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

University of Colorado · 1969-01 · 1497 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

balloon, and if it WCle still there the next day, he would have it investigated. On liDS LST 2 July 1~)S4, I:-~14C ai reraft 5J -13559 took off on a routine training mission. eel requested tl1e aircraft to change mis- sion to intercept an unknown aircraft Rt 10,000 ft, The pilot identified a C-47 aircraft by tail number, and was then requested to check a sc~ond unidentified aircraft that was at low altitude and appDrently lettil'g claIm to land at Griffitli AFB. The AF account states: \~ the pilot ~tarted a descent, he noted that the cockpit temperature increased abruptly, The increase in tempp-rature l:du:;ed the pilot to scan the instruJIlcnts. 'Ihe fire v.al'ning light \liaS on anL! the p.ilot informcd the rndar obscrver of this fact. 'Il1e fire warning light remained on after the throttle I~as placec1 in "idle" ~; 0 the engine was ~lhut down and both crew members ejected successfully. 'Ihe airl:raft cr3shed at the "WalcsvilJc :r Il t (~r sec stroycd. '[1\0 aircraft stmek a house and an automobile, fatally injuring four ~ersons. The ahove account is from the official liSA!' accident report ("Summary of Circumstances"). There is ne, Blue! (look file becau~c no UFO was involved. Conclu~ion: (1) Tile fi rst object was probubly a bid loon; (2) '111l'rc was no UFO in the ai 1'<'rrJft ~ICC i ,knt ca~c. 'J3-Il, Wdght-Pa':tet'son AFII, Ohio, A',lgu:;t j~:i2. lOSI)-il13 LST. lieather: scattcI'('t.i clouds at ;ZS,O(lO ft. This CIS"', on,ul')'in~ ,tll110st over I'roj"c't Blue Ilook's home ""sec is n very W)od l'x<IJ1Iple of conf\lsion or ,'ontt'adictory !.'vidence' tending to O"Sl'llrC- tile trlle nature of a UFO lnddcl1t, At 10;' 1 LST an tlnidentifit'ut'nuili' trnd app ..';1 "cd .-:0 tni. NNW of lI'right-i'attl'r;;(lll '\~'B on tile (,(),1th ACF,W S'IUilUI('Il':; (;1:1 1'[l(la1' lit

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