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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tllPre is still necessarily a heavy reliance on the description prcvided by the ohserver, Second, most UFO reports are dependent on the percep- tHaI and I.:ogni t ive processes (COiI5i.derations regarding the nature of perception and misinterpretation are examined in Section VI Chapters 1, 2, & 3). But pcrl~eption influences and is influenced by the attitudes and beliefs of the perceiver. Equally important is the fact that the attitudes and beliefs of any individual exist in a social context and are either congrllent or incongruent with the attitudes and beliefs of others. In the case of attitudes regarding LJFO~ and related copies, it is not kno\\'n Whether the bel ief~; of for example, s ighters and non- sighters differ, much less '..,hat degrees of opinion chur8cteJize the public at lr'rgC'. Finally, nce of infol'lil<lti011 in the area of attitudes and opinion:, on the subject, opil'ton sllrveys h'CI'l' undcTtakcn for the Colorado project ill FC'bruarI'19(-,8. 'nIl' prilll(11)" sllrv~'ys W0fC of iluults and tcclI-!\i;<Jrs, represt'ntinj! a C)'Oss-::H'ction of the ropulation of the United StDtus and "'E're conducted fOT the projcf't by the ORe Caravan Surveys Division of 316

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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