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Air Force contracts University of Colorado for UFO study

When: 7 Oct 1966
Where: Boulder, CO
Sources: 1 public source

Physicist Edward Condon, who directed the University of Colorado UFO study the Air Force contracted National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research announced a contract with the University of Colorado for an independent scientific study of UFOs, the project whose final report physicist Edward Condon summarized. The first contract gave $313,000 for 15 months starting November 1, 1966.

Sources

OfficialScientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (Condon Report), Section II: Summary of the Study (opens in a new tab)University of Colorado for the U.S. Air Force (copy hosted by National Capital Area Skeptics) / 1969

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How the story came out

Happened 7 Oct 1966. First made public 2 years later (1969).

7 Oct 1966It happened (this event)
1969Condon Report released - first made public
Jan 1969National Academy of Sciences panel endorses the Condon Report

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Where it fits

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