AAAS holds a UFO symposium in Boston

When: 26 Dec 1969
Where: Boston, MA
Sources: 1 public source

Carl Sagan, who co-edited the AAAS symposium papers published as 'UFO's: A Scientific Debate' NASA/JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsored a two-day UFO symposium at its Boston meeting. Its papers appeared in 1972 from Cornell University Press as 'UFO's: A Scientific Debate', edited by Carl Sagan and Thornton Page.

Sources

OtherUFO's: A Scientific Debate, edited by Carl Sagan and Thornton Page (LCCN 72004572) (opens in a new tab)Cornell University Press (Library of Congress catalog record) / 1972

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How the story came out

Happened 26 Dec 1969. First made public 2 years later (1972).

26 Dec 1969It happened (this event)
1972Sagan and Page publish 'UFO's: A Scientific Debate' - first made public

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