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many scientists and scienti{~r institutions in other parts of the
l-ountry.
The University also welcomed an arrangement whereby the methods
und re~ults of the study would be critically examined at the COflclusion
of the project, This cOOpt/ration Iva') extended by th~ National Academy
of Sdencl'5, which announced in its October 1966 NeuJ8 Report that the
Academy had agreed to review th~ Univcristy of Colorado study upon its
completion in 1968. Unh.~sitatingly agreeing to this independent cxam-
inatirJn of the study, the ASOFR announced that it would con~ '.~l('·' the
J\AS )'cviel\' a "further independent check on the sI' iltlproved IIpon- ';speclally from t.he vflntagc,wdll~, of
hindsight. ~'Ie reade'" should .. hus bear in mind that th.i' stuu;' r~-prc-
sents the fi r~\t :.ttOltlpt by ;1 s.:roup of .1 ghl)' qual1 fJ, (I ,'iC ienti;.;t?> ;;''\d
!ipCI:i.l1ists to r";,dll;;ll' ~~oJdly Ui d d' 'ipas:1iollute l :' U 5UJ,jCCt that (,JS
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many s~ientists and scientl~:r institutions in other purts of the
t.ountry.
The University also welcomed an arrangement whereby the methods
<Illd re~;tl1 ts of the study would be cdticai ly examined at the conclusion
of the project. This coop~ratl0n wa~ extended by th~ Nacional Academy
of SdenCl'5, which announced in its October 1906 New8 lIeport that the
Academy had agreed to review th~ Unlverlsty of Colorado study upon its
complr.tion in 1968. Unh,~sitatillgly agreejng to this independent cxam-
inatirm of the study, the ASOFR announced that it woul<l COrl: 1.;1("" the
NAS l'Cview a "furthel' independent chcl;k on the scientific v:l1icii ty of
t:1C method of inve~.;tigatjon.1i
III Q"toher. 1966, the sci(mtifjc director assembl,:,,; <t li'odest "taff
centered at the University can~us in Moulder and work blgan. Tn uddi-
ti on. agreement s were l'Il te:::'cd into between the Uni vcr:; i ty and such
institutions as NCAR, the Institutes of f.:SSA, the Stanford I<esearc.h
Institute and the UniVersIty of Arizona for the scientific and technical
pvices uf persons in specialized fields of kno~ledge bearing upon the
~ul',ect under investigation. Tllus it became po:;.<;iblc to study spcdfi.::
topics both at Buulder and elsewhere and to bring to bear upon the Jata
gathered by the project's field invcstigati"n teams whatever cxpertJse
might be require,l for full analysis of the infonnaLon.
The repurt of th~ study thot was cOllductc<l over the ensuing 18
months h presented 011 the following pages. It is le:lgthy and di verse
in the subjc<.:t, it tnd,s, which range from hi stt'ry t() crHical extamj·
nation of eye-I:itncs~ reports; fr0m laboratory analysIs to prcsentatlon
Dr ,l?cner;d ~.~' :ntific prlllclpit's. No claim of pcrfcl:tion is made for
th.,; ,.tudr U' for its r\~;;tllt:" slncc I.i.ke any ~cicntifi( enueav.H,. it
cou.1" 1):.1"'"
hindsight.
'''' i11lpro1'cu upon
! 'Ie readcl' sJlOuld
., f'S]lfJClalJy fro11l t.he VHJ1tage·p'JjJI~. of
..hue; bl'or in mind that 1h.1' stUll;' r ... pre-
sents tht' fint :,ttn1l1pt by n group of .1. ~hly l.juaJifJ;.(, .';cicnti:;t:. ;;·,d
~;pc,:i<ll ists to ,";"m; ;11' ,:uJdly (1;.J d' ';pas:1iollutt' I.:' U ot.l 1'jcct that (I.IS
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