The Condon Report: Boulder’s Historic UFO Study
Very few official UFO studies have been conducted, but Boulder boasts one of these rare reports. In the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force commissioned Edward Condon, a former professor of physics and astrophysics, to conduct a scientific investigation into the possibility that UFOs may be of extraterrestrial origin. The “Condon Report” officially concluded UFOs did not warrant further investigation.
However, other voices remain passionate that studying unexplainable phenomena is crucial to adding to our knowledge of the universe. Philosophy professor Carol Cleland, affiliate of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, believes studying these anomalies could help lead to major scientific breakthroughs.
14,885
pages long
59
UFO sighting case studies from 1947–1968
11
file boxes of documents, journals, research papers, international newsletters, film reels of suspected “sightings” and books
37
scientists wrote chapters or parts of chapters for the report
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Categories for Cases:
1. Old UFO reports (from before 1966)
2. New reports
3. Photographic cases
4. Radar and visual cases
5. UFOs reported by astronauts
Photos and scans courtesy of the Edward U. Condon Collection, Box 5, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections