Category: Project Sign

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1948: Project Sign

THINK ABOUTIT PROJECT/GROUP SUMMARY Project/Group Name: Project Sign Mission: the first project to officially investigate UFOs under MAJESTIC TWELVE Date Started: 1948 Ended: 1948 Who or Whom Started It: Army Air Force Part of what Government Agency: Army Air Force Location: Special Features/Characteristics: Source: Summary/Description: Full Report Loy Lawhon Summary: There is reliable testimony that in August 1948, the Technical Intelligence Division at Wright-Patterson and Project Sign, decided to make a formal Estimate of the Situation. The Estimate was a top-secret document that contained unexplained sightings by pilots, scientists, and other reliable witnesses. The report concluded that UFOs were of extraterrestrial origin. The Army Air Force was, in one form or another, involved in investigating UFOs beginning with the 8th Army’s investigation of foo […] Read More

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Project Sign

Project Sign, just like project Grudge, is an earlier version of  Project Project Blue Book. Project Sign was the first project to officially investigate UFOs.under MAJESTIC TWELVE It was short-lived: it was started in 1948 and already by the end of 1948 it was succeeded by Project Grudge. The main reason for this is that by fall 1948 the project Sign team had come to the conclusion that UFOs were most likely extraterrestrial ships. They had written this in the so-called “Estimate of the Situation.” When this paper reached the Pentagon, the staff of Project Sign was told that their conclusions were unacceptable and that all copies of the Estimate had to be destroyed. The project was broken up and replaced by Project Grudge. […] Read More