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Page 19 of the History of the 62d Military Airlift Wing (December 1969), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1969

62d Military Airlift Wing History, 1969: Blue Book Ends at McChord AFB

McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington

A McChord AFB wing history records the end of Project Blue Book from the base's side: 12 local UFO reports in late 1969, none forwarded, and a base UFO officer still following AFR 80-17 because no order had come to stop.

Page 2 of the I Once Saw A Flying Saucer - Project Blue Book (April 18, 1966), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1966

Ira Eaker's 'I Once Saw a Flying Saucer' and the Air Force's 1966 UFO Kit

Washington, D.C.

A retired Air Force general's 1966 newspaper column about the 'golden disc' that turned out to be a DC-3, filed with the Blue Book fact sheet and briefing papers the Pentagon sent him while he was writing it.

Page 45 of the 78th Fighter Wing (December 1964), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1964

78th Fighter Wing, 1964: A Bay Area UFO Wave and a 'Flying Sub'

Hamilton AFB, California

An air defense wing history notes a jump in UFO reports around San Francisco Bay in 1964 and files a newspaper story about a glowing 'flying submarine' that Hamilton's radar never detected.

Page 1 of the A Survey of Exobiology (March 1963), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1963

RAND's 'A Survey of Exobiology' (1963): Alien Life, but No UFOs

Santa Monica, California

A 1963 RAND memorandum for the Air Force surveys the science of life beyond Earth, from Mars to Project Ozma and alien probes. It never mentions UFOs or flying saucers, which makes its place in a UAP collection a puzzle.

Page 3 of the Air Force Regulation No. 200-2 (July 20, 1962), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1962

AFR 200-2, July 1962: The Air Force's Blue Book-Era UFO Regulation

Washington, D.C.

The 1962 edition of AFR 200-2, with its 1964 change and a local supplement: the rulebook that made base commanders UFO investigators, kept the press with one office and told staff to drive 'unidentifieds' down.

Page 5 of the 95th Bombardment Wing History (March 1960), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1960

95th Bomb Wing History, 1960: A Glowing UFO Over a B-52 at Biggs AFB

Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas

Three sentries at Biggs AFB reported a glowing bluish-white object passing within eight feet of a parked B-52 on alert in March 1960. The wing's full AFR 200-2 message, with its checks of radar, Holloman and White Sands, is bound into the history.

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