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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.
prove tJ be quite plausibly r\:]ateJ to ordinary objects. f\. tenfold
increase in the numher of reports would have multiplied by ten the task
of eliminating the ordinary cases whi ch would ;1ilve to be analyzed. Our
avai lable resoun:es for fie 1:1 study enabled us to deal only with a small
fraction of the report5 ()ming in. No useful purpose would have beer.
served under these Circ.UiOIstances by stimulating the receipt uf an even
greater number.
Study of records of some UFO reports from other parts of the world
ga'\'e us the strong impression that these were made up of a mix of casr~,
of similar kind to those being reported in the Uni tcd States, For
example, in August 1967 Prot'. James ~k()oll(lld of Arizona made a 20-day
trip to Australia, Tasmania :md New Ze,lLllld in the course of wl~l~" II'
interviewed some 80 persons wht) had made UFO reports there a.t vari ::Jus
t irnC5. On his ret 1JTn he gave U!; dJ' UCC'Junt of these experiences tha
confirmed our impression that tIlL' reports from these othel' parts of tl
world \~ere, as a class, similar t" .(s SCC!l \'flyin.k: S:IUCCr':i" and the)'
have been so tcrml'd ever since, altho;Jgh not :111 UFOs arc lkscribcJ
as being of tid s shnl't',
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prove t~ be quite plausibJy r~]ateJ to ordinary objects. fI tenfold
increase in the nl~her of reports would have multiplied by ten the task
of eliminating the ordinary cases which would have to be analyzed. Our
available resources for fteli study enabled us to deal only with a small
fraction of the report; c)ming in. No useful purpose would have beer.
served under these cin-u,lstances by stimulating the receipt of an even
gl'eater number.
Study of re-cords of some UFO reports from other parts of the wodd
ga"e U~ the strong impression that these were made up of a mix of cas'~,
of similar kind to thClst.' being reported in the United States. For
example, in August 1967 Prot'. James ~kDollilld of Arizona made a 20-day
trip to Australia, TasmanliJ and New Ze"LllIli in the course of w),l;-" I"
interviewed some SO persons l'Ih,) had made LIFO reports there at vari 0U~
t irnes, On hi 5 return he gave us aI' Ucc")unt of these experiences tha
confirmed our impression that thl' reports from these othe)' parts of tl
world I"ere, as a class, ",imi.lar t" ~!ose heing received ir. "he Unit')"
';tates. Therefor~ we decidtd to l'estrict our field studie!-> to the Un;' ~
.';tates and to one or two cases in C;:lllaua (See ! siluc('r:;" and they
have been so termt'u ('vcr s i llce, ill tho;Jgh not :111 IJFOs are J'~:icril>eJ
as being "f tills sh'il'l'.
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