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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.
\I'here UFOs come from. When the resul ts of tl.c Naval Ohservatory co;nplJ-
tations were told to her she excla.i.med, II'Plat's what 1 don't like about
computers! They are always dealing death blows to our fondest notions ~'
Mars has long been considered as a possible abode of life in the
solar sys tern. There iss ti 11 no direct evi donee that life exists there,
but the question is heing actively studied in the space research pro-
grams of both the lJni ted States and Soviet Russia, so it may well he
clarified \\'ithin the coming decaJe.
At present all inn camp i led
by c.. M. ~tichau)( (~i\Si\ p\lblic~ti()n SP-.30JO, J9(7). A bri~~f discussion
of i\.nerican research progrruns for study (If Ii fe on Mars is gi vl.ln in
Biology and ExpZomt;iO'I of Naf'{1~ a 19-page pamphlet prepared by the
Spac~ Science Hoard of the National Academy of Scienccs, published in
Apl"il 19')5.
TIle orbi.t of ~Iars is considerably more eccentric tban that of the
Ear.th. CcmStquently the distance of Mars from the Sun vari es +'"rom 128
to IS5 million miles durinl-: thc year of 687 days. '111t, synl"jic period,
or me~n time' bet\'ll'l'll successive opposit!ons, is 800 oays.
'(he ;nost fest
approach of ~·Ial''''' and Earth vary from ~5 to 6() mi 11 ion nli ]es. The most
recent favoral'le time of closest apprc',lch I"BS tllp oppositiCl1l of 10
')cptcrnbt'l' 1\lS6, find tiw II\'Xt favorahle oppoc;j ti.Oll w, 11 be that of 1U
.\11~:~I!,t H)7l. :\t that till1P L'lloouhtclly ~J'I'at l'fforts II'j 11 be made to
~;tl\J)' ~lilrs in the space prcgN.un~ of the U.S.S.I{ 1I'.d the United Statc~;.
I"here UFOs come from. When Lhe results of ti,e Naval Ohservatory CO:ilPI1-
tat ions were told to her she cJli 11 he madE.~ to
~;tL1:j)' IliI rs in the SP<IC(" prclI.Nun!:' of the: tI ,~~.s, R U'd the Unl ted Statc~'.
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