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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.
absence of a sonic boom ~ssociatcd with UFOs moving faster thWl cutoff
~1ach (sec Section J1, Ch::lpter 6) 1:', an indication of their being a
product of 'i technology more advii[j';ed than our own because we do not
knO\~ how to avojd the generation of sonic bo.oms. Another category of
indirect physical effeds are those associated with daims that UFOs
possess strong magncti(,; fields, v~stly strongcl' than those that would
be produced by the strongest magnets that we know how to make.
'nlere are many UFU reports in which it is claimeu that an auto-
mobile '5 j ~n i tion fai leu and the llIotor ~torpcll, and in some case~; that
the heaJdghcs faileJ ::dso, and that after this happened, an UFO was
:seen nearby. Usually such reports are JiscusscJ on the suppositio~
that this i,; an indi cation that the UFO hud been the source of strong
magnetic field.
:~cports of both din'l't and indirect physical evidence were ~tudtcd
by various staff l1lCmh('fs of the Co1oratlo project, prindpalIy by Dr.
I~o:' Craig, whose account of tht;sc' st'udies is cont0llned jn Chapters :3
and 4 of Section I IT.
'111ese s tudiQS resul ted mostly in lack of ~,ubstantiati on of tlw
claims that have been made, Claims of tlnrestnal magnetic disturbances
at '.rarious Antarcti c bases werc ei thcr unconfirmed or seemed to be
closely rdatctl to a pr;.-:tical jokl.~ that \~n', played 011 a base convnander.
D".ring, the period \)f fldd study of thiS project only (Joe case of
autotnobile- engine malfunction I;wne to our utt(·ntion. 'nlcre was some
groullJ [vI s"('ptid~m about the r~rort in that it was ll111d(~ by a
J j ubct.i;; patient h'ho had been drinklll~ ,1111.1 Iva~ rcturnll1g home ,dont':~l'om
II part}' at 3:00 ~i,m.
Some J abofator:' tl'S:S ShO\';l'd that cng i Ill' fa i lure due to the action
of ,Ul external 111:J.glleUc! \ "ll on the cur'~; ignitioll l.,;oi1 would Tcquii-c
field:-; in l'XL:e~S of ":(\.\,00 g:'l\!4S, at tile coil. ()I~jllg to the magnetic
sh.iclding action c,r r!ln ""ect :-.tt'('~ in the C'll' body, tile str(,ll~:th of
the held out~;idl' t11p cal' would lI;~vl' to be ":un~id('ra1Jl;' gnatcr tl"'n
tld; patient I,ho had been drinklll~ (I'ld Ivas rctLll'rl1T1g home (done :'rom
II part}' at 3:0(1 :.. m.
'lOlne ja\Jor;.ltor}, tl'S:~; ShOI,l'd that l'llgil1l' f'a'ilufl' :Iue to the actum
of .1Il extl'rn:d 111:J.gl\cti,: I I "d 011 tIl(' (;ur'~; igllit Ion (;oil lI'ould Tcqui;'c
fil'lds .ll1 ('X(;(','S of :·ll.I,I)L) g:'lI~~, at til(' coil. (lIving to the lIIagnetic
~h.icldj IIg act I on cf e1l(' ""t'ct "te('~ I n tile elr body, tile ~tr(,JI~:th of
the helll out::idl' tlw cal' w()ullllr:~vl' to be -:cJnsid('ra1JI~: greater tb"n
thl';, lJIll magnl'tic: ficllh of ~ll\.:h intl'l1sity would alt('r til!' ~tutc of Report, from the classic collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 1497 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.