Aerial Phenomena Research Organization founded

When: 1952
Sources: 1 public source

Coral Lorenzen founded the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization at the start of 1952; the Condon Report calls it the first civilian UFO study group to work on a national scale. Its first mimeographed bulletin went to 52 members that July, and by 1968 it claimed 8,000 members.

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OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, Sec. V, Ch. 2: UFOs, 1947-1968 (E. U. Condon) (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (Condon Report), copy hosted by NCAS / 1969

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