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Air Force Regulation 200-2
Air Force Regulation 200-2 (“AFR 200-2”) dated August 26, 1953 superseded the more complicated reporting system in Air Force Letter 200-5 issued April 29, 1952.

(AFR 200-2 was subsequently superseded by Air Force Regulation 80-17 dated 1966.0919.)

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...

 

The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.

 

 

 

Book References

Image of 12th August 1954 version of AFR 200-2 presented by Jessup, Morris K in his “The UFO Annual” (1956) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at the unnumbered final 4 pages of the Citadel hardback edition.

Image of 14th September 1959 version of AFR 200-2 presented by Tacker, Lawrence (Lieutenant Colonel) in his “Flying Saucers and the U.S. Air Force” (1960) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91-97 of the D Van Nostrand hardback edition (in Appendix 1).

Image of 12 August 1954 version of AFR 200-2 presented by Randle, Kevin and Schmitt, Donald in their “The Truth About the UFO Crash At Roswell” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 201-203 (in Appendix C) of the Evans hardback edition.

The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.

Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.

For discussion of AFR 200-2 see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1993

Andrews, George in his “Extra-Terrestrial Friends and Foes” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-9 (in Chapter 1) of the Illuminet Press softcover edition.

2

1997

Baker, Alan in his “Sci-Fi Channel: True Life Encounters: UFO Sightings” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 163-164 (in Chapter 5) of the Orion softcover edition.

2

1980

Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Bill in their “The Roswell Incident“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 53-54 (in Chapter 3) of the Granada hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Granada paperback edition).

2

1990

Blum, Howard in his “Out There“ (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 65 (in Chapter 6) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition, page 59 of the Pocket Star paperback edition.

1

1974

Blum, Ralph and Blum, Judy in their “Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101-102 (in Chapter 9) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition).

2

1974

Brummett, William E (Major, USAF) and Zuick, Ernest R (Captain) on page 11 of a research paper entitled “Should The Air Force Reopen Project Blue Book?” submitted to the Air and Staff College of the Air (Force) University on 17th May 1974. Research paper available online at http://www.cufon.org/cufon/afrstdy1.htm

1

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 467 (forming part of an entry entitled “Project Blue Book”) of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition.

1

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 273 (forming part of an entry entitled “Project Blue Book, 1952-1959”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1996

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 408, 409 (in an entry entitled “Project Blue Book, 1960-1969”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

2

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at page 731 (forming part of an entry entitled “Project Blue Book” at pages 730-742) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1978

Cohen, Daniel in his “The World of UFOs” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 45-46 (in Chapter 6) of the Lippincott hardback edition.

2

1969

Condon Report (“Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects”, Edward U Condon (Director) and Daniel S Gillmor (Editor) (1969)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 884, 885-886 (in Section 5, Chapter 2 “UFOs: 1947-1968”, by Edward U Condon) of the uncorrected version submitted to the Air Force (with the same page numbering in the 3 volume paperbound edition distributed by the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce) at pages 529, 530-531 of the Vision hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Bantam paperback edition). The first of these editions has the same page numbering as the edition available free online at the following links:

http://www.project1947.com/shg/condon/contents.html

3

1979

Crockett, Art in “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (edited by Milt Machlin) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 154 (in Chapter 6) of the Dale paperback edition.

1

2000

Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 210-211, 234 (in Chapter 5) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 136, 156 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

3

2003

Druffel, Ann in her “Firestorm : Dr James E McDonald's Fight for UFO Science” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 77 (in Chapter 4), 97 (in Chapter 5), 153 (in Chapter 7) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

3

1966

Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-134 (in Chapter 10) of the Bantam paperback edition, at pages 139-140 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition.

2

1962

Edwards, Frank in his “Strangest of All” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 155-156 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Flying Saucers and the Brass Curtain”) of the Ace paperback edition.

2

1976

Flammonde, Paris in his “Ufo Exist!” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 405 (in Chapter 20) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition.

