Brief
University of Colorado
The claims the writer was given for University of Colorado, in the order they were given.
1
In 1968, the United States Air Force contracted the University of Colorado to perform a supplementary investigation of UFOs, known as the Condon Committee, and Raymond Fowler served that project as early warning coordinator.
“In 1968, they contracted the University of Colorado to perform a supplementary investigation of UFOs, and I served that particular project as early warning coordinator.”
Raymond Fowler on UFOs, Government Cover-Ups & the Andreasson Affair (Full Interview, 1987) 00:10:39.5-00:10:49.0 administrative first hand
2
In 1966 a Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, known as the Condon Report, was undertaken at the University of Colorado.
“In 1966 a "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects" (the Condon Report) was undertaken at the University of Colorado.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:21757-21873 administrative
3
Robert Low was the business administrator of the University of Colorado at the inception of the Condon Report.
“Robert Low, the business administrator of the University of Colorado at the time”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:22590-22666 administrative
4
Robert Low wrote a memo to his superiors stating that the Condon Report study would be conducted almost exclusively by non-believers who could add an impressive body of evidence that there is no reality to the observations, while being described publicly as a totally objective study.
“Our study would be conducted almost exclusively by non-believers who, although they couldn't possibly prove a negative result, could and probably would add an impressive body of evidence that there is no reality to the observations. The trick would be, I think, to describe the project so that, to the public, it would appear a totally-objective study, but to the scientific community, would present a group of non-believers trying their best to be objective but having an almost zero expectation of finding a saucer.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:22715-23225 testimony second hand
5
At the outset of the Condon Report project, Condon told a public meeting that his inclination was to recommend the government get out of the UFO business, that his attitude was there was nothing to it, but that he was not supposed to reach a conclusion for another year.
“It is my inclination right now to recommend that the government get out of this business. My attitude right now is that there is nothing to it. But I'm not supposed to reach a conclusion for another year.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:23295-23494 testimony
6
Many scientists who participated in the Condon Report study disagreed with Condon, especially after seeing the data, and some resigned in protest.
“Many of the scientists who participated in the study disagreed with London, especially after they saw the data. Some resigned in protest.”
Communion 2013-06-16 ch14:23630-23759 testimony
7
Jacques Vallee believes the history of the Condon investigation at the University of Colorado convinced many scientists interested in UFOs that it was best to continue their investigations privately.
“The history of the Condon investigation at the University of Colorado convinced many of us of this fact.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:15419-15518 opinion first hand
8
Several universities were contacted by the United States Department of Defense to take on the UFO study but turned down the assignment before the University of Colorado accepted it.
“Several universities were contacted by the Department of Defense but they turned down the assignment.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:16481-16571 administrative
9
The files of the Condon Committee were locked up by the University of Colorado after the project wrote its report, then later transferred to a private home, and were burned shortly thereafter.
“When the project wrote its report the files were locked up by the university. I am told that they were later transferred to a private home, and were burned shortly thereafter.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:22615-22779 hearsay second hand
10
The November 1965 meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Air Force eventually led to the Condon investigation at the University of Colorado.
“It eventually led to the Condon investigation.”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch10:5562-5594 administrative
11
The University of Colorado's UFO study cost nearly half a million dollars.
“The burial had been performed by the University of Colorado at the cost of nearly half a million dollars”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:1344-1441 administrative
12
The eight-hundred-page report of the Condon Committee at the University of Colorado stated that the study of UFOs cannot be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby.
“the eight-hundred-page post-mortem had clearly stated that the study of UFOs "cannot be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby."”
THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered About UFO Influences on the Human Race 2014-09-27 ch9:1454-1601 administrative second hand
13
Dr. Edward U. Condon, a physicist and former Director of the National Bureau of Standards, was the scientific director of an 18-month study on flying saucers funded under a 325,000 US dollar United States Air Force contract to the University of Colorado.
“Dr. Edward U. Condon, a physicist and former Director of the National Bureau of Standards, was the scientific director of an 18-month study on "flying saucers" funded under a $325,000 USAF contract to the University of Colorado.”
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I 2024-02-01 char:48748-48967 administrative
14
The Condon Committee inquiry, an Air Force-funded UAP study at the University of Colorado chaired by physicist Edward Condon, declared the UAP topic devoid of scientific merit.
“A subsequent Air Force–funded UAP study at the University of Colorado went further, declaring the topic devoid of scientific merit. Chaired by physicist Edward Condon...”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch6:3383-3543 administrative second hand