1958.1006 DoD press release

 

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DoD press release
On 6 October 1958, the US Department of Defense issues a news release stating that the UFO “unknowns” remained below 2 percent in the 1270 new reports received in the previous 13 months, and details methods of investigation (Air Force Fact Sheet Number 986-58).

 

 

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Book References

Image of press release by Tacker, Lawrence (Lieutenant Colonel) in his “Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force” (1960) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 146-148 of the D Van Nostrand hardback edition (in Appendix 7). Mentioned on page 17 (in Chapter 2).

For discussion of the relevant press release see the following:

 

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1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 275 (forming part of an entry entitled “Project Blue Book, 1952-1959”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

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1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at page 733 (forming part of an entry entitled “Project Blue Book” at pages 730-742) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

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1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 163-164 (in Chapter 7) of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 144-145 of the Signet paperback edition.

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1994

Vesco, Renato and Childress, David Hatcher in their “Man Made UFOs 1944-1994 – 50 Years of Suppression” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 314 (in Chapter 10) of the AUP softcover edition.

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1971

Vesco, Renato in his “Intercept Ufo” (Formerly published as “Intercept - But Don't Shoot”) (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 314 (in Chapter 10) of the Zebra paperback edition.

1

1968

White, Dale in his “Is Something Up There?” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-38 (in Chapter 3) of the Scholastic Book Services paperback edition.

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Other Material