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Condon fires Saunders and Levine from the Colorado UFO study

When: 8 Feb 1968
Where: Boulder, CO
Sources: 2 public sources

Edward Condon, director of the University of Colorado UFO study National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Edward Condon dismissed staff scientists David Saunders and Norman Levine from the Air Force-funded University of Colorado UFO study after a 1966 memo by coordinator Robert Low reached physicist James McDonald. Look magazine's May 1968 account made the dispute public.

Sources

PressFlying Saucer Fiasco (John G. Fuller, Look, 14 May 1968) (opens in a new tab)Look magazine (transcription hosted by Project 1947 / Sign Historical Group) / 1968-05-14
PressColorado U. Ends Saucer Study but Does Not Disclose Results (Evert Clark) (opens in a new tab)The New York Times (transcription hosted by Project 1947 / Sign Historical Group) / 1968-05-01

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How the story came out

Happened 8 Feb 1968. First made public 3 months later (14 May 1968).

8 Feb 1968It happened (this event)
14 May 1968Look magazine's 'Flying Saucer Fiasco' exposes the Low memo - first made public

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Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentNSA draft paper 'UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions'1968 Later in GovernmentPravda article by Soviet scientists dismisses flying saucers29 Feb 1968

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