UFO Cold Cases: Kansas: Secret USAF Files 1947-1961 Declassified

This is not fiction.It’s the genuine article. The real Megillah. True-to-life X-files — UFO cold cases that the U.S. Air Force couldn’t explain.

It seems hard to believe now.
But for two decades, the USAF considered strange lights, flying saucers and other UFOs as serious business. Special agents went out to investigate. Analysts poured over their findings. Their effort, which eventually became public, was called Project Blue Book.
The analysts tried to explain away most sightings as common everyday objects, such as planets, tricks of light, balloons, birds, meteors, or regular aircraft. But not all could be identified — more than 700 reports are still listed as “unknown.”

Seeking the truth
Journalist Dave Toplikar, who has had a long career reporting on politics, government, police, courts, and business, decided to take a fresh look at some of those baffling “unknowns.” A Kansas native, Toplikar started his quest by investigating 10 UFO cold cases from his home state.He hunted down sightings from Wichita, Goodland, Plainville, Pittsburg, Howard, Clay Center, Norcatur and several from the Kansas City area. The cold cases included confidential hand-written notes and classified questionnaire forms. There were redacted witness statements and sketches, teletype communications, letters, photostats and news clippings — dozens of scraps of information from the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s.

Astonishing accounts
Piecing them together, the author found tales that seemed right out of the realm of science fiction. The documents describe amazing crafts with unprecedented speeds and maneuvering ability. The witnesses had upstanding reputations and credibility. And despite facing ridicule, they stuck to their stories.

Ties to Roswell?
Toplikar, who has won multiple journalism awards for storytelling, has compiled the incidents into easy-to-read narratives. He included historical context and how some of them related to classic UFO cases, including the alleged crashes in Roswell and Aztec in New Mexico. He also reads between the lines — did these cold cases actually end with the Air Force, or were they passed off to other unknown agencies cloaked within our national security labyrinth?

Want to believe?
If you’ve seen a UFO or know people who have, you’ll read about what was seen by others, people just as serious and puzzled as you. If you’re new to UFO research and want to learn more about Project Blue Book, this report is for you. If you’re a confirmed skeptic, this might just give you a reason to see these cold cases as the USAF once did — as serious business.

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Dave Toplikar is an award-winning journalist who has written tens of thousands of published stories and columns while based at news operations in Kansas and in Nevada. He has covered politics, government, crime, courts, fires, city hall, technology, religion, sports—and even checked into a few UFO sightings. He was a reporter and web managing editor of the Las Vegas Sun. He was also a reporter and web managing editor at the Lawrence Journal-World. He is now a writer and editor at Marketing Communications, Office of Public Affairs, University of Kansas, in Lawrence, Kansas.