9: The Minutes of Our Mythology, Part Two: Searching for a Sign

What's up, ufonauts?! In Minutes of Our Mythology, Part Two, I look at the government's first examination of the UFO phenomenon: Project Sign. Throughout 1948, people from all walks of life reported UFOs to the government. Some were civilians, some were actual pilots and military personnel. They ran the gamut. By the time Project Sign came to an end, it had seen the death of a pilot pursuing a UFO, reports of all sorts of odd lights in the sky, and an extremely close encounter by two Eastern Airlines pilots who claimed to see an enormous cigar-shaped UFO with windows that shot a 50 foot flame out the end of it. Find out all about Project Sign and more on this episode of Our Strange Skies! Stray Note: I forgot to mention on the episode, it is believed that Thomas F. Mantell died of hypoxia when he reached past 20,000 feet, because he didn't have oxygen on board the plane. Links: “Majestic 12 Documents” by Loy Lawhorn, UFO Evidence (//www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc891.htm) “The FBI Debunked These UFO Documents in the Most Childish Way Possible” by Eric Grundhauser (//www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2016/12/06/the_fbi_debunked_the_majestic_12_ufo_documents_in_the_most_childish_way.html) FBI Majestic 12 Investigation (//vault.fbi.gov/Majestic%2012/Majestic%2012%20Part%201%20of%201/view) Project Sign and the Estimate of the Situation by Michael Swords (//www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sign/sign.htm) Project Sign Final Report (//www.nicap.org/docs/SignRptFeb1949.pdf) The Mantell Incident - Above Top Secret (//www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread463614/pg1) The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by Mark O’Connell (//www.amazon.com/Close-Encounters-Man-World-Believe/dp/0062484176/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527523626&sr=8-1&keywords=the+close+encounters+man) The Mantell Incident – Events on 7 Jan 1948 - Official Statements by Incident Number (//www.nicap.org/docs/mantell/Mantell_Incident_Statements.htm) UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-up 1941-1973 by Richard Dolan (//www.amazon.com/UFOs-National-Security-State-Chronology/dp/1571743170/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527525207&sr=1-2&keywords=ufos+and+the+national+security+state) UFOs: A History 1948 by Loren E. Gross (//docs.google.com/document/d/1tmrHxYwOrdHeTgQgOdhqWiyzFb5Og4pxV47wAwKRUYs/edit) The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward Ruppelt (//www.amazon.com/Report-Unidentified-Flying-Objects-Original/dp/1616404949/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527706531&sr=8-1&keywords=the+report+on+unidentified+flying+objects+by+edward+j+ruppelt&dpID=51JFE%252BuUEZL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch) Project 1947: Watershed, The Chiles-Whitted “rocketship” Sighting (//www.project1947.com/gr/chileswhitted.htm) Project 1947 - Air Intelligence Report (//www.project1947.com/fig/1948air.htm) Theme Song by Shane Yoder (//www.puttheminasong.com/) Art and Website by the Great Desdymona (//desdymona.com/)