THE BLUE BOOK UNKNOWNS The unexplained UFO reports from the files of the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book UFO investigations Compiled by Don Berliner, for the Fund for UFO ResearchTH XPLAINED UFO CASES FROM THE PROJECT BLUE BOOK FILES In January, 1974, I visited the U.S. Air Force Archives at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Ala., to review the files of Project Blue Book as the first step toward writing a book on the subject. In a full week, I read all the "unexplained" cases in the original files and made extensive notes, including the names and other identifying information on all witnesses where given. The cooperation of the staff of the Archives was excellent, and no restrictions were placed on my work. A few months later, the files were withdrawn from public view eo they could be prepared for transfer to the National Archives in Washington, D.c. This process involved making a xerox copy of almost 30 file drawers of material, blacking out the names and other identifiers of all witnesses, and then microfilming the censored xerox copy. The microfilm has been available to the public at the National Archives since 1976. The original Project Blue Book files remain under lock and key at the Archives. p on almost every page of the 12,000+ case files, there are big black marks where information that could be used to cross- check Project Blue Book's controversial work has been cencored This includes the names of witnesses to widely-publicized cases and even names in newspaper clippings!As it was perfectly legal for me to copy witness’ names when I visited the Air Force Archives, those names can be found in this report of 585 (less 13 missing) unexplained cases. And since the Privacy Act, which motivated the Air Force to censor the files in the first place, does not apply to reporters or anyone else outside the Government, they can be used as the reader pleases. Inasmuch as the book I planned to write has never progressed beyond the manuscript stage, I see no reason to keep this information under wraps any longer. Perhaps it will encourage others to re-investigate cases and make the results known.