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

SOOll reports of flying Sa1.H:ers were coming iil from 'various parts
0;: the country. Man~/ received prominent press cover.:.Jge (BIoecher.
1~;67). UFO~. were also report~d from other countries; in fact, more
th~n a thousand such reports were made in Sweden in 1946.
The details l)f .l'eports vary so greatly that it is impossible to
l'l."late them ;dl to any single explanation. The broad range of things
reported is }Il!.:ch the same- in di ffcrcnt countri es. This means that P.
genera 1 explunat i 011 pcculi ar to anyone country has to be rul ed out,
since it is utterly improbable that the secret mill tary aircr::.ft of
anyone country would be undergoing test flights in different countries.
Similarly it is most unlikely that military forces of different
~ountries ,.;ould be testing si mi lar developments all over the world at
the same time in secl'ecy from cn(:]1 other.
Defense authorities had to Ieckon with the possibility that UFGs
might reprcserlt flights of a novel military aircraft of some fo:r,.~jgn
pOl-·.. er. Private dti:ens speculat?c.l that the UFOs were test fli,I'hts
of secret American aircraft. cognizance of the UFO prob:em \'J' received prominent press cOverdge (Bloecher.
1~:()7). UFO~. were also report,,"d from other countries; in fact, more
th'm a t)wusand. such r~ports were made in Sweden i.'! 1946.
The details elf .feports vary So greatly that it is imrossible to
rl'late them ;,ican aircraft. Logllizance of t.he IWO prob:em ~Jas
Ilaturally assl!f.led by the Depal'tmt~nt of the Ai r Force in the then newly
(>stablishea l)epartmcllt cf lh:Fcnse. ]'ar1y invcstigaholl5 were carried
on in secrecy b)" the Air t:orcc, anti abo i)Y the governments OC other
nations.
~;\)ch studiC's in the ]l(-rir)(.1 1947-;,2 cDnvincou the responsible
autho~'it;cs ~lf the Air Force that the IJFO~:, ~'S oh~erved up to th8',
tim", do l10t \'·lIn~titut\.' a threat to na;ional security. [n c:ol1sc:quencc,
ever sine", that time, a minimal amount "f' ;ltt,'Iltiol1 has been given to
them.
The YUH' 1 '152 llJ'l>lIght <til Ul1USll;l l! Y I ar),.e numher of UI:O report:"
indlldir/! !"'my in tilt' viclnit)' of thv \\ashingtoll N,ltional /lj.t'purt,
ulll'ir,g:l pcrilld Ill' ,evcl'al days in .July. S1l':h" l'olll'cntratinll of
rC'l'urts in a sl1'"lll region in a slwl't tillll' i~' c:t11cu <l "flap." The
hashingtoll flap of 195:: received :l gl'eat deal of ,.lttcntJon tlt H.e tim(~
(Sl'ctil1n Ill, Chapter 5).
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