People

Edward Ruppelt

Air Force captain who headed Project Blue Book 1951–53 and coined the term 'UFO'.

Ties

To	Role	Years	Verdict	Source
Project Blue Book	head	1951–1953	Documented · occurred	en.wikipedia.org

Tied from

From	Role	Years	Verdict	Source
Burlison asked MIT Lincoln Lab for Ruppelt's 1952 'flying saucer talk' reel	named		Structural
Ruppelt said Vandenberg ordered the Sign interplanetary estimate destroyed	named		Structural
Ruppelt wrote in 1956 that a top-secret 1948 Sign 'Estimate of the Situation' reached General Vandenberg, who rejected it	named		Structural
Stansel named Ruppelt as Kingman coordinating personnel	named		Structural
The 1952 Ruppelt 'flying saucer talk' reel (AF-ATIC-FILM 03-52), an audio recording, was released in PURSUE Release 06	named		Structural
Project Blue Book	head	1951–1953	Documented · occurred	en.wikipedia.org
Ruppelt 1952 audio was held by MIT Lincoln Lab until PURSUE	speaker	1952	Structural
Kenneth Arnold sighting (1947)	reviewed Arnold at Sign; 'wind-blown snow' called 'impossible' by AF investigators	1952	Documented · said
Tremonton film 1952	Blue Book head at the time	1952	Documented · occurred	en.wikipedia.org
Washington DC UFO flap (1952)	Blue Book chief in DC during the flap, sidelined by the staff-car refusal	1952	Documented · occurred	en.wikipedia.org
Maury Island incident (1947)	'the dirtiest hoax in the UFO history' (1956)	1956	Documented · occurred
NASIC crash retrieval and reverse engineering (UAP Gerb)	quoted	1956	—	youtube.com

Notes

Release 06 includes his March 1952 briefing (D154).