Brief
Edward U. Condon
The claims the writer was given for Edward U. Condon, in the order they were given.
1
In 1967 the University of Colorado UFO Project began spending 512,000 US dollars given to Edward Condon by the Pentagon to study UFOs.
“In 1967, as the University of Colorado began spending the $512,000 given to Professor Condon by the Pentagon to study UFOs, my interest had begun to shift.”
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2
In 1967, Jacques Vallée visited the University of Colorado physics department and had lunch with Edward Condon and the staff of the University of Colorado UFO Project.
“In 1967 I was visiting the University of Colorado physics department. I had lunch with Professor Condon and the staff of his recently organized committee for the study of UFOs.”
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3
Jacques Vallée told Edward Condon that he believed the problem of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) could be solved scientifically.
“I told Condon that I believed the problem of UFOs could be solved scientifically.”
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4
Edward Condon compared the problem of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) to the existence of God, a problem about which he believed science had nothing to say.
“He replied that he wasn't so sure: "It could be something like the existence of God," he said, "a problem about which science has nothing to say."”
Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults 0101-01-01 ch6:5634-5775 opinion second hand
5
Jacques Vallée disagreed with Edward Condon's view that the UFO problem could not be addressed scientifically, believing science could have analysed the observations and reached a conclusion.
“I disagree with that view. Science could have analyzed the observations and reached a conclusion then.”
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6
Edward Condon and his University of Colorado UFO Project team, chosen for their presumed impartiality, produced the Condon Report, which concluded that no evidence existed for the reality of UFOs.
“Professor Condon and his team, who had been picked because they were presumably impartial and unprejudiced, went on to write a report stating that no evidence existed for the reality of UFOs.”
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7
Jacques Vallée argues that in 1967 Edward Condon and his University of Colorado UFO Project team could have conducted a serious scientific study of UFOs but did not, and that it is now too late for science to resolve the social and political consequences of the spreading belief in space contact.
“In 1967, Condon and his team could have done a serious scientific study of UFOs, but they didn't. Now it is too late for science.”
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8
In Boulder, Colorado, an investigation group headed by Dr. Condon, a prestigious physicist close to retirement, received a sizable grant to study ufology, with its report due in 1969.
“In Boulder, Colorado, a group was finally being assembled with much fanfare, headed by Dr. Condon, a prestigious physicist close to retirement. The group had received a sizable grant to ponder ufology and its report was due in 1969.”
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9
Edward Condon fired the minority group from the Condon Committee after being outraged by the publication of the internal memorandum, and then ran the project without serious consideration of the possible reality of the UFO phenomenon.
“Publication of this document so outraged Condon that he fired the minority group and ran the project without serious consideration of the possible reality of the phenomenon.”
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10
Edward Condon led the Condon Committee study of UFOs at the University of Colorado.
“Professor Condon, who led the study, felt so strongly about the uselessness of the whole thing that he destroyed the project files.”
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Edward Condon destroyed the Condon Committee's project files because he felt strongly about the uselessness of studying UFOs.
“felt so strongly about the uselessness of the whole thing that he destroyed the project files”
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12
Three days before his death in March 1974, Edward Condon was still urging a physicist friend to drop his study of UFOs.
“Three days before his death, in March, 1974, he was still urging a physicist friend to drop his study of UFOs.”
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13
When told that a documentary about UFOs was being prepared, Edward Condon advocated that all the footage be burned.
“When he was told that a documentary was being prepared he advocated that all the footage be burned.”
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14
Edward Condon and his team of scientists were recruited by the United States Air Force to conduct an objective and independent investigation into Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) that became the Condon Report.
“Dr Edward Condon and his team of scientists had been recruited by the air force to do an objective and independent investigation.”
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The 1968 Condon Report concluded that further study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) could not be justified.
“Condon rejected the extra-terrestrial hypothesis for UAPs and concluded that further study of them could not be justified.”
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The 1968 Condon Report rejected the extra-terrestrial hypothesis for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
“Condon rejected the extra-terrestrial hypothesis for UAPs and concluded that further study of them could not be justified.”
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17
Harry Turner's paper criticised the 1968 Condon Committee Report, the US Air Force-funded study of UFOs directed by physicist Edward Condon.
“Turner's paper eviscerated the 1968 Condon Committee Report, the US Air Force–funded study of UFOs under the direction of physicist Edward Condon.”
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18
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.”
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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...”
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Edward Condon's report provided the United States Air Force the justification it sought to close Project Blue Book.
“Dr. Condon’s report provided the Air Force the excuse it sought to close Project Blue Book, its controversial UFO investigation.”
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