more at http://quickfound.net ' Interview with Lt Col Lawrence J. Tacker and Maj Hector Quintanilla, Jr., concerning Project Blue Book, which relates to identification of unidentified flying objects (UFO).' Public domain film from the US National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blue_Book Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air Force. Started in 1952, it was the second revival of such a study (the first two of its kind being Projects Sign and Grudge). A termination order was given for the study in December 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased in January 1970. Project Blue Book had two goals: - to determine if UFOs were a threat to national security, and - to scientifically analyze UFO-related data. Thousands of UFO reports were collected, analyzed and filed. As the result of the Condon Report (1968), which concluded there was nothing anomalous about UFOs, Project Blue Book was ordered shut down in December 1969 and the Air Force continues to provide the following summary of its investigations: - No UFO reported, investigated and evaluated by the Air Force was ever an indication of threat to our national security; - There was no evidence submitted to or discovered by the Air Force that sightings categorized as "unidentified" represented technological developments or principles beyond the range of modern scientific knowledge; and - There was no evidence indicating that sightings categorized as "unidentified" were extraterrestrial vehicles. By the time Project Blue Book ended, it had collected 12,618 UFO reports, and concluded that most of them were misidentifications of natural phenomena (clouds, stars, etc.) or conventional aircraft. According to the National Reconnaissance Office a number of the reports could be explained by flights of the formerly secret reconnaissance planes U-2 and A-12. A small percentage of UFO reports were classified as unexplained, even after stringent analysis. The UFO reports were archived and are available under the Freedom of Information Act, but names and other personal information of all witnesses have been redacted... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Quintanilla Hector Quintanilla JR. (May 7, 1923 - May 18, 1998) was a United States Air Force (USAF) Lt Colonel best known as the last chief officer of Project Blue Book, the USAF's official unidentified flying object investigative arm. Biography Born in Monterrey Nuevo, León, Mexico in 1923, Hector Quintanilla Jr. emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1929 as a young boy (Quintanilla had three brothers). He and his family crossed the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge in Laredo Texas. He was 6 years old at the time... He received a physics degree from St. Mary University in 1950. He decided to pursue a military career and was offered a commission of Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force in 1951. In 1954 he was C.O of unit 6910 Security Group in Landsberg, Bavaria. He was an officer in the United States Air Force Security Service. His wife, Eleanor, joined him on this tour. His troops had been trained in San Antonio and had enjoyed Mexican food. They stated that his beautiful wife invited them to a Mexican Christmas dinner in 1954. In 1960 Quintanilla later served at Griffis AFB, Rome, New York. He headed Project Blue Book from 1963 until its closure in 1970. Project Blue Book was started in 1952. The USAF announced Project Blue Book's closing on December 17, 1969 and officially closed it on January 30, 1970. He succeeded Lt. Col. Robert Friend...

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