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This U.S. Air Force file gathers records of the USAF Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book, dated 1965 to 1969. It holds Major General LeBailly's 1965 request for a review, meeting records from Wright-Patterson AFB, and Secretary Harold Brown's approval of a university scientific study. There are also 1969 letters praising the Condon Report, a 1968 NICAP request for records, a 1967 attendee list for a meeting with Dr. James McDonald, and a copy of the 1953 Robertson Panel report.
From the source:Release of 2026-07-10 Incident: 4/17/67, Various. This file documents the 1966-1967 deliberations and recommendations of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Scientific Advisory Board’s Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book. Project Blue Book was a 1952-1969 USAF program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The Committee recommended that the USAF contract a scientific team composed of university-affiliated representatives to investigate selected UFO sightings. The USAF subsequently adopted the Committee’s recommendation.
“Edward Condon”1 page
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 16 May 1967 SUBJECT: Some Notes Concerning a Progress Report on University of Colorado UFO Study 1. On 5 May 1967, members of the University of Colorado UFO Investigat:i.ng Committee presented a ttposition paper" on the state of their thinking on the UFO Study. This memo is based on verbatim notes taken at that meeting and augments the formal presentation (Atch 1). A report of the Committee's progress up to 31 March is also included (Atch 2). 2. The meeting was held in Dr. Bill Price's office at OSR. The following personnel attended: Dr. Edward V. Condon, Univ of Colorado (uoc), Principal Investigator Mr. Robert J. Low, UOC, Project Coordinator Dr. W. K. Hartman, Univ of Arizona, a member of the UOC Study Committee Dr. William Price, OSR Dr. Tom Ratchford, OSR Dr. Jesse Orlansky, SAB Dr. Willis Ware, SAB Mr. Chester N. Hasert, SAB Lt Col Harold A. Steiner, SAB Lt Col Robert Hippler, AFRSTA Mr. Charles K. Reed, Nat Acad of Sciences Mr. L. V. Brasher, OSR Procurement Mr. Dan Taylor, OSR Public Information 3. The basic problem conf'ronting the UOC Study Connnittee is establishing a methodology for investigating UFOs. In the Committee's opinion, previous investigations have produced few, if any, studies have rimaril been concerned with investi ati According to the UOC Con:nnittee, the se but how to interpret the data obtained from reports that are generated from sightings. Thus, additional sightings as currently handled by Project Blue Book (NOTE: no criticism of Project Blue Book was inferred) will not give the Committee a better picture of what UFOs really are. Something else is needed. 4. Admittedly, if better data were available (i.e., those obtained with spectrometers, magnetometers, etc.) they could undoubtedly give the Com mittee a better insight into the UFO problem, but in the 18 months allotted for the study the probability of the UOC Committee getting s ificant better data is small. The possibility of getting actual, real-time data with spectrometers, magnetometers, etc., is highly unlikely. Ergo, the concept of having specialized, instrumented teams standing ready to move quickly into an area where UFOs were or are being sighted and obtain actual, real-time data does not appear likely to produce much. To tangible results because these is not the sighting per NW90306 Docld:347'14841 Page 33
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