The report shocked and baffled many of Project SIGN’s researchers, though scientists would later claim the sighting was consistent with a bolide, or bright meteor. Those who vouch for its authenticity, however, say the report was inspired by a 1948 UFO sighting in Alabama, after two experienced pilots saw a torpedo-shaped “glowing object” zip past their aircraft and rocket into the clouds. In the 1960s, Air Force officials denied that the “Estimate of the Situation” document ever existed. The “Estimate of the Situation” was inspired by a mind-boggling event. As the story goes, Air Force officials destroyed the document and launched a more skeptical investigation in the late 1940s called Project GRUDGE. In 1948, Project SIGN purportedly published a document called the “Estimate of the Situation,” which suggested that extraterrestrials were a possible explanation for UFO sightings. government launched Project SIGN to determine if such objects were a threat. The public went wild for the so-called “flying saucers.” Shortly after, the U.S.
In 1947, a private pilot named Kenneth Arnold reportedly spotted nine glowing UFOs zooming over Washington's Mount Rainier. Project Blue Book wasn’t the government’s first UFO study. Get to know the secretive program better. Though the program ended more than 50 years ago, tales of its findings and inner workings have continued to intrigue people-thanks in part to a recent History Channel series.
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Air Force conducted a series of studies on UFO sightings called Project Blue Book.