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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.
Preface On 31 August ]966, COIOl101 Ivan C. Atkinson, Deputy Executive Director of the Air Force Offlce of Scientific Research, addresJed a letter to the UniverSity of ColoTado. In it he outlined the belief of AFOSR that a scientific investigation of tmidentified flying objects ronducted wholly outside the jurisdiction of the Air Force would be of unusual significance from the standpoint of both sdentific intelest in and public concern wlth the subject. Cc}onel Ackinso requested "that the University of Colorado part;, dpate in this investigation as the grantee institution." Ihe Ullhecsity ~;as asked to undertake this scientif'c study wj~h the uncon01tional guarantee that lIthe sci,'nti sts involve:! 1"1,1 ~ have complete freed.'I':l to design and develop te(.'~1l1iques for the Jnvi;stigaticm of th.e '/lUJ ~c1 physical ahd psychological questions raised in conjunc, in of th~'llrl ~(I physical ar.d psychological questior." rClisecitn conjunc, i::JlJ ..:ith thi.s pt.'~nomenon aing both dusivc (llltl ~:o;ltroversjal in j':;; sr.::ic!ltlfl,· a~pects. For this rCfHion alone, thol"(, was an 1I1:derstanr.il'hlc relucta:,o) on the ra:rt of many sdl:J1ti.sts to lIndel~ake s1Jdl a stuly. S~:iClld5ts hesitate to l~ommi t thei l' time to research thl:l.t d,les nc t ;~ppCUl' to oift': reasonably v
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