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National Academy of Sciences panel endorses the Condon Report

When: Jan 1969
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 2 public sources

The National Academy of Sciences in Washington, whose panel reviewed the Condon Report G. Edward Johnson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

An Air Force-requested National Academy of Sciences panel chaired by Gerald Clemence reviewed the University of Colorado UFO study and judged its scope and methods sound, agreeing that further UFO study deserved no high priority. The Air Force cited this review when it closed Project Blue Book.

Sources

OfficialUnidentified Flying Objects and Air Force Project Blue Book (fact sheet) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force
OtherReview of the University of Colorado Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by a Panel of the National Academy of Sciences (text) (opens in a new tab)National Academy of Sciences (reprinted by Sign Historical Group) / 1969

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How the story came out

This reports on Air Force contracts University of Colorado for UFO study (7 Oct 1966).

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Earlier in GovernmentCondon report reviews astronaut UFO sightingsJan 1969 Later in GovernmentLibrary of Congress UFO bibliography for the Air ForceJul 1969

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