Finding Aid for the Project Blue Book Copies of Records, 1947-1977

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Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Project Blue Book Copies of Records,
Date (inclusive): 1947-1977
Collection number: 1228
Creator: Project Blue Book (U.S.)
Extent: 133 boxes (66.5 linear ft.) 1 carton (1 linear ft.)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jack Webb, 1979.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Project Blue Book Copies of Records (Collection 1228). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233622 

Scope and Content

Collection consists of the investigative reports of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book into the phenomenon of UFO's, and includes photocopied records obtained by Mark VII Ltd. under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as scripts and related material from the television show Project U.F.O. produced by Jack Webb.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Project Blue Book (U.S.)
Project U.F.O. (Television program).
Unidentified flying objects.


Note

NOTE: The materials in this collection are not original documents but are photocopies of original Air Force records obtained by Jack Webb under the Freedom of Information Act.
A chronological index to the reported sightings is also available at the reference desk.
Box 1

June-September 1947.

Box 2

October-December 1947.

Note

(lacking November 1947)
Box 3

January-May 1948.

Box 4

June- October 1948.

Box 5

November 1948-January 1949.

Box 6

February-19 April 1949.

Box 7

20 April-May 1949.

Box 8

June-July 1949.

Box 9

August-September 1949.

Box 10

October-December 1949.

Box 11

January-April 1950.

Box 12

May-August 1950.

Box 13

September-December 1950.

Box 14

January-July 1951.

Box 15

August-October 1951.

Box 16

November 1951-March 1952.

Box 17

April-10 May 1952.

Box 18

11 May-22 June 1952.

Box 19

23 June-5 July 1952.

Box 20

6-19 July 1952.

Box 21

20-19 July 1952.

Box 22

27-29 July 1952.

Box 23

30 July-10 August 1952.

Box 24

11-26 August 1952.

Box 25

27 August-16 September 1952.

Box 26

17 September-October 1952.

Box 27

November-15 December 1952.

Box 28

16 December-27 February 1953.

Box 29

15 February-April 1953.

Box 30

May-12 July 1953.

Box 31

13 July-September 1953.

Box 32

October 1953-January 1954.

Box 33

Februrary-May 1954.

Box 34

June-August 1954.

Box 35

September-November 1954.

Box 36

December 1954-April 1955.

Box 37

May-August 1955.

Box 38

September 1955-January 1956.

Box 39

February-June 1956.

Box 40

July-August 1956.

Box 41

September-November 1956.

Box 42

December 1956-April 1957.

Box 43

May-July 1957.

Box 44

August-14 October 1957.

Box 45

15 October-5 November 1957.

Box 46

6-9 November 1957.

Box 47

10-30 November 1957.

Box 48

December 1957-10 January 1958.

Box 49

January-March 1958.

Box 50

April-June 1958.

Box 51

July-16 Sepetember 1958.

Box 52

17 September-October 1958.

Box 53

November 1958-11 February 1959.

Box 54

12 February-April 1959.

Box 55

May-August 1959.

Box 56

September-December 1959.

Box 57

January-April 1960.

Box 58

May-15 July 1960.

Box 59

16 July-August 1960.

Box 60

September-October 1960.

Box 61

November 1960-14 January 1961.

Box 62

15 January-March 1961.

Box 63

April-May 1961.

Box 64

June-9 August 1961.

Box 65

10 August-a4 October 1961.

Box 66

16 October 1961-January 1962.

Box 67

February-April 1962.

Box 68

May-15 July 1962.

Box 69

16 July-September 1962.

Box 70

October 1962-February 1963.

Box 71

March-16 June 1963.

Box 72

17 June 1963-10 August 1963.

Box 73

11 August-November 1963.

Box 74

December 1963-23 April 1964.

Box 75

24 April-May 1964.

Box 76

June-27 July 1964.

Box 77

27 July-August 1964.

Box 78

September-November 1964.

Box 79

December 1964-February 1965.

Box 80

March-May 1965.

Note

(lacking most of April 1965)
Box 81

June-15 July 1965.

Box 82

16-31 July 1965.

Box 83

1-11 August 1965.

Box 84

11-24 August 1965.

