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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