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Top-Secret UFO Program Revealed in TV's 'Project Blue Book'
space.com ^ | | January 8, 2019 05:49pm ET | y Mindy Weisberger, Live Science Senior Writer

Posted on 01/09/2019 7:46:21 PM PST by BenLurkin

Now declassified, the most intriguing of these unsolved cases are revisited in the History Channel series "Project Blue Book." Premiering tonight (Jan. 8) at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT., the show offers UFO aficionados and skeptics alike a peek at how it all began.

Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have long inspired curiosity and speculation, but when did our fascination with UFOs really take off? A new television drama explores the origins of the UFO phenomenon, drawing from the incredible true story of the U.S. government’s decades-long investigation of reported UFO encounters.

The secret program — dubbed Project Blue Book — launched in 1952 and was monitored by the U.S. Air Force until the project's termination in 1969. During that time, experts investigated more than 12,000 reports of UFO sightings, of which over 700 remain unexplained, according to records in the National Archives.

Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger on HBO's "Game of Thrones") stars as Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the real-life professor and astrophysicist who acted as the science adviser for Project Blue Book, and who is known to many as the "father of UFOlogy," show creator and executive producer David O'Leary told Live Science.

In the series, Hynek joins Air Force officials to investigate and explain sightings of peculiar lights in the sky, mysterious glowing fireballs, "flying saucers" and even purported extraterrestrials, History Channel representatives said in a statement.

But as "Project Blue Book" unfolds, Hynek comes to an unpleasant realization: His scientific curiosity about UFOs may run counter to a government agenda that wants to bury events that prove unthreatening, but nonetheless truly defy explanation, O'Leary said.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies; UFO's
KEYWORDS: projectbluebook
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To: BenLurkin

I believe many of those were based on actual reports from those who allegedly saw these craft.

I love the way Jack Webb narrates it in the video.


21 posted on 01/09/2019 8:12:16 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Tallguy

was sad


22 posted on 01/09/2019 8:13:31 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: BradyLS

There is a whole “Project Bluebook” set of books/records at the National Archives at College Park, Md., Room 2000 has the summary report and tells you where the records are located that you can order for viewing/copying.

All the “aliens” I know about live in the SW, Illinois, Minnesota, NE and the DC area. However, I have some questions about Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who looks like the Melkot in the original Star Trek series.


23 posted on 01/09/2019 8:22:25 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: BenLurkin

The actual report and Hynek’s book were more interesting than the silly show


24 posted on 01/09/2019 8:30:08 PM PST by Nifster (II see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: BenLurkin

Funny how UFOs disappeared just when 99% of the population has a phone camera capable of photographing them. Tricky little bastards!


25 posted on 01/09/2019 8:31:16 PM PST by heights
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To: laplata

The project is history. The shoe is not


26 posted on 01/09/2019 8:31:48 PM PST by Nifster (II see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: BenLurkin

I seen mystical things in the desert and sea.


27 posted on 01/09/2019 8:36:47 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Nifster

I understand.


28 posted on 01/09/2019 8:47:34 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: heights

They are now cloaking. Lol


29 posted on 01/09/2019 8:48:27 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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The halo lights in the desert, the glowing sands on the sea...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da94LekNXPw


30 posted on 01/09/2019 8:49:49 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

I knew a guy who lived in a remote area of Nevada and he and his wife would see what they called “Arrowhead” UFO’s. It turned out to be our stealth aircraft before they were made public.


31 posted on 01/09/2019 8:50:22 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: marajade
"Only ever knew him as Littlefinger. He was good in the role. He said he was said he wasn’t going to be involved in the next season."

That's because Sensa Stark set him up real good.

32 posted on 01/09/2019 8:51:04 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTuxXYkzwHg


33 posted on 01/09/2019 8:52:34 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mass55th

Arya. Love me some bad you know what Arya. You know Arya is good when she gave Brienne of Tarth a good workout.


34 posted on 01/09/2019 8:53:18 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: BenLurkin

I recall seeing that very episode when it originally aired. I was just a kid and had a fascination for UFOs.


35 posted on 01/09/2019 8:53:47 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: ConservativeMind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7dQm_8f_0


36 posted on 01/09/2019 8:54:46 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: laplata

Oh they don’t do that stuff over nyc


37 posted on 01/09/2019 8:55:37 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: laplata

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSdyVICvzyA


38 posted on 01/09/2019 9:02:29 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: marajade
She's a tough little cookie for sure! There's a prequel series to Game of Thrones in the works.

Found this update on it:

Game of Thrones Prequel Casts 8 Rising Stars

39 posted on 01/09/2019 9:08:15 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: heights
And UFO photos disappeared when hubcaps disappeared.

Odd coincidence, that.

40 posted on 01/09/2019 9:10:28 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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