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NASA declines White House suggestion to restart UFO research

When: Dec 1977
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 1 public source

NASA Administrator Robert Frosch, who received the White House proposal in 1977 NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

On July 21, 1977, Frank Press, science adviser to President Carter, wrote to NASA Administrator Robert Frosch proposing a panel to check for significant new UFO findings since the Condon Report. About five months later NASA answered that neither a research effort nor a symposium was justified.

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OfficialAARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (section: Carter Administration Tasking to NASA, 1977) (opens in a new tab)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (U.S. National Archives catalog) / 2024-03

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