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

for it,
Paralleling the offic~al government interest, was a burgeoning
of amateur interest stimula.ted by newspaper and magazine reports. Bf
1950 popular books on the sub i pct b('gan to appear on the newsstands.
In Janua~y 1950 the idea that UFOs were extraterrestrial vehicles was
put fr,fll'nrd :lS a reality in an article entitled "Flying Saucer:; are
I~eal" in ',"l'ue magazine ",Littel) by Donald L Keyhoc, a retired Marine
Cllrps major. Th~reaft('r a 'St(~ady 5t rC;lm of 5ensati anal wri ting about
UFOs ha:', al'ous('d a con:~ i cJerab 1.: amount of interest ;1mong laymen in
:-tuuying the ~ub,il'et.
~lan}' al1l,lteur organi zat i CJn~· ex j ·;t SOffit' of them rather transiently,
~o that it \"Dull! be difficult tIl compile an accurate: listing of them,
'11';0 such organi zat ions j n the Un i ted St'.
Of tL('sc Ol'g:\jllzOtiol1s, NIC/\P devote.; a consiJerahle amount of
its a1'tcntielTl to attacking the 'liT' l'orCt' ,lnd to tr:ving to influence
i;lel11hcl's of (.'(1ngn's~'. to hold hl';1 inp,:' ;Jnu ill other I";;IYS to join in
thl'~"C' atta('k~, It JIl:lintain~'d oJ fr:','lldl;' "('!,ltioJl to th(~ Ccdof;IJo pro--
.'ect during about tIlt' first ~'c'al', ,,'hill' \..;;lrllirq" jt~, lJ1cllllJt)t,~; to he on
r;u;lnl Ie"! tht, pnl,ic'l't turn out tu !l;IVC "('c'n "llil'ed to Wllitl'\'''IS)' t)IL
..\il' 101'':('.'' I111ring thi~ ]1('ric1d Nle:tll' JIlildc' SCVC'I';tl l,rrurt.s to inf1u-
(' Ill' (' t h{' l' 0 tI J'S (' or 0 Ill' ~ t II dy . Wh l' Ili t Iw C II III t' l. J c:t I t h;Itth ~ sew 0 U 1J
fai 1, NIl' ..\P ;lttacK1\. by Donald F. Keyhoc, a retired Marine
Cl'rps major, Therc:lftcr a "teady st re:lm of sensati anal wri ting about
UFOs ha~', arolls('d a CDn:~ i ueT'.lb 1-,; amount of i I1te1'e5t [lffiOllg laymen in
:'tuuying the sub,it'd,
~Iany ;llll:i st, among them Saucers and
t1n'('<11', "'hill' "':ll'lIilll', jt~, II1cmbel':; to 11e on
,;U:Ild l"q tl1l' j1]'u,iel'\ turn out to IlIlve 11['('n "1Iil'('(1 tu wllit"\'."ls1, t!,,;
..\il' r(11'cC'," iluring thi~ I'r1"il,\I NIt:AI' IIllllh' ';CV\'I':t! ('(furts to influ-
ene'l' th(' COllI'S\' or Olll' ~t\1dy, Wheni t bl'CIIlI!l' 1.1 ('n) 1'h:lt thl!'~e \l'ouJJ
(ai 1, NIt','!, :Ittad,('tl the <:(1101'a<..10 pro,i'lct :.1~ "h i aSI'd" ;In<..1 t1wrcfore
h 11!WU1 !1Il'l' j t,
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