The Condon Committee, officially known as the University of Colorado UFO Project, was an investigative group funded by the United States Air Force from 1966 to 1968. The group was led by physicist Edward U. Condon, hence the committee’s popular name. The objective of this committee was to examine the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) to determine if they presented any scientific interest.
The Condon Committee Report, also known as “Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects,” was the result of this two-year investigation. The report, nearly 1,500 pages long, was published in 1968. It included detailed analysis and discussion of dozens of UFO sightings, studies of the psychology and sociology of UFO reports, and considerations of potential physical effects and properties of UFOs.
The committee’s overall conclusion was that nothing had come from the study of UFOs in the past that added to scientific knowledge and that further extensive study of UFO sightings was not justified in the expectation that science would be advanced thereby. It also concluded that extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) was not useful in explaining the sightings.
The Condon Report is significant because it essentially marked the end of the U.S. government’s official involvement in UFO investigations. Following the report’s publication, in 1969, the Air Force discontinued Project Blue Book, its long-standing UFO investigation program. The report has been frequently cited in discussions and debates about the scientific validity and relevance of UFO studies.
However, the Condon Committee and its report were not without controversy. Critics, including many within the UFO research community, pointed to a number of issues:
In the years since the release of the Condon Report, it has remained a contentious document in discussions about UFOs. For some, it’s a definitive statement on the lack of scientific basis for UFO studies. For others, it’s an example of a flawed investigation driven more by preconceived beliefs than by objective scientific inquiry.
NOTE: When I first published the “complete” report, it was obtained from the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). However, after being told it was complete, Black Vault user “Greg C.” noted that they omitted pages 256-325, which included the astronauts UFO sightings. It took about 8 months after Greg contacted me, but I finally found what is, truly, the COMPLETE version. That is available below. I archived the DTIC copy for reference.
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This post was published on July 30, 2018 5:09 pm
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