Case study · CASE-048 · Documented military investigation / disputed material custody
Wright-Patterson AFB — UFO programs and alleged recovery storage
Not assessedWhere Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OhioWhen 1947–1969; later claims
Case
- Overview
- Base hosted Project Sign, Grudge and Blue Book; subsequent claims concern Roswell material, alleged Hangar 18 / Blue Room and Barry Goldwater access.
- Investigative phases
- 1947–69 Air Force investigations; later Roswell transfer and storage claims; 1994 Air Force historical inquiry.
- Reported phenomena
- Not a single observed UAP event; alleged recovered objects and biological materials.
- Public evidence status
- Official Project Blue Book archival history documented; alleged nonhuman craft storage not independently verified.
- Alternative explanations / caveats
- Hangar 18 stories and Goldwater accounts require primary sourcing; NASIC foreign aerospace analysis mission does not imply extraterrestrial materials.
- Next research tasks
- Find Goldwater original letters/statements, exact facility designations, accession records, declassified program files.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-11-08
Assessment
Not yet in the Case Assessment Matrix.
Evidence (2)
Documents gathered (2 lines of evidence)
- Project Sign/Grudge/Blue Book operated at Wright-Patterson Primary record linked
- Alleged Roswell transfer / Hangar 18 / Goldwater Blue Room Readable here