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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.
In the course of my ,;tudy I was ab Ie to simulate effect i vdy the
first th.·oe photog,:aphs hy sllspenJing u model by a thread attached
to a rod resting on the roof of a truck and photographi ng it (Plate 8).
Without assuming the trutil or untruth of the witness' story, thi 5 has
led me to conclude that the case i~ of little probative value.
yc,ndenberg AFB, Calif., (Case 51l.: Tracking films from a rocket
la\4nch show a bright object apparently 11lShlu~ up past the rocket
,lust aftcl" seC'~md stage i~nition. The fi lms wen' first de~crihed in
8 textbook (daker, 19b7). lbe film sequence was taken very scriou~ly
becaust' sev1:nd came,fa:; in art' ("lieu1'l)" id(,Jltjf~nhl('
as ).,nown phenomena or cun he demonstrated to cOJlt~dn i nterna 1 g1:ometri c
or other in~OTIS i 5 t!imc ies .
2. \hDlIt half can he ultimately classified U~ being inconc1uRive
or presenting insuffic:icnt uata to furni sll probative cv i.uel1CC of fin
unknown phenomenon. Ilost s i n~lc~wi tiles:; C(l~es IIIUSt fall j 11 the lntter
CAtegory. Most night-timc photographs, point ~Olll'CO ob,!,',:ts, ,1I1d
amol'pho\ls objects wi ti'.Ol.it hackground or fOl'cgrnund IlIU:;! he t'elt'glltc,'
to this category for lad: of 1!,.ti~fl\,·t()ry qUlIlltitativc tesb. that
can be perfome.! on them.
:\. ,\ !lumber of l."lses initially descdb,'d puhlil'ly hy tlHl cn-
thusiasts as rltiv(' of the stl'ongC'st evi.il!'llct, 1'01' til!' )'(':11 ity
of extrnol"ulnar)' aircr,lrt .;ere either cOlleitlsivel\' Id('ntified as
ordinary phel10nll'111l or Sh'.)Wll to hnve ~cri()U!1 it1tt~rnaJ inconsistellt'it's.
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