This order prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information, including information relating to defense against transnational terrorism. Our democratic principles require that the American people be informed of the activities of their Government. Also, our Nation's progress depends on the free flow of information both within the Government and to the American people. Nevertheless, throughout our history, the national defense has required that certain information be maintained in confidence in order to protect our citizens, our democratic institutions, our homeland security, and our interactions with foreign nations. Protecting information critical to our Nation's security and demonstrating our commitment to open Government through accurate and accountable application of classification standards and routine, secure, and effective declassification are equally important priorities. 

Our Government now outsources even the oversightof the outsourcing. At home, core Government functions like tax collection and emergencyresponse have been contracted out. Abroad, companies like Halliburton and Blackwater have made millions performing tasksthat used to be done by our Nation’s military forces.  This 2007 full document in PDF format

For a while, it seemed the series of experimental aircraft sponsored by the U. S. government had run its course.
Between the late 1940s and the late 1970s, almost thirty designations had been allocated to aircraft meant to explore
new flight regimes or untried technologies. Then, largely, it ended. But there was a resurgence in the mid- to late1990s,
and as we enter the fourth year of the new millennia, the designations are up to X-50. 

Project BLUE BOOK & MJ12 

General Information

The United States Air Force retired to the custody of the National Archives its records on Project BLUE BOOK relating to the investigations of unidentified flying objects. Project BLUE BOOK has been declassified and the records are available for examination in our research room. The project closed in 1969 and we have no information on sightings after that date.