United States Air Force investigat reports of UFOS

Estimate of the Situation (1948) The United States Air Forces Project Sign investigated reports of UFO phenomena. Most Sign personnel believed that the extraterrestrial hypothesis was the most likely explanation for the phenomena. The Project Magnet Report (1952) - The Canadian Department of Transportation set up Project Magnet to determine whether extraterrestrial vehicles could be exploiting the Earths magnetic field as a method of propulsion. The 1952 Project Magnet report rejected the idea that UFO sightings could be explained as balloons, conventional aircraft, or optical illusions. Report concluded: It appears then, that we are faced with a substantial probability of the real existence of extra-terrestrial vehicles, regardless of whether or not they fit into our scheme of things. Such vehicles of necessity must use a technology considerably in advance of what we have. Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (1954) The US Air Forces Project Blue Book was tasked with the Air Forces investigation into UFO phenomena. Special Report No. 14 classified various UFO phenomena and described the characteristics between known phenomena which Blue Book could explain and unknown phenomena, which it could not. UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions (1968) The US National Security Agency - This document explores and rejects the hypotheses that all UFO sightings can be explained as either hoaxes, hallucinations, natural phenomena, or secret Earth projects. It discusses the implications of extraterrestrial life forms visiting Earth, stating, that if UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin, these close encounters could herald humanity's eventual conquest. The US should treat the investigation into UFO phenomena with the same urgency that one would treat a cry of rattlesnake: Tehran Incident Documents (1976-1978) The US Department of Defense and Captain Henry S. Shields, HQ USAFE/INOMP. The article provides and account of the 1976 Tehran UFO incident, when two F-4 Phantom jet fighters were sent to investigate reports of a UFO spotted over Tehran. Each F-4 lost instrument and communication capability as it approached the object, only to find them restored once they retreated. One F-4 attempted to fire on the object, but its weapons systems malfunctioned. The object did not appear on any surveillance instruments, although several visual sightings did occur. Pilot Parviz Jafari of the Imperial Iranian Air Force has publicly demanded a worldwide investigation into UFO phenomena as a result of his encounter. The Iranian Air Force Deputy Commander, Lieutenant General Abdollah Azarbarzin reported the incident to the US Military Assistance Advisory Group in Tehran, stating that the UFO outperformed any known human aircraft. CIA Officials Conducting Unofficial Research (1976) - Individuals within the US CIAs Domestic Collection Division - response to a request for information on CIA UFO research, someone within the CIA wrote that some within the agency monitor and investigate UFO phenomena, albeit on an unofficial basis: It does not seem that the government has any formal program in progress for the identification /solution of the UFO phenomena. Dr [censored] feel that the efforts of independent researchers, [censored], are vital for further progress in this area.