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This is the final report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, conducted by the University of Colorado under Air Force contract F44620-67-C-0035, with Edward U. Condon as scientific director and Daniel S. Gillmor as editor. It was submitted to the National Academy of Sciences on 15 November 1968 for review. The report includes field studies, photographic and radar analyses, case studies, historical chapters and appendices such as the Robertson Panel report and the Twining letter.
and th;;.t Lgh tl'rs '.. ere d, ('liei ted only a denial that there hac! llt~(m an
alert to that particular fighter gquali.r"ln on the gi vC'n date. In
the abgent.:L' of some indq1l'ndcnt source of information, we ha.d no
nJl"'ans of Ikt' we're' corr.lially f'l'cl'Jvcd ilnd given full
cooperation by Illl'mbl'r~; of the 'wrvi CtCs. When ili r hases were vi;;i ted,
the base comlllBllliL'r hilll~elf oft(~n t00k personal interest in the in-
vestigation, and made ccrtair, that n11 IweJcd acce;;;; and facilities
lOere placed at c)lIr Ji spos;ll .
Fie ld teams ob~ervl'd marked difference in the handling of UFO
reports at individual nil' bases. At some bases, the UFO officer
dili;:ently chE'l~kl~d l"'Beh rl'port received. 011 the other hanJ, at OnL!
base, w!lich I,e visited to ll'arn what a local Ai r Force investigation
had revealt'd rcgurdinl! ,1 51'rie5 of liFO :,j,ghtlngs in thl' area, IvC'
found that t')one had b~'en conducted, nor was 0I1l' likdy to h?
Sighting reports rl'C'l'ivt'u at tIll' IlasL' by tell'phol1t', incJl\dill!o1 LJlll' Ive
\..n('\\ to have' 11l'r'll fQlnftt'tl 11}' thl' Id fp of /I rel i rnl Nliva 1 offi cC'r,
resllltl·d in partial l~Ollll'll'til1n of [I stal\dard ~ihlttjng fDT"l1l by tlw
airman I~ho rC'cL'iv<'ll thl' ":(111. This fragmentary information has then
f1 ll'u. The liFO oHi eel' argucu that ~uch r<,ports ..:ontaineJ too
litth' ir~forl1l8tiol1 for i.!el1tifiefltioll of l~hat \,aH ~H)Cll. lit, 'n-
~ist('u that thl' in{'ormaticn was illsufficil'llt to Io/arrnnt hi" sClldinl~ them
to Project Blue il\)o~. There was 110 llJ1porent attempt to ~et more
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