Project GRUDGE

Project GRUDGE was an Above Top Secret U.S. Government study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) undertaken by the United States Air Force that was active from 1949 until 1951, mostly in response to the mass of UFO sightings throughout 1947.

Project GRUDGE replaced the earlier Project SIGN, and was itself replaced by the more public Project BLUE BOOK in 1952.

The full files of Project GRUDGE were not declassified until 1964.

Operative-132's Recollections
While on a stakeout with FBI Agent Cooper in November 1952, Operative-132 revealed that he had previously worked on several Top-Secret military projects, specifically mentioning Project SIGN and Project GRUDGE. Because of his work on these projects, he was taken all over the country to conduct interviews and do research. Places he specifically mentioned was Fargo North Dakota, New Mexico, Lubbock Texas, and "even those Washington Nationals back in July", referring to the infamous July 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Sightings.

Despite revealing this information to Agent Cooper, when pressed for a story on the alleged 1947 Roswell UFO crash, O-132 laughed it off as swamp gas, temperature inversions, and/or a meteor shower.

O-132 later claimed that he wrote over half of the 600-page report issued in closing down the project.

Appearances

 * Diabolical Tales: Part I - Genesis of the Men From Within The Earth (mentioned only)

Behind The Scenes
Project GRUDGE, along with Project SIGN, were actual U.S. government top-secret studies about UFOs.

Project GRUDGE was started in early 1949 by the United States Air Force. It soon became seen as a little more than a debunking machine, where UFO sightings were presumed to be of a "rational, explainable origin" rather than visitors from outer space.

Project GRUDGE issued one 600-page report in August 1949 with the following results: "All evidence and analyses indicate that reports of unidentified flying objects are the result of: 1) misinterpretation of various convention objects, 2) a mild form of mass-hysteria and war nerves, 3) individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, or 4) psychopathological persons."

Project GRUDGE was a branch of Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, under the direction of Lt. Gerry Cummings.