1

1966

Fuller, John G in his “Incident at Exeter” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 55-57 (in Chapter 5) of the Berkley paperback editions.

3

1967

Fuller, John in “The Flying Saucer Reader” (1967) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 191-194 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Air Force Regulation # 200-2…”) of the Signet paperback edition. The relevant chapter is reprinted from “Incident at Exeter” by John Fuller.

4

1967

Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at pages 120-121 (in Chapter 13) of the Lancer paperback edition.

2

1980

Greenwell, J Richard in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 6-7 (in an entry entitled “AFR (Air Force Regulation) 200-2 and 80-17”) of the NEL hardback edition.

2

2000

Hall, Michael David and Connors, Wendy Ann in their “Captain Edward J Ruppelt : Summer of the Saucers - 1952” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 229, 230 (in the Conclusion) of the Rose Press softcover edition.

2

1999

Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 256 (in Chapter 6) of the Galde Press softcover edition.

1

2000

Hansen, Terry in his “The Missing Times : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-Up : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover -Up” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 161 (in Chapter 5) of the Xlibris softcover edition.

1

1995

Harbinson, W A in his “Projekt Saucer” (1995) at page 232 (in Chapter 12) of the Box Tree hardback edition.

1

1997

Hesemann, Michael and Mantle, Philip in their “Beyond Roswell” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 120 (in Chapter 7) of the Michael O’Mara hardback edition.

1

1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-105 (in Chapter 4) of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 91-92 of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in Chapter 1) of the Signet paperback edition, page 22 of the Panther paperback edition.

1

1960

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Flying Saucers: Top Secret” (1960) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-24 (in Chapter 1), 83-84 (in Chapter 6), 138 (in Chapter 9), 141-142 (in Chapter 10) of the G P Putnam hardback edition.

7

1955

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “The Flying Saucer Conspiracy” (1955) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20-21 (in Chapter 1), 64-66 (in Chapter 6) and 154 (in Chapter 15) of the Hutchinson hardback edition.

6

1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-115 (in Chapter 11) of the Alpha Books softcover edition.

2

1967

Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “Flying Saucer Occupants” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 154-156 (in Chapter 9) of the Signet paperback edition.

3

1962

Lorenzen, Coral E in her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 222, 225 (in Chapter 14), 236 (in the Epilogue) of the APRO hardback edition.

3

1966

Lorenzen, Coral in “Flying Saucers : the Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space” (1966) (an enlarged version of her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 210-211 (in Chapter 14) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1998

Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 64-65 (in Chapter 3) of the Evans hardback edition.

2

1997

Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 127 (in Chapter 5) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

1

1999

Matthews, Tim in his “UFO Revelation” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 69 (in Chapter 5) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1964

NICAP in its “The UFO Evidence” (1964) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in Section 3) and pages 105-106 (in Section 9) of the privately published paperbound edition, with the same page numbering in the 1997 Barnes & Noble paperbound reprint. Available free online at:

http://www.nicap.org/ufoe/section_3.htm

http://www.nicap.org/ufoe/section_9.htm

1

1977

Ortzen, Len in his “Strange Stories of UFOs” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 5 (in Chapter 1) of the Coronet paperback edition.

1

1994

Peebles, Curtis in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 91 (Chapter 6, “The Robertson Panel” – in part of the section entitled “ ‘Flying Saucers from Outer Space”) of the Smithsonian hardback edition, pages 111 of the Berkley paperback edition.

1

2001

Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 400 (in Chapter 7) of the Robinson softcover edition.

