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

TI1i~ limited field iIlVl'sti~:;ltjOIl 0." ;j c]i1::;:.;ic Cil~;C r('v('alt~d more
lli~cn'pl.mcies in the fill' fl'cord r'eports than it resolved. ft prodllcr.l
Ilu finn l'Vllh.'Ill:l' that pllrt of tloe ri 1111 had been retained by tilxi~tcl1cC of our study, ppoplc told lI''; of lJFO
sight 1ligS that hall lJeVllr \H'l'violls ly bCl'll l'uJl Orll'U to OilY s tuuy group.
,\ graduat!.' stlllknt dpscribcd thl'C'l.' larp.l' cl'aft \~ilich Flew ill 19~',(),
sloll'ly just ,.lbov{' tree-top level, over n c!L',H'jn;: in Woods when', as
a Boy Scout hn and OthL'l' Sco\lb were camp i.T1~~,
A IJ,~. Navy captain relatC'u such :til \lnrl'ported C'xperi{~ncl'.
11\ 1962, hI! and four mell1bel'~ of his family sa'''' wllrlt' appeared to bc'
an t'l()llgatcd l'~'linJl'ical Ohj('l~t silllotlCtt"ed agH!'lst stars. "is
bril'f account rl'aJs:
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TI1i~ limited field jllvt,~ti~~s was 11lltlqllivtcally idcntifjcd wheJ1 !Jr, lIartm;lnn
showed the photographs to Army t'xperts at Ft, Ill'l voi r (Cil.'iC SO ),
[)urin~ rovi::., ()f other class ic cases i t VlR~ poss i.blc, j II some
in5tancl'~, for project inv0stig<lton; to develop new, pertinent il1-
fo}'mation, This ;j,foT1natioJl gClll'r:lij;- depc"ldcd upOIl n,cordc.i data,
such as westht:'r o'lta. wllil~h could Iw acquired hy tulcrhOlw, ,nail, or
libr<lry Tl'Ft'Tl'llCc', Kn,)",I.,'d!~,' ,,[ atm()~pll('ri(' CDllLlitinns l'l'c'""i ling
at the time of raciar [[1'0 sight ill).',S. 1',)1' cxall1pll', ullowe<.i <lllalysi..; of
sightin~ reports in the l.ii'ht of cnTTlmt knowledge of radar propagi1tion,
Thus, atmosr,heric information was u~cful in ('vnlllHting cl ass i C C,ISC<;
such as the 1952 Ivashingtoll, fl.C. sig[ltlng~ (seC' Section r I), Chapter
5). in \~hich on-sitl~ int~rvic\o/ll1g had contrihlltl'd no IWW ini'oTlllation,
,~inl:e our eX{leriCllCl' gellt'rally showed th;tt \lew intcrvi,'\iS of witllc,scs
in classic: cas"s did not prOd\:cl' d{'Ill'ndr1illl' Ile.~ information, fCI~ 011-
~ite invest q~ations of such ,;ascs WC'Te Illldt"rtak.'fi.
3, Old [;'I5C5 Not 011 R.:'coro:
B('cause of tht, existeTlce of Clur stud)', [wo[ll<: told II'; of Ul'1)
si~hti.ll~s thllt IliHI lIeVer )1t'PVio llsly l)t'~'ll l'l!I'0r1.l'd to Hlly study group,
,\ j.!radllatl' ~t\l,.kl\t ,iPscrihed tltl'I.'!' large cl'aft: \vili cit Flew in 19!',(\,
5101\'1), just ,.lhov(' tl'l'l'-tnjl kvel, over a ell'al'.1I\:: ill womls where, as
a Boy ~COllt lw and llthc'l' Scouts wpre CHllIl'lflf~'
A lJ,~, Navy captain related Stich all Ullfl'I'Ortl10 l'xpel'i{~nct',
III 1962, he anu fOllr members of his falOi Iy saw wllr11' Ilppeared tQ ht'
an c-lollgat,'d l':'lillurica! ohj('d "i)ll()\ll'th'd aga.L'lst sLlrs, /lis
bril'f account n'aJs:
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