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.

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Table 2 Log of Manned Flights Alti tudes Number of Duration (Statute Miles) FLight ..\5 t ronauts LaWlch Date kevolutions Hr. ~in. Perigee Apogee ---- --- Vostok I Gagarin 12 Apri 1 61 1 1 48 110 187 ~1R-3 Shepherd 5 May 61 Suborbital 15 116 ~R-4 Grissom 21 July 61 Suborbital If. 118 Vostok. II Titov 6 Aug 61 17 25 18 100 159 MA-6 .:i lenn 20 Feb 62 3 4 56 100 162 ~IA-7 Carpe:r.ter 24 May 62 3 4 56 99 167 Vostok III Nikoyalev 11 Aug 62 64 94 3S 114 156 N Vostok I'l Popovich 12 Aug 62 48 70 57 H2 158....: 0 MA-8 Schirra 3 Oct bL is 9 13 100 po MA-9 Cooper 15 May 63 22 34 20 100 166 Vostok F Bykovsky 14 June 63 81 119 6 107 146 VO$tok VI Tereshkova 16 June 63 48 70 50 113 144 Voshicod I Komarov, Yegorov, 16 Dei.. 64 10 24 17 110 255 Feoktisov Voshkud II Belayayev, Leoncv 18 Mar 65 1:- 27 2 107 307 GT-3 Grissom .. Your..g 23 Mar 65 3 4 54 100 139 GT-4 ~~cDivitt, Whi te 3 June 65 63 97 50 100 175 GT-5 Cooper, Conrad 21 Aug 6S 120 190 56 100 189 GT-6 Schirra, St~fford 15 Dec 65 16 25 51 100 ]AU CT-7 fsu:rn!:m. Love 11 4 Dec 65 205 330 S5 100 177 GT-8 Armstrong, Scott 16 \Iar 66 7 10 42 99 147 GT-9 Stafford, Cernan 3Ju:ne 66 46 72 21 99 144 *GT-lO YOW1g, Collins 18 J'-lly 66 44 70 47 99 145 *GT-ll CO!lrad, Gordon 12 Sept 66 45 71 17 100 IS 1 GT-12 Love 11, .Udrin 11 Nov 66 S9 9~c 34 100 185 Tot~l (of 24 flights) 934 1457 56 *Extrerr.e altitudes of 475 and 850, respectively, were achi·~ved in GT-10 arId GT-ll by powered dep.utures from the "stable" orbits indie<ited b~' the perigee and apogee given in the table. --- Table 2 Log of Manned Flights Alti tudes Number of Duration (Statute Miles) FLight ..\5 t ronauts LaWlcfl Date kevolutions Hr. ~in. Perigee Apogee ---- --- Vostok I Gagarin 12 Apri 1 61 1 1 48 110 187 ~1R-3 Shepherd 5 May 61 Suborbital 15 116 ~R-4 Grissom 21 July 61 Suborbital 16 lIB Vostok. II Titov 6 Aug 61 17 25 18 100 159 ~-6 .:; lenn 20 Feb 62 3 4 56 100 162 ~IA-7 Carpe:r.ter 24 May 62 3 4 56 99 167 Vostok III Nikoyalev II Aug 62 64 94 3S 114 156 N Vostok I'l Popovich 12 Aug 62 48 70 57 H2 158....: 0 MA-8 Schirra 3 Oct b2 6 9 13 100 po MA-9 Cooper 15 May 63 22 34 20 100 166 Vostok F Bykovsky 14 June 63 81 119 6 107 146 VO!'otok VI Tereshkova 16 June 63 48 70 50 113 144 Voshicod I Komarov, Yegorov, 16 Oci.. 64 10 24 17 110 255 Feoktisov Voshkud II Belayayev, Leoncv 18 Mar 65 1:- 27 2 107 307 GT-3 Grissom .. ¥oUP.g 23 Mar 65 3 4 54 100 139 GT-4 ~~cDi vitt, Whi te 3 June 65 63 97 50 100 175 GT-5 Cooper, Conrad 21 Aug 6S 120 190 56 100 189 GT-6 Schirra, St~fford 15 Dec 65 16 25 51 100 ]AU CT-7 lsu:rn!:m. Love 11 4 Dec 65 205 330 S5 100 177 GT-8 Armstrong, Scott 16 "Iar 66 7 10 42 99 147 GT-9 Stafford, Cernan 3JUTle 66 46 72 21 99 144 *GT-lO Yotmg. Collins 18 J'-11y 66 44 70 47 99 145 *GT-ll CO!1.rad, Gordon 12 Sept 66 45 71 17 100 151 GT-12 Love 11, .Udrin 11 Nov 66 S9 9~c 34 100 185 Tot~l (of 24 flights) 934 1457 56 *Extrerr.e altitudes of 475 and 850, respectively. were achi·~ved in GT-10 arId GT-ll by powered dep,utures from the "stable" orbits indic<ited b~' the perigee and apogee given in the table. ---

Cases discussed

The Twining Memo: AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs' 1947
Appendix R: Letter from General N. F. Twining, September 1947
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter 1948
Whitted, John B.: pilot in Eastern Airlines case, 848
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap 1952
Washington, D.C. area case July 1952, 134-135, 227-236
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review 1953
Appendix U: Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel (Robertson Panel), 14-18 January 1953
The Tulli Papyrus: the "circles of fire" of Thutmose III 1953
Vatican Museum, Egyptian section: on "Tulli papyrus", 839
Walesville F-94C Crash During an Unknown-Aircraft Intercept 1954
Walesville-Westmorland, N.Y., case July 1954, 240-241
The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction 1957
Villas-Boas, Antonio: in Brazil case, 35, 880-883
The Condon Report and the NAS Review, 1966 to 1969 1966
Final Report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, University of Colorado

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