1

1953

Project Blue Book Status Report Number 12 (1953.0930) at page 5 (in Section 3). Complete images of relevant report included on the redacted National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 85 (“Administrative Files: Box 1”), at the link below from the page with the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB85-882 (page 882 of 915) to the page with the PID of NARA-PBB85-915 (page 915 of 915). Complete images of relevant report included on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base microfilm roll number 30,362, at the link below from the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-852 (page 852 of 1537) to the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-885 (page 885 of 1537). Images of complete text of relevant report available free online as a downloadable pdf file from the download section of the website at the link below.

http://www.bluebookarchive.org

1

1974

Quintanilla, Hector (Major) in his unpublished manuscript entitled “UFOs: An Air Force Dilemma” (copyright 1974) at pages 16-17 of the manuscript, at pages 29-30 of the NIDS pdf version available free on-line on various websites, including at the following link:

http://www.projectbluebook.us/UFOs%20An%20Air%20Force%20Dilemma%20By%20Quintanilla.pdf

http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/quintanilla.pdf

 

2

1997

Randle, Kevin and Estes, Russ in their “Spaceships of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80, 81 (in Part 3) of the Fireside softcover edition.

2

1994

Randle, Kevin and Schmitt, Donald in their “The Truth About the UFO Crash At Roswell” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95-96 (in Chapter 13) of the Evans hardback edition.

2

2002

Randle, Kevin D in his “Case MJ-12” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102, 104 (in Chapter 5) of the Harper Torch paperback edition.

2

1997

Randle, Kevin D in his “Conspiracy of Silence” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 142, 147-148, 150-151 (in Chapter 7), 156, 171 (in Chapter 8), 196 (in Chapter 9) of the Avon paperback edition.

8

1997

Randle, Kevin D in his “Project Bluebook Exposed” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “In the Beginning…”) of the Marlowe softcover edition.

1

1998

Randle, Kevin D in his “Project Moon Dust” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-75 (in Chapter 3), 141 (in Chapter 7) of the Avon softcover edition.

3

1995

Randle, Kevin in his “A history of UFO crashes” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160, 165-166 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Project Moon Dust”) of the Avon paperback edition.

3

1996

Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 2) of the Frog softcover edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 7 (in an entry entitled “Air Force Regulation (AFR) 200-2”) of the Corgi softback edition.

1

1997

Shawcross, Tim in his “The Roswell File” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-217 (in Chapter 15) of the Bloomsbury softcover edition.

2

1976

Smith, Marcia S in her “The UFO Enigma: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, UG 633, 76-52 SP” (1976) at pages 56-57 (in Chapter 5) of the Congressional Research Service stapled edition.

2

1991

Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 6 (in an entry entitled “Air Force Letter 200-2 (REGULATION)”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at pages 7-8 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1976

Steiger, Brad in his “Project Blue Book“ (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13-15 (in the Introduction) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition.

3

1966

Steiger, Brad in his “Strangers from the Skies” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153, 154, 155 (in Chapter 30) of the Award Books paperback edition.

3

1997

Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-57 (in the Appendix) of the SPI softcover edition.

2

1985

Stranges, Frank in his “The UFO Conspiracy” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 19-20 (in Chapter 3) of the IEC softcover edition.

2

1993

Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 85-86 (in Chapter 3) of the GHP revised softcover edition.

2

1987

Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 3) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition.

1

1971

Vesco, Renato in his “Intercept Ufo” (Formerly published as “Intercept - But Don't Shoot”) (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 338 (in Chapter 10) of the Zebra paperback edition.

1

1980

Von Buttlar, Johannes in his “The UFO Phenomenon” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72-73 (in Chapter 7) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

1975

Weldon, John and Levitt, Zola in their “Encounters With UFOs“ (1975) (formerly “UFOs, What on Earth is Happening?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 41 (in Chapter 2) of the Harvest House paperback edition.

1

1970

Young, Mort in “Flying Saucers Have Arrived!” (1970) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 214 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Investigators”) of the World hardback edition. The relevant chapter is reprinted from “UFO : Top Secret” by Mort Young.

1

1967

Young, Mort in his “UFO Top Secret” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 27-28 (in Chapter 2), 115, 119 (in Chapter 8) of the Essandess softcover edition.

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