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Look magazine's 'Flying Saucer Fiasco' exposes the Low memo

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Portrait photograph of physicist Edward U. Condon
Physicist Edward Condon, who led the Colorado UFO study and disputed Look's article National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

John G. Fuller's Look article described turmoil in the Air Force-funded Colorado UFO study, quoting a 1966 memo by coordinator Robert Low that spoke of a 'trick' to make the project look objective. Condon called the article false and misleading; two dismissed staff members were central to the story.

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  1. PressFlying Saucer Fiasco (John G. Fuller)Look (reprinted by Sign Historical Group) / 1968-05-14
  2. PressColorado U. Ends Saucer Inquiry (Evert Clark)The New York Times (reprinted by Sign Historical Group) / 1968-05-01

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How the story came out

This reports on Condon fires Saunders and Levine from the Colorado UFO study (8 Feb 1968) and Edward Condon says he leans toward the government getting out of UFOs (25 Jan 1967).

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