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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.
Air Force; (2) a 1 lb. fragment from a 2 ft. diameter glowing disk which
was reportedly intercepted over Wr,',hington, D. C., in 1952; and (3) a
3,000 lb. nlass of "strange metal" was found ahout 1 July 196fl, in the
St. Lawrence River in Quebec, and considered by a Canadian UFO investigator
to be possibly a portion of a very large interstellar device which came
into this solar system at an unknown tinl(; in the past.
Efforts have been made to determine to what degree any of these
claims might be fact~al. In the Spitzbergen ~ase, Mr. Finn Lied,
O:rector, Norwegian Defence Research Establisment, replied that the
only articles he knew of having been recovered in Norway have heen traced
back to rocket and satell i te hardware. ~lr. Tagc Eri KS50n, of the
Research Institute of National Defence, Sweden, replied that neither
the Swedish Air Force no' the Research Institute of National Uefence
ha~ at any tilne taken part in an investigation of a crashed UFO in
Spitzbergen or elsewhere. A lJ. S. Air rntelHgcncc Informatlon Report,
dated 12 "'~ptcmber 1952, revealed that the Norwegian ;,;overnment knew
nothing of such an object. l~e story apparently was the work of
a \Vest German reporter. It first appearClli n the C;erman n~wspaper
"Berliner Volksblatt" fol' 9 .July 1952. The original newspaper report
stated definitely that the silver discus-like body ~;lS 4R.8R m. in
diameter and made of an unknown metal compound; its meters and i nstnl-
O'ents had Ru~sian symbols, and it appeared to have a range of some
30,000 km. SignIficantly, the aspects of this first report implying
that the vehic1~ wa~ of Russi an origin hnvc heen selectively neglected
b.v suoscquent writers, particularly those who urge nwt the claimed
wrecKilge is extra-t('l1'rostriul in origin. It ~e(,JllS \Hdl csta1J1isIH·,1
that thi~ story hus nc hasi~ in fact,
Reprcsenta ives of Ai r Force Project IHue Book claimed no knOldcdgc
of the disc fragment discussl'd by b.lwarus, \~h() claimed the succc~sfl.ll
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Air Porce; (2) a 1 lb. fragment from a 2 ft. diometcr glowing disk which
was reportedly intercepted over W~~hington, D. C., in 1952; and (3) a
3,000 lb. nJass of "strange metal" was found ahout 1 July 196f1, ill the
St. Lawrence River in Quebec, and considered by a Canadian UFO investigator
to be possibly a portion of a very large interstellar device which came
into this solar system at an unknown time: in the past.
Efforts have lH'cn made to determine to what degree any of these
claims might be factJal. In the Spitzbergen case, Mr. Finn Lied,
LLrector, Norwegian Defence Research Establisment, replled that the
only articles he knew of having been recovered in Norway have been traced
back to rocket and satelli te hardware. ~Ir. 'l'8ge Eri Ksson, of the
Research Institute of National Defence, Swedcll, replied that neithcr
the Swedish Air rorce no' the Research Tnsti tute of Niltionill flofence
ha~ at any time taken part in £!n investigation of '" crashed UFO in
Spitzbergell or elsewhere. A II. S. Air [lIteJ Hgenel' InformatIon Report,
dated 12 ';'?ptcmber 1952, revealed that the Norwegian ;;overl1mE'nt knew
nothing of such an object, l~e story apparently was the work of
aWes t German reporter. It fi rs t appeared in the (;erman II-.!wspaper
"Berliner Volksblatt" fo!' 9 .July 1952. The original newspaper report
stated definitely that the silver discus-like body \\;IS 4R.88 m. in
diameter and made of an unknown metal compound; its mc ters and ills t 1'u-
",ents had Ru:,sian symbols, and it appeared to havo a rangc of some
30,000 km. SignIficantly, the uspects of this first report implying
that the vehid.., W!t~ of I(ussian origin hove 11eel1 sdt!ctiVt'ly lleglected
b," sunscquent wI'iters, partieulal'ly those who urge thnt the claimcd
wreckage .i5 extra-t(,l'l'ostrial in origin. It ~el'ms wdl cSt;1'J1isJH',l
that thi~ story hus nc hRsi~ in fact.
Reprcsel1ta ives of Ai r Force' Projcct HLlle Book claimed no knOldedgc
of the disc fragment discussl'd by Edwards, who daillll'd thc ~lIcl'c~sful
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