During the first six months of 1956, the 2nd report states that the 4602d received 2354 UFO sighting reports, bringing the total to 7722 reports handled by the program. Even more interesting, 170 of those reports occurred during the 6 month reporting period alone. One of the common myths is that the Air Force only dealt with a handful of sightings. This document shows a mature investigative system processing thousands of reports nationwide. The report also reveals something about how the Air...

For years we've been told that Project Blue Book was little more than an administrative exercise. A small office receiving reports, filing paperwork and explaining away sightings. The newly released history of the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron paints a different picture. According to the squadron's history, the 4602d was conducting field investigations of UFO reports across the United States. The document states that the squadron was responsible for carrying out field investigations...

🚨Looks like another UFO records drop may be closer than we thought. 30 Air Force records have just appeared on the National Archives servers, including Air Force Regulation 200-2, Project Blue Book material, 4602nd Air Intelligence Service Squadron histories, multiple UFO correspondence files, intelligence summaries, and something intriguingly titled Estimate of the Situation. If these documents are what they appear to be, we may finally get a clearer picture of how seriously the Air Force t...