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Edward Ruppelt leaves Project Blue Book

Name: Edward Ruppelt leaves Project Blue Book
Start: 1953
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

When: 1953
Where: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
Sources: 1 public source

Edward Ruppelt, who led Project Blue Book until 1953 Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Capt. Edward Ruppelt, who had run the Air Force's UFO project through the 1952 wave, left Project Blue Book and the Air Force in 1953. His 1956 book says he asked for a transfer in December 1952, no replacement came, and he was again handling Blue Book cases in August 1953.

Sources

FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956

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