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NEWS RELEASE
DOCUMENT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
PLEASE NOTE DATE
Washington 25, D. C.
STATES
OF
FACT SHEET
NOVEMBER 5, 1957
NO.1083-57
LI 5-6700 Ext.75131
AIR FORCE'S 10 YEAR
STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
In response to queries as to results of previous investigation
of Unidentified Flying Object reports, the Air Force said today that
after 10 years of investigation and evaluation of UFO's, no evidence
has been discovered to confirm the existence of so-called "Flying
Saucers.
Reporting, investigation, analysis and evaluation procedures
have improved considerably since the first sighting of a "flying
saucer" was made on 27 June 1947. The study and analysis of re-
ported sightings of UFO's is conducted by a selected scientific
group under the supervision of the Air Force.
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Professor of Astrophysics and Astronomy at
Ohio State University, is the Chief Scientific Consultant to the Air
Force on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects.
The selected, qualified scientists, engineers, and other per-
sonnel involved in these analysés are completely objective and open
minded on the subject of "flying saucers. II They apply scientific
methods of examination to all cases in reaching their conclusions.
The attempted identification of the phenomenon observed is generally
derived from human impressions and interpretations and not from
scientific devices or measurements. The data in the sightings re-
ported are almost invariably subjective in nature. However, no re-
port is considered unsuitable for study and categorization and no
lack of valid evidence of physical matter in theocase studies is
assumed to be "prima facie" evidence that so-called "flying saucers"
or interplanetary vehicles do not exist.
General categories of identification are balloons, aircraft,
astronomical, other, insufficient data and unknowns.
Approximately 4,000 balloons are released in the U. S. every
day. There are two general types of balloons: weather balloons
and upper-air research balloons. Balloons will vary from small
types 4 feet in diameter to large types 200 feet in diameter. The
majority released at night carry running lights which often contri-
bute to weird or unusual appearances when observed at night. This
also holds true when observed near dawn or sunset because of the
effect of the slant rays of the sun upon the balloon surfaces.
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