Project 1947
Encyclopedia
Project 1947 is a worldwide effort to document the origins of the modern UFO
phenomenon. Research for the project
has yielded many early-era UFO reports via the Freedom of Information Act
, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts.
PROJECT 1947, an ongoing intensive research effort into the UFO wave of 1947, will accomplish several important tasks:
PROJECT 1947, with its primary focus on the 1947 wave, will also look forward as far as 1965 and back to 1900 for certain selected significant topics in UFO research. The 1900-1946 period will be examined for UFO-like reports.
Unidentified flying object
A term originally coined by the military, an unidentified flying object is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable to the observer as any known object...
phenomenon. Research for the project
Project
A project in business and science is typically defined as a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim. Projects can be further defined as temporary rather than permanent social systems that are constituted by teams...
has yielded many early-era UFO reports via the Freedom of Information Act
Freedom of Information Act (United States)
The Freedom of Information Act is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure...
, newspaper articles and contemporary accounts.
PROJECT 1947, an ongoing intensive research effort into the UFO wave of 1947, will accomplish several important tasks:
- Screen over 5,000 newspapers from all over the world for UFO reports.
- Search for UFO reports in libraries, historical societies, universities, archives and other institutions in the US and Canada.
- Compile the reports and data into the most comprehensive study of the 1947 UFO Wave yet done.
PROJECT 1947, with its primary focus on the 1947 wave, will also look forward as far as 1965 and back to 1900 for certain selected significant topics in UFO research. The 1900-1946 period will be examined for UFO-like reports.