Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (the Condon Report, complete, three volumes)

.1Tojects. In thcJeriou since 1945, the federal government has
evolved flexible mJ effective machinery for giving carefuL considera-
tion to proposals from properly qualiflec ~·ch;ntists. What to some
m~\y SCl'm like dupli(:ated ma::hil1ery actu&. 1)' acts as a safeguard against
erro'cs beirl b ;nade by~;ome sIngle offi. r a Lody. Even so. some errors
could be made but th,~ hazard is ['f'ctllccd nearly to zero.
'I11~re£U.L'e W~ think that all of the agendes of the federal govern-
ment. and the private foul/lations c" ·'dl. ought to be willing to
consider UFO research proposaL".. "l1c.,.g I-I! til the others submitted to
them on Xl open-minded, unJ're.iudi;~~~'L" ')&Si5; While we do not think -3.t
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presf'nt that anything \"orth','hi Ie is 1 ikely to come of such researcn
each individual ca~0 olJ~ht to be carefully cal :;idcrecl on its own
meri t~;.
1his fO:rtll'llation car;'i PS with it the coro; .c,: . tha:: we do not
think that 'it th:s time ',:he :::'edcre.l governncnt ollgh: to~;et 'ifel.
major ~l~W agency, as :;om(' have ,'dggc;; ,ed, fur 1" e scientific study!)f
UFOs. 'This conclusion Ill:::;/ 11:n'! I til the' others submi ttod to
them on a::l open-minded, unl·re,iudi;~'c"'.':,hSio; While we do not think ~t
pres('nt that anything v'Drtln'hi Ie is likel:- to come of such researCfl
each individual cas') ol.l~ht to be car"fully cOI:;jdcred on its awn
meri t~i.
1hi5 fOI'II1'1Iation caL'ips l.;ith it tlJe '.'01'01.,,' ,tha:: we do not
think that it th::; time ':he :::'cdcr<>l governflcnt (Jllgh, to ,et "r.,a
major :l~W a,~ency, as :;011](' have "dggc.o,eu, i'Ul' 1" e scientific studY",'Jf
UFOs. 'This conclusiun 11\:::;/11:'\, l:,l' t~u':' :for :111 time, rf, by the progre~'
of research baseJ on ne\.l.' ideas P", tLi~1 ficl J" ;.t lh811 appl.!ars \':orth~
while to cr('ate such an agency, th0 Jedsi.Oll to UO so !:lay he taken at
that time'
,'Ie flnd that t.lere .n .l1:1pol't(>.nt ar(;us of atmospheric optiCS,
including ra.j\C~ WiJ\'t' propagntion, and of atmuspheric ~'lcctric,!ty in
'-'hich pre~"'\t kllO'.~l'.',.lg\.' is quite- il1CC',lnpl ... l(', 'l'lH'!'C' topics came to
Ol'T attl'ptLon in t, lflection with tlw il1tl~Tpretatioll of ~;om(' UFO reports,
l'J': Liley arc <,I'''' f funJulnl'lItal sci'~i1tii'.i\' interc;;t, flLU they at"
re ~''';l.I\t to PI,lctical prohlll",; ."elaled to l'he il1ll'J'ovl"lIu.t of safe"r of
mit i l 11 ry and c j viI i:\11 f1 v i 11 g .
Rc~carch t'ffol'ts arc bl'ing carril'" Dut iii tliese- ar(,ll~ hy the
lle,lartrnent of iJl'fensc, tht' Lny:ironmEnt:,:, S':;CJ1CC ;,('rvLee's IIdminlstrat'lon,
thl' Natiolwl 1Il'!'onillltlcs and ,":P!lCE' Atiministrat.ion, and by lIniv('r'"itil'~
;mu nonprofi t rt'sl':ncL oq,::lIli 2,ltl,)l1'; such :l'i t,l(' Nat 1011n1 (e-llte!' for
Atmospheric Rl'scarcil, \\'ho:;(' work i sponsored Il y tilt' National Science
l'ounJat.lon. :';" COI1i1i\I'!1'\ tlll'~'" 'effort.,;, IIv no l1I\'al\~ ~;h()uld our lad, of
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