Thousands of government files on UFO sightings are now online

Calling all conspiracy theorists: More than 100,000 pages of government documents related to Project Blue Book are now available for perusal online.

From 1947 to 1969, Project Blue Book looked into more than 12,000 UFO sightings, creating thousands and thousands of pages of data and reporting. The U.S. Air Force declassified the documents over the years, but until last week you could only see the documents in person at the National Archives. Enter John Greenewald, a UFO enthusiast who digitized the files and put them into an online archive called the Project Blue Book Collection.

Greenewald told NBC News that he wanted to give the public greater access to the files, and there are still lots of private documents he hopes will soon be released. "I see this as the tip of the iceberg," he said.

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