Click the link below to find the page in its new location. Compiled by don berliner, for the fund for ufo research the conclusions or views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of. But this report did trigger the memory of another event that may be of use should you ever want to follow up on the ufo stuff. Project blue book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects ufos.
As part of the rei coop family, were dedicated to making websites and mobile apps that help outdoor enthusiasts connect, share information and. The lecture notes from 19331934 were bound in blue cloth, and the notes dictated in 19341935 were bound in brown. To determine if ufos were a threat to national security, and. Its the first comprehensive, authoritative literature on. In 1966 a separate air force committee was set up to further delve into some of the cases within project blue book. Up until last week, project blue books massive catalog of over. By this time, almost,000 sighting reports had been collected by all three projects combined. Project blue book the united states air force has the responsibility under the department of defense for the investigation of unidentified flying objects ufos. But matty has personal experience with the brown mountain. The united states air force retired to the custody of the national archives its records on project blue book relating to the investigations of unidentified flying objects. The project blue book archive is a new website which will provide free online access to the national archives blue book microfilm collection, and has so far posted about 10% of the blue book microfilm. Practically until the day the air force closed down project blue book in december 1969, it denied that such a document had ever existed, even when former ufoproject officers swore they had seen or heard of it.
Im matty beckerman, im the director of alien abduction. Before project blue book, there was project sign, prompted by a rash of ufo sightings in 1947, including whats come to be considered the first major sighting of. No, that new alien interview from project blue book isn. The famous alien abduction stories of the brown mountain. This file consists of correspondence concerning this organization. No, that new alien interview from project blue book isnt real. The lights can be seen from the blue ridge parkway at mile posts 310 brown mountain light overlook and 301 green mountain overlook and from the brown mountain overlook along north carolina highway 181 nc 181, near jonas ridge, north carolina. Project blue book, established in march 1952, succeeded project grudge. The brown mountain in north carolina is a host to a real and baffling mystery for more than a century. Are the brown mountain lights a legend, a natural phenomenon, or both. Project blue book unidentified flying objects this file moved. Here appears a series of ghost lights called the brown mountain lights.
The best photos of ufos we found in the newlyreleased. The photos in question were eventually indentified as the star arcturus, but the mysterious and spooky reflective quality of the clouds and other stars could inspire a stephen king novel. Ive been in a lot of book clubs, and i know its not always easy to get a conversation going on a book. Allen hynek aidan gillen and captain michael quinn michael malarkey must delve further down the ufo. The brown mountain lights are a series of ghost lights reported near brown mountain in north carolina. They were mimeographed as two separated books, and a few copies were circulated in a restricted circle during wittgensteins lifetime. Brown mountain overlook, located 20 miles north of morganton on nc highway 181, 1 mile south of the barkhouse picnic area wisemans view overlook can be found 5 miles south of linville falls on kistler memorial highway, which is also old nc 105 and state road 1238. The original project blue book files remain under lock and key at the archives. Ive found that the best book club discussion questions are ones that are openended and that get people to share their personal opinions. In 1952 the goverment funded project blue book did a major case study into the mysterious lights of brown mountain, and despite many of the case files becoming public due to the freedom of information act, the files on brown mountain remain curiously classified. Air forces infamous project blue book study of ufos and other alleged extraterrestrial activity in the fifties. News brown mountain abductions project blue book, blue. Project blue book has been declassified and the records are available for examination in our research room. Allen hynek are tasked by the us air force to investigate reports of ufos and debunk them.
Air force project blue book cases officially listed as unknown case no. Topics include kenneth arnold and the sighting that started it all, ufologys first martyr, the mystery of the lubbock lights, of monsters, little green men, and the ufo insignia at socorro, the night ufos buzzed the white house, deriving a model ufo from 12 top cases of unknowns, the findings of project sign and much more. News brown mountain abductions gordon cooper, project blue book, pearl harbor attack. Several months later, in march 1952, grudge ii was officially designated as project blue book a project that would remain in existence until 1969. Up until last week, project blue books massive catalog of over 0 ufo and extraterrestrial. The blue and brown books are two sets of notes taken during lectures conducted by ludwig wittgenstein from 1933 to 1935. Although most project blue book studies were released under the freedom of information act the. It has been identified in the past as project sign and project grudge. As the cold war deepens and the new political threats loom for project blue book, dr. Interview with matty beckerman director of alien abduction the. Project blue book unidentified flying objects national.
