Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects

The CONDON Report

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

iii

PREFACE

v

 

SECTION I

Conclusions and Recommendations

2

 

SECTION II

Summary of the Study

10

 

SECTION III

The Work of the Colorado Project

72

Chapter 1

Field Studies

73

Chapter 2

Analysis of UFO Photographic Evidence

108

Chapter 3

Direct Physical Evidence

128

Chapter 4

Indirect Physical Evidence

146

Chapter 5

Optical and Radar Analysis of Field Cases

173

Chapter 6

Visual Observations Made by U.S Astronauts

268

Chapter 7

Attitude Survey

315

 

SECTION IV

Case Studies

364

Chapter 1

Case Studies Predating the Term of the Project

365

Chapter 2

Case Studies During the Term of the Project

427

Chapter 3

Photographic Case Studies

606a

 

PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND FIGURES

737

NON-PHOTOGRAPHIC FIGURES

n/a

 

SECTION V

Historical Aspects of UFO Phenomena

812

Chapter 1

UFOs in History

813

Chapter 2

UFOs, 1947-1968

844

Chapter 3

Official UFO Study Programs in Foreign Countries

921

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SECTION VI

The Scientific Context

929

Chapter 1

Perceptual Problems

930

Chapter 2

Processes of Perception, Conception and Reporting

943

Chapter 3

Psychological Aspects of [the] UFO Reports

976

Chapter 4

Optics [Optical Mirage]

987

Chapter 5

Radar [and the Observation of UFOs]

1059

Chapter 6

Sonic Boom

1146

Chapter 7

Atmospheric Electricity and Plasma Interpretations of UFOs

1156

Chapter 8

Balloons [- Types, Flight Profiles and Visibility]

1205

Chapter 9

Instrumentation for UFO Searches

1214

Chapter 10

Statistical Analysis

1271

 

SECTION VII

Appendices

1279

A

Special Report of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project "Blue Book", March 1966

1280

B

AFR 80-17A, Unidentified Flying Objects

1291

C

Presentation at Arizona Academy of Science Meeting, 29 April 1967 by Gerard Kuiper, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

1309

D

Letter - J. E. Lipp to Brigadier General Putt - Project "SIGN", No. F-TR-2274-IA, Appendix D

1316

E

Report on Numerical Experiment on the Possible Existence of an "Anti-Earth," by Dr. R. L. Duncombe, U. S. Naval Observatory

1326

F

FAA Notice N7230.29

1328

G

U. S. Weather Bureau Operations Manual, Letter 67-16

1330

H

U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mtn Region, Memorandum to Forest Supervisors

1331

I

Individuals Who Participated in the Early Warning Network

1333

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J

Early Warning Report Form

1335

K

Field Kit Inventory List

1336

L

Weather Conditions and Radar Echoes near Washington, D.C., and Norfolk, Va., on 19-20 and 26-27 July 1952

1337

M

Sources of College Survey Data and Persons Instrumental in Obtaining Data

1345

N

UFO Opinion Questionnaire

1346

O

A-B Scale

1349

P

Current Events Questionnaire

1353

Q

Weather Conditions in the Area Between Dallas and Mineral Wells, Texas, 19 September 1957

1355

R

Letter from General N. F. Twining to Commanding General, Army Air Forces, 23 September 1947

1379

S

Directive - Major General L. C. Craigie to Commanding General, Wright Field (Wright-Patterson AFB) - Disposition and Security for Project"SIGN", dated 30 December 1947

1382

T

G. E. Valley - Interpretation of Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects, Project "SIGN", F-TR-2274-IA, Appendix C

1384

U

Report of Meetings of Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects (Robertson Panel), 14-18 January 1953

1392

V

Natural Philosophy of Flying Saucers

1422

W

Acknowledgments

1428

X

Editors and Authors, Staff of the Colorado Project

1433

 

INDEX

1439

 

ERRATA

n/a

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