The Story of Ganesha's Elephant Head

Project BEAR was an informal name given by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, the Chief of Project GRUDGE, to a contract he established with the Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI). The purpose of this contract was to provide scientific support for the newly reestablished Project GRUDGE. BMI's contributions included technical assistance, research on the reliability of information recalled by witnesses of UFO sightings, the creation of an enhanced debriefing questionnaire for observers, and the development of a computer punch-card system. This system was instrumental in automating the statistical analysis of all UFO reports held by Project GRUDGE, as well as those in Project BLUE BOOK. To maintain BMI's anonymity, the report was published under the cover of the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The final report, titled “Special Report No. 14,” was completed in late 1954.
The Project BEAR report was a comprehensive statistical analysis of UFO sightings, featuring graphs that detailed the frequency and distribution of sightings by factors such as time, date, location, shape, color, duration, azimuth, and elevation. The analysis concluded that all cases with sufficient data were resolved and found to be easily explainable. The report also suggested that if additional data were available for cases labeled as "unknown," many of them could likely be explained as well. Ultimately, the report concluded that it was highly improbable that any of the analyzed cases involved technology beyond the scope of contemporary scientific knowledge.
Reference: The Department of Defense All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. (2024, February). Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Volume I.
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