Science · Research & investigation
Edward U. Condon
Leader of the Colorado UFO study
Also known as Edward Condon
Photograph · Image credit
Who they are
Edward U. Condon led the University of Colorado study of UFO reports and wrote its conclusions and recommendations. The project evaluated whether further UFO research promised significant scientific advances. Condon’s unfavorable overall judgment became an important institutional response, while individual unresolved cases and ordinary atmospheric research remained separate issues.
He connects the timeline to the scientific review behind the end of the Air Force’s Blue Book era.
Selected contributions
- Led the Colorado study and authored its conclusions on the scientific value of continued extensive UFO research.Source ↗Source 2 ↗
Selected works
Report · 1968
Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects: Conclusions and Recommendations
Condon explains the Colorado study’s judgment that a large continuing UFO research program was unlikely to advance science. This conclusions section gives the project’s assessment, rather than resolving every case in the full report.
Report completed in 1968; later public book editions appeared in 1969. Linked NCAS transcription is a later reproduction.
Reading scope & citation
Reuses documented prior inspection: Relevant supporting passages inspected; not a blanket claim of cover-to-cover review
In the timeline
Biography sources & portrait credit
- Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects: conclusions and recommendations ↗University of Colorado; reproduced by NCAS
- Edward U. Condon and UFO studies ↗University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
Portrait credit
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) ↗
