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Project Blue Book
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Posted on 01/01/2010 9:57:57 AM PST by JoeProBono

A previously unpublished manuscript by Project Blue Book’s Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla has just been published.

The manuscript book was written in 1975 by Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, the head of the USAF Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was supposed to be an objective investigation and documentation of the UFO phenomenon carried out by the United States Air Force from March 1952 until December 1969.

* It demonstrate to the interested public, through the authors own unedited words, Lt. Col. Quintanilla’s attitudes, preconceptions and biases that dominated Project Blue Book. * It describes methodology and practices employed by the United States Air Force in investigating and cataloging the UFO phenomenon.

The manuscript covers the years of Quintanilla’s own involvement from July 1963 to December 1969 in Project Blue Book and also contains many valuable insights into the public and media reaction to the USAF funded study from the perspective of the author. In particular, Lt. Col. Quintanilla’s descriptions of University of Arizona professor James E. McDonald’s pursuit of the UFO phenomena as well as Dr. J. Allen Hynek’s relationship with project Blue Book are annotated for the public record in considerable, colorful, and sometimes jaundiced detail.

Here (BELOW) is a 428KB Acrobat PDF file of the complete book, which is copyrighted by Karl Quintanilla.

Lt. Col. Quintanilla -seated



TOPICS: History; UFO's; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: hectorquintanilla; jpb; projectbluebook; ufo
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To: ErnBatavia

21 posted on 01/01/2010 11:21:15 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: dennisw

22 posted on 01/01/2010 11:32:13 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Las Vegas Dave

The McMinnville Photos are among those parts of the UFO phenomenon that defy quotidian explanation. Because of these photos (among other bits and pieces) I remain convinced that a deeply hidden truth lies behind the entire UFO matter — a truth I hope to live long enough to see revealed.


23 posted on 01/01/2010 11:55:12 AM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYfFQMPIP0


24 posted on 01/01/2010 12:08:05 PM PST by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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To: JoeProBono

Quintanilla’s memoir is a straightforward if sometimes opinionated account of service as the Air Force’s top military bureaucrat in charge of Project Blue Book. Contrary to his statement to Harley Campbell, Quintanilla’s ultimate opinion in the memoir is negative as to UFOs being of ET origin.


25 posted on 01/01/2010 12:10:15 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: ErnBatavia

26 posted on 01/01/2010 12:16:05 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: KoRn
On the way to the Moon during the Apollo 13 mission, they saw a UFO as they were approaching the Moon. It was a bright flashing light out in the distance, and they didn’t know what it was. Aldrin was about to tell mission control about it, but Armstrong told him to not say anything.

Um, Armstrong and Aldrin were NOT on Apollo 13.

27 posted on 01/01/2010 12:17:41 PM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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To: Rockingham

28 posted on 01/01/2010 12:20:27 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono; Quix; Las Vegas Dave

There is a big flap of flying orange lights seen all over Europe on New Years morning just after midnight. All appeared to follow the same pattern in numerous cities.

You can see some of them on video at YouTube... simply go and enter “Jan 1 2010 UFO” and you will find a number of them. So far they have been seen over Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the UK and even reported in Indonesia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUbMeTzbLzs

They are flying faster and higher than “Chinese Lanterns” and are much brighter.


29 posted on 01/01/2010 4:22:39 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: JoeProBono

??????


30 posted on 01/01/2010 5:21:56 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: AFreeBird
" Um, Armstrong and Aldrin were NOT on Apollo 13. "

Oops! lol Well... I was mistaken. I had Apollo 13 on my mind, but I was referring to Apollo 11.

31 posted on 01/01/2010 5:50:24 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Interesting Times

The numerous UFO sightings over Washington DC in July 1952 (including air traffic control radars and F-94 interceptor aircraft, radar and visual) were explained away by the Air Force as: “the recent blips and lights can be attributed to weather inversions.” Radar operators were insulted because they knew weather inversions don’t produce blips on radar. The pilots were insulted because they knew what they saw wasn’t caused by weather inversions. Ten years later, one of those F-94 pilots told me what he experienced.


32 posted on 01/01/2010 8:28:48 PM PST by zot
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To: JoeProBono

You too.

LUBBRO


33 posted on 01/01/2010 9:28:57 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Bon mots

Thanks thanks.

Will check it out, likely tomorrow.


34 posted on 01/01/2010 9:42:03 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: JoeProBono; Las Vegas Dave
Re: My previous post about the New Years flap... I'm leaning towards thinking that these are Chinese Flying Lanterns... there is a flap of sightings every single New Year, and the tradition is that they are launched on the New Year... they can go up to 3000 feet high and catch an airstream and go for almost half an hour. They are visible for miles...

Those 'sightings' all over Europe all occurred at just between midnight and 1:00 a.m. - during or just after most of the fireworks... the ones I saw were at the same time.

I'll call those identified for now... but next year for my New Year's celebration, I will buy some Chinese Flying Lanterns!

Get some for next year!
Chinese Flying Lanterns

:)


35 posted on 01/02/2010 6:08:20 AM PST by Bon mots
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To: Las Vegas Dave

Thanks for the ping.


36 posted on 01/02/2010 12:59:13 PM PST by GOPJ (Success is cast as evil and punished while failure is blamed on others and rewarded.-Rand)
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