Condon Report and the closing of Project Blue Book
Also: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects
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Air Force fact sheet on Project Blue Book
First page of the Air Force fact sheet summarising Project Blue Book's 12,618 sightings and its closure in December 1969 after the Condon Report. Official document scan.
US Governement · 1966 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (the Condon Report), 1968
Full text of the University of Colorado study led by Edward Condon, whose conclusion that further study was unjustified ended Blue Book. Hosted by the National Capital Area Skeptics; linked, not copied.
University of Colorado / NCAS ↗Link only — text hosted by NCASAmerican Alchemy · 0:21:29
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedJesse Michels · 0:38:38
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedHal Puthoff · 0:37:10
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedThe University of Colorado study led by physicist Edward Condon, funded by the Air Force, published its report in January 1969 concluding that further UFO study was unlikely to advance science; the Air Force closed Project Blue Book in December 1969. Corpus guests say Condon wrote the conclusion early and that several scientists on the study publicly dissented.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 40.0150, -105.2705 approximate · United States |
| Official response | The Air Force announced the termination of Project Blue Book on 17 December 1969, citing the Condon Report and a National Academy of Sciences review, and stated that no UFO had ever threatened national security or represented technology beyond present knowledge. |
Reported by
- Edward Condon scientist study director
- us air force military sponsor
Investigated by
- university of colorado academic
- national academy of sciences academic
Who spoke about it later
- Karl Nell 0:21:29 The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) ▶ 2024
- Jesse Michels 0:38:38 Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? ▶ 2024
- Hal Puthoff 0:37:10 Eric Weinstein Debates CIA UFO Expert Hal Puthoff ▶ 2022
Mentioned in the corpus
Passages this record cites, with the stamp of the block each quote sits in.
The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) 19 December 2024
Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? 19 October 2024
- 0:38:38 ▶ Jesse Michels
known as the Condon committee this uh you know in Boulder Boulder Colorado this commission which is basically you know rigged to basically show that all us efforts when it comes to studying UFOs were a total waste of
- 0:38:38 ▶ interview
- 0:38:38 ▶ Jesse Michels
Eric Weinstein Debates CIA UFO Expert Hal Puthoff 11 February 2022
- 0:37:10 ▶ Hal Puthoff
manufactured stigma created between 1952 and 1969 actually blue book maybe initially was kind of open too what happened
- 0:37:10 ▶ interview
- 0:37:10 ▶ Hal Puthoff
On the map
Condon Report and the closing of Project Blue Book, CIA Robertson Panel, Portage County police chase, Socorro (Lonnie Zamora) landing. Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 0:21:29 The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka) ▶
Ed Condon led the studies Manhattan Project Alum he wrote the conclusion of the study before the study was complete bragged about it a lot of the scientists on the study defected publicly from the study the study got published the content of the
- 0:38:38 Did Oppenheimer Work on UFOs? · Jesse Michels ▶
known as the Condon committee this uh you know in Boulder Boulder Colorado this commission which is basically you know rigged to basically show that all us efforts when it comes to studying UFOs were a total waste of
- 0:37:10 Eric Weinstein Debates CIA UFO Expert Hal Puthoff · Hal Puthoff ▶
manufactured stigma created between 1952 and 1969 actually blue book maybe initially was kind of open too what happened
- Condon Committee