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Blue Book reports astronomer survey: 5 of 44 saw unexplained objects

When: 31 Dec 1952
Where: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Sources: 2 public sources

A chart from Project Blue Book Status Report No. 8, the report that summarized Hynek's astronomer survey Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Project Blue Book's Status Report No. 8 summarized summer 1952 conferences its contract astronomer, J. Allen Hynek, held with 44 professional astronomers. Five had seen things they could not readily explain; most were neither hostile nor very interested in the subject.

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OfficialProject Blue Book Status Report No. 8 (31 December 1952), Section II: Special Report on Conference with 44 Professional Astronomers (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence Center (copy hosted by The Black Vault) / 1952-12-31
PressMeet J. Allen Hynek, the Astronomer Who First Classified UFO 'Close Encounters' (opens in a new tab)HISTORY / 2018-11-19

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