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'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects' (Condon Report book edition)
The published edition of the Air Force-funded University of Colorado UFO study directed by physicist Edward Condon.
1969 CE · 40.01, -105.27 · status: official
The account
Condon's summary concluded that further UFO study was unlikely to advance science, and the report led to the closure of Project Blue Book. Yet its own case chapters left around a third of the cases studied unexplained, which critics such as McDonald and Sturrock emphasised.
The sceptical view
Proponents charge that Condon's conclusions ignored his own investigators' findings; the internal 'Low memo' suggested the outcome was planned.
Connections in the atlas
- The Condon Report
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