The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects - Softcover

Ruppelt, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605979252 ISBN 13: 9781605979250

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2008

Synopsis

Edward Ruppelt was a United States air Force officer. While working on a government study called Project Blue Book, he coined the term unidentified flying object. This term replaced the words flying saucer. The period when Ruppelt was with Project Blue Book was the time the best investigations into UFO's were completed. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects was published after Ruppelt left Project Blue Book. The book is notable because it was, for several decades, the only account of Air Force UFO studies written by a participant. This book is essential for anyone interested in the history of the UFO sitings. Ruppelt discusses his time with Projects Grudge and Blue Book. His assessments of some UFO cases, including a portion he thought were puzzling and unexplained is a fascinating account of the period and the thinking of the man at the center of the investigations. . Ruppelt also reveals much insider material.

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About the Author

Edward J. Ruppelt (1923–1960) was a United States Air Force officer probably best-known for his involvement in Project Blue Book, a formal governmental study of unidentified flying objects. He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk", which had become widely known; Ruppelt thought the latter terms were both suggestive and inadequate. Ruppelt was the director of Project Grudge from late 1951 until it became Project Blue Book in March 1952; he remained with Blue Book until late 1953. UFO researcher Jerome Clark writes, "Most observers of Blue Book agree that the Ruppelt years comprised the project's golden age, when investigations were most capably directed and conducted. Ruppelt himself was open-minded about UFOs, and his investigators were not known, as Grudge's were, for force-fitting explanations on cases."

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605979252
• ISBN 13: 9781605979250
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328