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name: Edward J. Ruppelt
about: United States Air Force officer probably best known for his involvement in Project Blue Book, a formal governmental study of UFOs.He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk" - which had become widely known - because the military thought them to be "misleading when applied to objects of every conceivable shape and performance. United States Air Force officer probably best known for his involvement in Project Blue Book, a formal governmental study of UFOs.He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk" - which had become widely known - because the military thought them to be "misleading when applied to objects of every conceivable shape and performance. ...more