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Edward U. Condon
Also known as: Edward U. Condon, Edward Condon
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 14 facts
accountIn late 1966, physicist Edward U. Condon of the University of Colorado was granted $300,000 to conduct an independent study of U.F.O.s.
claimEdward Condon wrote the summary and 'Conclusions and Recommendations' section of the Condon Report, concluding that further extensive studies of U.F.O.s could not be justified.
claimEdward Condon wrote the summary and the "Conclusions and Recommendations" section of the Condon Report, despite having only a glancing familiarity with the rest of the nine-hundred-page document.
perspectiveEdward Condon advised that schoolchildren should not be given credit for work involving U.F.O.s and that scientists should take their talents and money elsewhere.
quoteOne of Edward Condon's researchers wrote regarding a 1956 radar incident: 'the apparently rational, intelligent behavior of the UFO suggests a mechanical device of unknown origin as the most probable explanation of this sighting.'
claimEdward Condon wrote the summary and the "Conclusions and Recommendations" section of the Condon Report, despite having only a glancing familiarity with the rest of the nine-hundred-page document.
quoteOne of Edward Condon's researchers wrote regarding a 1956 radar incident: "the apparently rational, intelligent behavior of the UFO suggests a mechanical device of unknown origin as the most probable explanation of this sighting."
perspectiveEdward Condon, the lead of the "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects," concluded that further extensive studies of UFOs could not be justified because they would not advance science, and he advised that schoolchildren should not receive credit for work involving UFOs.
perspectiveEdward Condon concluded in the Condon Report that further extensive studies of U.F.O.s probably could not be justified because science would not be advanced by them.
perspectiveEdward Condon concluded in the Condon Report that further extensive studies of U.F.O.s probably could not be justified because science would not be advanced by them.
perspectiveEdward Condon advised that schoolchildren should not be given credit for work involving U.F.O.s and that scientists should take their talents and money elsewhere.
perspectiveEdward Condon advised that schoolchildren should not be given credit for work involving U.F.O.s and that scientists should take their talents and money elsewhere.
claimEdward Condon wrote the summary and the "Conclusions and Recommendations" section of the Condon Report, concluding that further extensive studies of U.F.O.s were not justified.
claimIn late 1966, physicist Edward U. Condon of the University of Colorado was awarded three hundred thousand dollars to conduct an independent study of U.F.O.s.
Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 3 facts
referenceThe Condon Report, a study by the University of Colorado led by Edward U. Condon, concluded in 1969 that nothing from the study of UFOs in the previous 21 years had added to scientific knowledge and that further investigation could not be justified.
claimThe Condon Committee was a University of Colorado UFO project headed by Edward U. Condon for the U.S. Air Force, which operated from 1966 to 1968.
claimIn December 1969, government scientist Edward Condon stated that further study of unidentified flying objects could not be justified on the grounds of scientific advancement.