PROJECT 1947 NEEDS YOU!

PROJECT 1947 has collected many UFO-related documents and newspaper articles.  While we have located and compiled many documents, newspaper stories, magazine and journal articles, there is much left to be found.  We urgently need translators and typists willing to help us process them.  We also need researchers both on the web and at libraries and archives.  Spreading the word on various social media could also be most helpful.  More details below:

1.  We need volunteers who can translate articles and documents into English from:

For translators, a familiarity with the UFO literature is desirable, but not essential.  (We can supply a glossary of foreign UFO terms and have access to international researchers who can help to clarify terminology).  Translators will receive packets of UFO materials to translate into English which they may keep, and their contributions will be gratefully acknowledged in material used on the Project 1947 website.

2.  We also need help transcribing hand written and other material into Word documents.  Those volunteering as transcribers will be sent packets of UFO material mainly acquired through the FOIA.  Many important UFO documents can't be successfully scanned, so we need people who will "digitally input" such material.  Helpful volunteers will also receive credit on the PROJECT 1947 website.  A few hours of typing each week will help PROJECT 1947 to achieve its goal of documenting the beginning of the modern UFO phenomenon.

3.  Our research involves large numbers of possibilities: PROJECT 1947 continues to seek library and newspaper researchers who are willing to screen newspapers and check local institutions for UFO information.  Individuals who might be able to do "on site" research at archive and records centers are most welcome to contact us.  The US Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, the National Archives and Records facilities around Washington, D. C., the Records Center in St. Louis, and various archives and records centers in the USA and in other countries, contain much valuable information which is available to the public, but has not yet been documented.

A few examples:

• Researching newspapers in libraries or newspaper morgues.
• Finding journal and magazine articles in large institutions or other archives.
• Looking for unique material (UFO reports, thesis, academic papers, etc.) at various Historical Societies or State Archives or universities. Some UFO researchers have donated their papers to various universities or other institutions.
• On line research.  Large numbers of newspapers in this and other countries are now available on line.  Many countries have on-line archives which include newspaper, magazine and article collections which may include large amounts of UFO material found by search functions.  (We have found hundreds of articles in the Brazilian National Archives.)  Other archives need attention. We are not aware of all serious UFO website, especially in other countries.
• See Project 1947 Current and Long Range Projects sheet

4.  Could you help get the word out on various social media, Facebook, Twitter, etc.?  This is time consuming for Project 1947, but sharing updates to research on new articles and material added to the website would be helpful in spreading information about Project 1947 activities.  This is your chance to contribute to the creation of documention of UFO history.

See the list of current and long range projects referenced above.

Can you help? Perhaps there is some other area we have not mentioned which you think you can contribute.

If you can, please mail the PROJECT 1947 Coordinator, Jan Aldrich, at project1947@earthlink.net

If you would you like to know more about PROJECT 1947, read the general information letter.

Translators will receive packets of UFO materials to translate into English which they may keep, and their contributions will be gratefully acknowledged in the published PROJECT 1947 volumes.

Those volunteering as typists will be sent packets of UFO material mainly acquired through the FOIA. Many important UFO documents can't be successfully scanned, so we need people who will "digitally input" them into ASCII text files. (It used to be called "typing".) Helpful volunteers will also receive credit in the PROJECT 1947 volumes.

A few hours of typing each week will help PROJECT 1947 to achieve its goal of documenting the beginning of the modern UFO phenomenon.

This is your chance to contribute to the creation of an important historical document.

PROJECT 1947 continues to seek library and newspaper researchers who are willing to screen newspapers and check local institutions for UFO information. Individuals who might be able to do "on site" research at archive and records centers are most welcome to contact us. The US Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, the National Archives and Records facilities around Washington, D. C., the Records Center in St. Louis, and various archives and records centers in the USA and in other countries, contain much valuable information which is available to the public, but has not yet been documented.

Can you help?

If you can, please mail the PROJECT 1947 Co-ordinator, Jan Aldrich,
at project1947@earthlink.net