CPT Edward James Ruppelt

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CPT Edward James Ruppelt Veteran

Birth
Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa, USA
Death
19 Sep 1960 (aged 37)
Orange County, California, USA
Burial
Westminster, Orange County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.7497722, Longitude: -117.9935917
Plot
Section - Four Seasons
Memorial ID
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Edward Ruppelt was a United States Air Force officer best known for his involvement in Project Blue Book (a formal governmental study of unidentified flying objects). He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Ruppelt

The U.S. Headstone Application (on Ancestry.com) for Edward states that the headstone is to be shipped to Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co., CA (Cemetery ID # 8437).
Contributor: J. McIntyre (48160685)
Edward Ruppelt was a United States Air Force officer best known for his involvement in Project Blue Book (a formal governmental study of unidentified flying objects). He is generally credited with coining the term "unidentified flying object", to replace the terms "flying saucer" and "flying disk".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_J._Ruppelt

The U.S. Headstone Application (on Ancestry.com) for Edward states that the headstone is to be shipped to Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co., CA (Cemetery ID # 8437).
Contributor: J. McIntyre (48160685)