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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.
9 August. and 18 August. According to the account of the ur,o sighting,
the phot.ograplLor was at the t'ase ball park to prepare for the game
to be played that afternC:vn; if this general account of the conditions
of the UFO filming is accepted, the 15 August da~e must be erroneous.
The relevance of the landing of the particular airplanes to which official
identification of the filmed objects \vas assigned thw; became highly
questionable. Weather d; to which official
identification of the filmed objects \Vas assigned thw; became highly
questionable, Weatl,er dat[1 which inJicatE'd thE ohjects wert' moving
against the IdnJ, and thus could not have been balloons, also became
i rrl'! ev all t ,
Reexamination of the record, in vicw of this date discrepancy,
:,hows ~ome early uncertainty as to wh,~th('r the movies wcr" taken on
5 August or 15 ,\ugust, Acceptance by the Air Force of 15 August as
thl' sighting date, and explill1ation of tl](' filmed objects in terms
of ai rcra:t ill the vi ci n j ty on th at date, s eem~ somewhat care less,
since th" presence of the photo/1rapher in ~;rE,at falls all that date of
the photograph appear~ improbab l(', 'J'hl?l'l' is no question that tl~e fj lm
I,as mad,' in ';reat I'alb, ~jont. An il1enti fi ahh' lIi<ltt1r tower lo'~atcd
thE're appl'ar~ on til(' film, TIll' date the moviu WHS made is entirely
open to question, howfvcr, El il11ination of il hal looll explanation depe'lds
upon knOlvlL'd!:(' of \"inJ Jin'ctlon and that knowledge i.s availahle
only if the date is known. Informatio1l regard: ng the date if, not
nOI, available,
b) An indication of the manller in \I"hi eh rel'rcscntatlvc~ of thE'
:\ir Forcl~ Jealt with the photographer, .Iftc'r the original \Jrn report
I,a~ ~ubl1litt('d in 195Ll, .i~ giVl'll in a \,'riUI'n ,;tatt:IJI~'nt to him from
Air ~latcrj e1 l'onlm:llld Ikndquartl'r9. flfter t'xalllin,u' ion of til(' fi Jill,
h'hich dearly ShOlv<',l two i1i1a)~e~' cl'os~;iJl~ th\' ~k/ and passin)! Ilehind
thl' di~tunt I"utl'r tOl'l'r, til<' statCnlt'I'(" t'('ad", , , ollr photo 111);1 Iysts
1,('Tl' unable to filld Oil it anythill): .i<iE'[ltifiable of :,11 [111U:;[[111
IwtUTt', L1llr l't'pOJ't of analysis 1I1\1~,t thll'('forL' bl' nl'W'tivc,"
Th is 111'1 tpl' pr('j't'J's to leaH' i ntl'J'pretat i on \)1' tit i s statclII<'nt to the
reau('l' .
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