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

:\11 :11 I-shy camera wa~' o;lcratcd during most cd" /\ugust 1967 at Harrisburg,
{"'Ima. Jurirl:3 :IT' 111:(' flajl in that locality (Case 25) but. no interesting
i"C>sul ts IH:re found on sr)IIiC ') ,000 photographs. It would be qUi te
expensive to OpcTate r suggest lon that ) soften madl> 1 s to make! UFO studles 1n
COllilect ion lvi th th,· radar l1etwprxs operat ing in til i.s country for ai r
traffic control undt>!' auspices of the Federal Aviation Agency. Con··
side-ration was given to this 11r~sihjlity ond it was concluded that it
i~~ quite out of the qu('stion to burden this network with add.iHanal
Juties of any kind. The air traffic control opC'rators arc now heavily
tu:rdenf:(~ IdOl the wor~ of safely guiding civil and military aviation.
DLC1Jlf, the summer of 1968 espeC"ially, the heavy owrloads that sometimes
ex st on the system were emphasized by trouhlesome traffic delays in
th.: l1l"'ighborhood of several of the nation's nwj or airports, It would
he quite out of the qucstion to ask the air traffic controllers t.o
assume tlw responsibi lit.~' of \~atchjng for UFOs in additi0i1 to their
l'rll113ry r('sponsihiJiti('~. It I~ould likth'urk is i group of l~amCr;\ stilti')JlS operated in the
l11iJ-II'(,~t hr the' .'-imith:;onian Institution in cnJ1l1cetiOll with the Harvard
'iC'tl'CIf' PY'(lgrall1. It" prim.try P'l1'P()~~(' i~~ to lIetr'c1 ilnll t'l'cord meteor
t rai ] s in 511('/1 a wav ;l:; to gli de .1 :~cnrch for :/. The fir'ld hc,IJqu[/(ters of tId:; net-
work is at !.·incoln, Nell,
\\'(' prcpan>d a lIsting \)1' reported lJHJ ~;i}~"tjIIWi sil1c~ 1965 that
.\11 all-sky camera wa~· oI'cratf.'d during most (d" ,~ugust 191)7 at Harrisburg,
P,'nna" Jurin;: :In 111:n flajl .in that locality (Case 25) but. flO interesting
T"C'sulb were fOllnd on ~C)Ii1C '1,000 photographs. It would he quite
expensive to OpcTate a net",ork of 5L1Ch canlllras on a routine basi5 alI
over the United States, The likeLihood of interesting images being
recorded would he very ~mal1. Because of the shOTt duration of an UFO
appearance a proper pLm for use of the al l-sky camJ'ra would involve
frequent proc('ssing and eXilmination of the nlm, otherwise the pre5ence
of an uro wo'IlJ not lH' recognized unti I long after it had disappefn'ed.
This "nulJ gr.'at l~' i IlCr(£l~e the ,~Olit of Ll)lcrati on of I ~uch a network.
Anothl'J' Stlggcstioll that is often mad,' is to makd UFO studies in
cOIlO18ctioil Idth tlw radar llC'twClrks ()l'er;Jtin~ in this country for air
traffic control lIndt'r auspices of thf' Federal AviHtion Agency, Con ..
sideration wa~ given to this po~sihjlity and it was concluded that it
b qui.te out of the qUt'stion to burden this network with add.lt.ional
duties of allY kind, TIll' air traffic control opr-r;ltors aye now heavl Iy
tu:rdene\~ \,ith the wor~ of safcly guiding ,ivjl and miJ.it;lry aviation,
DU::Jnr, the summer of 1968 esperially, the heavy DVl'rlouds that sometimes
ex st on the system werc emphasized by trouhlesome traffic deJa)s in
th.:: lwighborhooJ of SeVel"a 1 of the- nati on' ~ nf(Jj or :J i rports, It would
he quite out of the qUl'stioll to ask the air traffic controllers t.o
a~~ume tht· responsibilit), of watching for UFOs ir, iH.lc.lit.io!1 to their
prilllar:: r('spon~ihiliti('s. It \,QuId llh'wis(' be impruct.icabJe fIJj" [I
~('par:lt(' ":1'0111' of }wrsolllll'1 to he in~;tHJl('d :It thrcse stations to wat.ch
t he same raJar~ for UHJs,
The I'rn i ric )\ptl,ork is: group of ,~ilmt'r;! ~;tnt i ')1\5 operated in the
mid-I,·(·st h,\' 1)11' ,'jlllith!'Dllian Institutiun ill cOl1nection with t.he lIarvard
lit'tl'(lt' I'r"p,r;J1I1. lt~ prilJlilr)' pln'p(l~'(' i~; to dl'tc'cl ;lJ1d )'f'cord meteor
trail:; in 511,11 a \,ay:t~ to glide;1 ,;('arch for :ICllHll Inl'teoritic \Jodieo;
that strikc the earth's ::\q'f:t:l'. The rid\! 11l'iIJqtJr/(ters of tId:; net-
wDrk is at l.incpln, Nch.
I\'c I'rcpan'tl n 1 ist ing \Jr fl']lC)l'ted l!l:() !;; )~"t itl)!,:; sinc~ J~"5 that