Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967
An internal Air Force Scientific Advisory Board committee works through what to do with Project Blue Book — and concludes the military shouldn't be handling UFO investigation alone. The recommendation to hand selected cases to an independent, university-based science team was actually adopted, leading directly to the University of Colorado's Condon Committee. That makes this a key document in understanding how the government tried (and largely failed) to transition UAP research from military bureaucracy to civilian scientific credibility.
This file documents the 1966-1967 deliberations and recommendations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory Board’s Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was a 1952-1969 USAF program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The Committee recommended that the USAF contract a scientific team composed of university-affiliated representatives to investigate selected UFO sightings. The USAF subsequently adopted the Committee’s recommendation.