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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.
could not close on (he UFO. After 2S lliin. of repot'ted cll:JSC, although the aircraft had covered 8 distanct:' uf nn1)' abollt 20 mi. (about 3 .. ::; nino at 350 knots ground speed) the object faded and disappeared. During the chase, the ,aJar operator in tne F-94B h:H1 a momentary loclc-,o:1 to an unknown t8rget at about the correct ilZ inr:lth for the UFO. Since thi 5 was so brief, it was felt (by Air fntelligence, presumably) that the set had malfunctioned. No Gel contact was made. The official Air Force explanation for this UFO incident b that the aircraft were chasing Venus which wa.s setting about the time of the sighting, anu that the radar "target" was ~impl>' a malfunction. It seems likely that this cxpJan:ltion is essentiall)' Lorrc'ct. lIowever, it is unlll(E'ly that experienced pi lots would have: c tlascd [. nori::al-appearing setting Venus. It is more probahle that tht'lmage of Venus was distorted \'I\' sOllle "'ptical effect, possibly a slight ',uperior mirage, and that loss of the nJiYagc-eft\;(~t (or the intcrpo~;i ng ()f it clOlld l.lycr) caused the image to fade a\~ay. I\\l item~; ()~' the acccunt may \)l' explainod by this hypothesis, including the report t~lat the objc\tt had "no definite size Of shape. as the ir,tup,c would 1\0 J:)ubt he :-;ol1\eld\' niKht ISS
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