Government / Military

Edward Ruppelt

1952–1960

Air Force officer; first head of Project Blue Book, credited with popularizing the term "UFO."

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Connections (7)

confirmedJ. Allen Hynek

Blue Book colleagues

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

confirmedMaj. Dewey Fournet

served as his Pentagon liaison on Blue Book matters

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

confirmedPentacle Memorandum (1953)

addressed to the attention of Capt. Edward Ruppelt

Source: CUFON, Pentacle Memorandum text

confirmedProject Blue Book

first director

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

confirmedMIT Lincoln Laboratory

holds a 1952 recording of his "flying saucer" briefing

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt (1956)

confirmedGen. John A. Samford

Blue Book's first director; briefed him regularly as USAF Director of Intelligence

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)

confirmedCurtis LeMay

same Air Force UFO chain of command

Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt (1956)

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