The Condon Report was a US Air Force study on UFO reports, which concluded that further extensive scientific research on the topic was unwarranted.
The Condon Report is the common name for a study titled 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects,' conducted at the University of Colorado from 1966–1968 and funded by the US Air Force. Physicist Edward Condon led the project. The study meticulously examined 59 cases selected from Air Force files and contemporary reports. The report was completed in 1968 and published as a book in 1969, spanning three volumes and approximately 1,465 pages.
The report concluded that no evidence was found to suggest that UFOs were extraterrestrial in origin or involved unknown physical phenomena, and that further extensive scientific research was unwarranted. The Air Force relied on its conclusions as one of the bases for closing Project Blue Book in 1969.
Critics, including scientists and UFO researchers, argued that parts of the report were biased, or that its overall conclusion was inconsistent with some of the complex cases discussed within it. These are claims made by critics, not established facts. Since the 1960s, major scientific and institutional assessments have referred to the report as a document supporting the position that UFO reports have not yielded compelling evidence of extraterrestrial craft.
It is the common name for a UFO study conducted at the University of Colorado and funded by the US Air Force. Its official title was 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects'.
The report stated that no evidence was found to suggest that UFOs were extraterrestrial in origin or involved unknown physical phenomena, and that further extensive scientific research on the topic was unwarranted.
The study meticulously examined 59 cases selected from US Air Force files and contemporary reports.
Yes. Critics argued that parts of it were biased, or that its overall conclusion was inconsistent with some of the cases discussed within it.