Blue Rose was a top secret joint task force of the United States military and Federal Bureau of Investigation, formed in the years after the official closure of Project Blue Book in 1970 to investigate cases of a paranormal nature, as well as "troubling abstractions" that Project Blue Book could not resolve. The name originated in 1975 from the last words of the tulpa of Lois Duffy: "I'm like the blue rose."[1][2] Subsequently, cases believed to have some bearing on this mission were known as "blue rose" cases among the handful of agents and officers on the task force