UFO Interview: Tacker and Quintanilla on Blue Book
Lt Col Tacker and Maj Quintanilla discuss Project Blue Book's UFO identification efforts.
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AI Disclosure Brief
AI assistedReported Object Read
No specific UAP object described; records an interview concerning Project Blue Book and UFO identification.
Notable Characteristics
- Sound: Sound
- Environment: unknown
Reported Motion
No confident entries yet.
Evidence Notes
- NARA shot list describes interview content on Project Blue Book.
1966 interview footage with Project Blue Book principals offers primary source insight into official USAF UFO investigation protocols, absent specific sighting details.
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Prosaic Leads
- Official USAF public information interview.
Anomalous Indicators
- Direct discussion of UFO identification by program leads.
Evidence Gaps
- No embedded UFO sighting descriptions or visuals; content limited to interview.
- Exact interview date and location unspecified.
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"Covers interview with Lt Col Lawrence J. Tacker and Maj Hector Quintanilla, Jr., concerning Project Blue Book, which relates to identification of unidentified flying objects (UFO)."
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NARA catalog shot list summary.
SourcePattern Mesh // linked sightings
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Chronology Trace // before & after
No dated sibling signals are available yet.
Official Files // source material
1 linkedUFO Interview
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