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 5 Deceleration Calculations sec-j sec-j 2.311 x -3 10 em. 1.741 x 210- Cill. 1.098 x 10- 13 8.271 x 10- 13 LOO kID. 160 Km. Satell.i te I Ratio I I Air Fass I diameter I area/"ass I Altitude i de.,sity I Deceleration I I 13.63 I i~ I 400 em. I 0.00865 lQ gm. I I I I tv 0: t-J Small Particle sec. 12500 em. 125 em. Separation from craft after:Deceleration I I Ratio! i Air ~ass {diameter area/mass Altitude density t=========+===========t=============+===============t======~~===========t===:;::==::;=======1 I 1 160 km. 8.271 18.86 II 1 '/10 1100 ! . I -2 2.09 f 10~13 em, sec sec'l· see • I 0 1 3- - I I x. i '. em.' I.j I \lO--+gm. I ! 1 200 kIn. I 1.098 f 2.50 -2 11.25 I I , I x ~ em, sec em. I J b· =t d_1~_=J I I I tv 0: t-J Table 5 Deceleration Calculations Satell.i te Ratio Air Fass diameter area/,.ass Altitude de.,sity Deceleration ~.63 ~ lQ gm. Small Particle ~ass 1 400 em. diameter 1 I2.09 I 0.1 em. Ix I "--t I 10 gm.! . I I JI -+ 0.00865 Ratio area/mass 37.5 160 Kill. :LOO kID. Altitude 160 km. 200 kIn. I d 8.271 x 10- 13 1.098 x 10- 13 Air density 8.271 x 10- 13 1.098 x 10- 13 1 1.741 x 210- Cill. 2.311 x -3 10 em. sec-j sec-j

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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