Box 85

25 August-5 September 1965.

Box 86

6 September-15 October 1965.

Box 87

16 October-December 1965.

Box 88

January-19 March 1966.

Box 89

20-28 March 1986.

Box 90

1-7 April 1966.

Box 91

8-30 April 1966.

Box 92

May 1966.

Box 93

June 1966.

Box 94

July 1966.

Box 95

1-20 August 1966.

Box 96

21 August-15 September 1966.

Box 97

16 September-12 October 1966.

Box 98

13-31 October 1966.

Box 99

November-14 December 1966.

Box 100

15 December 1966-January 1967.

Box 101

1-25 February 1967.

Box 102

26 February-15 March 1967.

Box 103

16 March-3 April 1967.

Box 104

4-23 April 1967.

Box 105

24 April-May 1967.

Box 106

June 1967.

Box 107

July 1967.

Box 108

August-10 September 1967.

Box 109

11 September-6 October 1967.

Box 110

7-31 October 1967.

Box 111

November 1967.

Box 112

December 1967-January 1968.

Box 113

February-3 March 1968.

Box 114

3 March-15 April 1968.

Box 115

16 April-28 June 1968.

Box 116

30 June-10 July 1968.

Box 117

11 July-20 August 1968.

Box 118

21 August-September 1968.

Box 119

October-November 1968.

Box 120

December 1968-February 1969.

Box 121

March-June 1969.

Box 122

July-September 1969.

Box 123

October-December 1969.

Boxes 124-125

Chronological files. 1948-1962

Box 124

September 1948-August 1949.

Box 125

September 1949-October 1962.

Boxes 126-127

Administrative files

Box 126

Box 1.

Box 127

Boxes 2-4.

Boxes 128-131

OSI (Office of Special Investigations) district files

Box 128

Districts 1-6.

Box 129

Districts 7-16.

Box 130

Districts 17-18.

Box 131

Districts 19-27

Note

(lacking 26)
Box 131

Overseas Command files, Alaska only.

Box 132, Folders 1-2

"Investigation of series of green flares over S.W. U.S."

Scope and Content Note

Parts I-II. 226-240-246-261.
Box 132, Folder 3

Project Mercury. Second intermim report. May 26, 1961

Scope and Content Note

Staff study of the Committee on Science and Astronautics. U.S. House of Representatives. 87th Congress. First session.
Box 132, Folder 4

Unsorted material.

Physical Description: (ca. 75 leaves)
Box 133, Folders 1-3

Project Bluebook

Box 133, Folder 1

Index

Scope and Content Note

Cases for possible dramatization [for television series Project U.F.O., produced by Jack Webb].
Box 133, Folder 2

Story book II

Scope and Content Note

Includes
  • 2) Other story possibilities
  • 3) Other ture unknowns
  • 4) Other hoaxes
  • 5) Psychological cases
  • 6) Other international incidents
Box 133, Folder 3

Story book III. Index

Scope and Content Note

  • 1) Other sidebar material
Box 133, Folder 4

Correspondence. Gene Levitt to Buck Houghton. Hollywood. October 20, 1978

Physical Description: (1 leaf)

Scope and Content Note

With clippings, photocopies of source material (ca. 50 leaves).
Box 133, Folders 5-6

Project U.F.O. Script. December 1977

Box 133, Folder 5

Revision (Production no.4002). By Harold Jack Bloom. December 20, 1977

Box 133, Folder 6

Revision (Production no.4003). By Donald L. Gold and Lester William Berke. December 20, 1977

Box 133, Folder 7

Partial script and notes.

Physical Description: (22 leaves, typescript, holograph, and photocopy)
Box 133, Folder 8

Basic data sought by investigators..

Physical Description: (5 leaves)
Box 133, Folder 9

Ephemera. AIAA Newsletter (vol.9, no.4). December 1977

Physical Description: (1 item, 1 leaf)
Box 133, Folder 10

The TRUE report on flying saucers (no.1). Edited by Frank Bowers. 1967

Physical Description: (96pp.)
Box 133, Folder 11

The Report of Unidentified Flying Objects. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. 1956

Creator/Collector: Ruppelt, Edward J.
Physical Description: (316pp.)
Box *134

Chronological index of individual sightings.

Physical Description: (3 looseleaf binders)