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The Physics and Metaphysics of Unidentified Flying Objects

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 7 pages · text by OCR

This CIA release, approved for release on 2 April 2001, reproduces William Markowitz's 1967 Science article "The Physics and Metaphysics of Unidentified Flying Objects." Markowitz was a Marquette University physics professor. He argues that reported UFO landings and lift-offs cannot involve extraterrestrial spacecraft if the laws of physics hold. He criticizes the hard-data claims of Hynek, Powers and Vallee and recommends that the Air Force stop investigating UFOs.

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p. 5 …His comments on the New Mexico case, which he released to the press, are as follows…

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Cases discussed

The Chiles-Whitted Encounter 1948
the Chiles-Whitted case of 25 July 1948 ... identified the object as an undoubted meteor
Clyde Tombaugh sighting, Las Cruces 1949
sighting of a geometric formation by Clyde Tombaugh on 20 August 1949
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review 1953
As early as 1953 a panel headed by H. P. Robertson reported that UFO's are not a threat
The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro 1964
Mr. Lonnie Zamora observed on 24 April 1964 at Socorro, New Mexico

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