Post-Blue Book U.S.A.F. UFO activities

An Air Force memorandum (released via the Freedom of Information Act) dated October 20, 1969 and signed by Brigadier General C.H. Bolander states that even after Blue Book was dissolved, that «reports of UFOs» would still «continue to be handled through the standard Air Force procedure designed for this purpose.» Furthermore, wrote Bolander, «Reports of unidentified flying objects which could affect national security … are not part of the Blue Book system.» To date, these other investigation channels, agencies or groups are unknown.

Additionally, Blum reports that Freedom of Information Act requests show that the U.S. Air Force has continued to catalog and track UFO sightings, particularly a series of dozens of UFO encounters from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s that occurred at U.S. military facilities with nuclear weapons. Blum writes that some of these official documents depart drastically from the normally dry and bureaucratic wording of government paperwork, making obvious the sense of «terror» that these UFO incidents inspired in many U.S.A.F. personnel.