The burke county tourism development authority has just released joshua p. Project blue book unknowns this list claims 701 ufo reports which represent all of the unexplained sightings recorded by the air forces project blue book, a seventeen year investigation. When the brown mountain ufo lights are seen people go. Historys new drama series project blue book is based on the true, topsecret investigations into unidentified flying objects ufos and related phenomena conducted by the united states air force from 1952 to 1969. Latest album cheetah speed was produced and engineered by alan evans of soulive at play on brother studios. Project blue book originally project blue book was the air force name for a project that investigated ufo reports between 1947 and 1969. According to secretary harold brown of the air force, blue book consisted of three steps.
In addition, we provide a search engine and various indices in an effort to modernize access to these document collections. The project blue book archive provides ufo researchers with free online access to over 30,000 official us government documents relating to the ufo phenomenon. The blue mountain project bmp is a grassroots organization that has been working for 11 years in the rural villages of the blue mountains of jamaica to improve health, education and the economy. Project blue book gordon cooper blue books ufo sighting the final frontier torchwood book projects conspiracy theories twin peaks.
The brown mountain is a long low mountain at the foothills of the blue ridge. The book the brown mountain lights describes early attempts to solve the mystery, each of. Project blue book concluded that hed gone after a weather balloon known as a skyhook and lost control of his craft. However, the show frequently went against the actual project conclusions, suggesting on many occasions that. In 1989, an organization calling itself the new project blue book contacted the fbi.
Mcloughlin which is only 6 miles north of brown mountain. The battelle memorial institute, a thinktank consulting firm, was asked to prepare a statistical study of ufo reports obtained up until that time period. Ufos the xfiles, conspiracy, coverup, donald keyhoe, flatwoods monster, george gorman, gorman sighting, history channel, j. While the military and government do not agree to the theories, but as per the locals and many alien enthusiasts the missing cases of brown mountain have strong connection with aliens and the people who go missing are actually being abducted by the visitors from the outer space. The name of this program, which has been in operation since 1948, is project blue book. The brown mountain topo and many other sources list the elevation as 7,311 ft because of a benchmark placed on the southern edge of the summit crater. Allen hynek, joe nickell, joel hynek, mimi hynek, mulder and scully, project blue book project blue book, the history journal, and the new york times. In this conspiratorial scifi thriller set some time after wwii and loosely based on the us governments real life project blue book, captain michael quinn and dr. The list provides the dates, locations, and blue book case numbers for the incidents.
Complete list of project blue books unsolved cases nicap. Mystery of the missing alien mummy of brown mountain, north. The airforce classified the brown mountain lights as unexplained. A volume of restored project blue book files has no doubt long been a wish for ufo historians. Project blue book was the inspiration for the 19781979 tv show project u. Project blue book launched an extensive study of the brown mountain lights. Air force ufo investigation took over from project grudge in 1952 and lasted until december 1969. Riley morris riley polanski keeps a video journal while on a family camping trip in brown mountain, north carolina. Mysterious balls of light are seen rising up from the mountain. Federal government to investigate the reality, and potential military and domestic.
Brown mountain is located in the pisgah national forest, and there a few nearby overlooks commonly used to observe the lights. One round objectchanging from red to green to blue to white rose vertically from a mountain top. In 1952 the us airforce established project blue book an organization to document and debunk ufo phenomenon. Im matty beckerman, im the director of alien abduction ive seen the brown mountain lights, page 10. This file was moved to a location to make it easier for you to locate similar information. It started in 1952, and it was the third study of its kind the first two were projects sign 1947 and grudge 1949. The united states air force investigated the area under the guise of project blue book but it. February 11, 2018 february 11, 2018 vinitjain 0 comments conspiracy, government conspiracy, philadelphia experiment, project blue book, project stargate. During that time project blue book launched an extensive study of the brown mountain lights.