Hey r/UFOs, I’ve been chipping away at a side project, and it’s finally in a state where I’m not embarrassed to show it: https://bluebookfiles.org Quick context if you’re new to Project Blue Book: it was the U.S. Air Force’s official UFO investigation program (1952–1969). The records got declassified later and have been floating around online for ages (Fold3, Archive.org, etc.). The issue is those sites are basically "good luck, have fun" if you’re trying to actually search all of those old documents. So I built a proper archive specifically for the Project 10073 Record Cards (the one-page “summary sheets” investigators filled out for each report). Each card usually has the date, location, witness info, what was seen, and the official explanation/conclusion. Usual stuff: Venus, aircraft, and of course, swamp gas 😅 What’s different here: I ran all ~5,000 cards through OCR, so you can full-text search the actual content (locations, dates, descriptions, weird phrases, whatever). The document text is selectable/copyable, so you can grab snippets or just download the entire OCR'd PDF. There’s also a map view with a geocoded location for each report. I tried to make it as accurate as possible, but a few will definitely land in the wrong spot. This is a personal project, not monetized in any way, ever. Just wanted to make these historical documents more accessible for researchers and the community :) Let me know if you find anything interesting or have suggestions for improvements. PS: It’s a work in process, so it’s possible you may encounter bugs! submitted by /u/tmosh [link] [comments]