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

fill in the questionnaires anonynlously). 'l1le resul ts of Scot r:' s study (1968) i ndica.te that responses Tegardi ng UFO material under pub lie conditions may he m01'0 CHlltiOll,I, than under pri vat.:: conditions. Conse- quently, it Was fcl t that if there were any sample bias 1n as'sed. ~L!nstrlunents The instruments of this study are both attitude scales and que~tion naires. eeC<lUSI;) somf ino;truments are common to all four surveys (adul t, teen, college, and sightar) while others are not, the instnlments are listed according 1:0 survey, so that the set of instrumer.t5 used in each is apparent. A brief description of each i.nstrument is provided the first time it is mentioned, except in those few instances in which the data froill them a~$ not included in the present analyses. In such cases, the description of the inStrument w-il1 be found in Appendix N , where it proceeds tile instrument. A. Adult $ampll', I1Ot10nal Orllll on surve} 1) lJI.:(l Opinion Questionnaire. '111i:; inSl"rument is compdsed of 29 stotclllent~ regarding UFOs and relat.ed topi cs. All are pre~ented fiS opinio;1 !ltatcmcnts; the re5pondent il1uicates whether he feels that t.he statcl1cnt is definitely faJse, probahly false, probablY true, or defini tely trlll'. TIle ltcm~ nre ~0nsidcred singly, as expression 0f opInion on scparat~ topi~s, and us Mctg comprising the following scales: 332