

The study emphasized improved data collection but argued sightings offered no evidence of hostile intent or advanced technology.2

  References

  1. Air Technical Intelligence Center, "Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects," Project No. 10073, 5 May 1955, CIA Reading Room release mirrored by The Black Vault, summary pp. vii-viii and introduction pp. 1-2. ↩

  2. Air Technical Intelligence Center, "Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects," Project No. 10073, 5 May 1955, CIA Reading Room release mirrored by The Black Vault, summary pp. vii-ix and conclusions p. 94. ↩

Published on May 5, 1956

1 min read