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NICBP p u b l i c a t i o n , c a r r l e s a s t o r y of t h e f i r s t ance r e p o r t e d by B i l l C o u r t e r , chairman of
c o l l e g e UFC f i l t e r c e n t e i * organized a t Fkanklin / A P R O ' ~Oklahoma. s e c t i o n . Speakers were Robert
Pi'erce C o l l e g e i n Rindge, N.H., w i t h f u l l c o o p e r d s t i f f and Hayden Hewes, of Oklahoma C i t y and
a t i o n o f t h e c o l l e g e ' s p r e s i d e n t Frank S . hembers o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l U F D Bureau head-
DePietro and Dean, D r . C l i f f o r d H. Coles. A 24- !*arters i n that city.
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course on UFO's ha$ been i n t r o d u c e d and 60 s t u - ;evening of A p r i l 5, l a s t y e a r , a b o u t 5:15 p.m.
dept5,:attended t h e f i r s t two-hour c l a s s . The d r i v e r was on highway No. 50, west of Sedalis
4 ~ i rthing s t you know, one can admit a n inter- knd saw a d i s c shaped o b j e c t , s i l v e r i n c o l o r ,
e s t i n UFOqs w i t h o u t being considered a kook1 h o v e r i n g overhea yd. He d e s c r i b e d -it a s
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'Can We T r u s t t h e Upcoming Condon Report?''
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The EVENING NEWS, H a r r i s b a r g , Pa., r e c e n t l y 1 By H e r b e r t S h u l d i n e r
I (Reprinted c o u r t e s y of Popular Science
c a r r i e d a s t o r y of i n f r a - r e d d e t e c t i o n used i n
t r a c k i n g unidentified f l y i n g o b j e c t s . Monthly ( c ) 1967 by Popular Science P u b l i s h -
T%JOi n f r a -red d e t e c t i o n d e v i c e s and i n f r a - r e d i n g Co, )
lamps, a l o n g with o t h e r i n s t r u m e n t s valued a t A f t e r 20 y e a r s of s w i r l i n g c o n t r o v e r s y ,
a l m c s t $13,000 and i n c l u d i n g w a l k i e - t a l k i e . s c i e n c e i s t a k i n g i t s most s e a r c h i n g look
Fadios, b a s e r a d i o u n i t s and g e i g e r c o u n t e r s . I i n t o t h e mystery of UFOqs.
have been r e c i e v e d by George B. Cook, of Camp The i n t e n s i v e probe i s headed by Dr. Edwarc
H i l l , chairman of t h e l o c a l subcommittee of I U. Condon, former heard of t h e N a t i o a a l Bur-
LTCAP and s e n i o r squadron 308, C i v i l Air P a t r o l , eau of S t a n d a r d s , and c u r r e n t l y p r o f e s s o r
The equipment was a g i f t from Lt. Col. David . of p h y s i c s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Colorado.
S. Keffer t o t h e two a r e a u n i t s working j o i n t l y . He i s a i d e d by up t o 30 t o p s c i e n t i s t s from
i n l o c a l UFG i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . ( E d i t o r v s Note-- e v e r y f i e l d t h a t might f i g u r e i n t h e s t u d y of
s e e f r o n t page story. ) f l y i n g s a u c e r s . Condon was handed t h i s h o t
When a UFO r e p o r t comea t o Cook now, he has p o t a t o by t h e A i r Force, which has f a i l e d t o
a c c e s s t o more t h a n 300 CAP members and 94 s a t i s g y many thousands of b e l i e v e r s w i t h i t s
l o c a l r a i o s t a t i o n u n i t s throughout t h e f o u r e x p l a n a t i o n s o f s a u c e r s i g h t i n g s . Theyqve
c c u n t i e s of t h e H a r r i s b u r g a r e a , : g i v e n him a b o u t $500,000 through t h e L'ni-
Col. R. B. Willingham, CAP squadron cornman- v e r s i t y of Colorado t o make a n o b j e c t i v e
d e r , has had a n a v i d i n t e r e s t i n UFOqs f o r i s t u d y t h a t , it s i hoped, will s a t i s f y be-
y e a r s , d a i i n g back t o 1948 when he was a lead: , l i e v e r s and s k e p t i c s a l i k e .
i n g a squadron of F-94 j e t s n e a r t h e Mexican I Can t h e Condon s t u d y f i n a l l y s o l v e t h e
b o r d e r i n Texas and was a d v i s e d by r a d i o t h a t r i d d l e of f l y i n g s a u c e r s , which h a s p e r s i s t e n
t h r e e U F O q s . ! f l y i n g i n f ormationit were near. ! l y e l u d e d m l l i t a r y i n v e s t i g a t o r s ? Is it a n
He plcked them up on h i s p l a n e r a d a r and was a t t e m p t by t h e A i r Force t o w h i t e wash t h e
informed one of t h e UFOPs had crashed a few , subject?
m i l e s away from hlm i n Mexico. He went t o t h e POPULAR SCIENCE took a c l o s e look a t t h e
scene s f t h e c r a s h b - ~x2s t prevented by t h e work s f t h e Ccnden team t s b r i n g you t h i s
Mexican authorities from making a n i n v e s t i g a - : p r o g r e s s r e p o r t on t h e g r e a t UFO probe a s
t i o n o r coning any c l o s e r t h a n 60 f e e t . *on , t h e f i r s t y e a r of t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s con-
t h a t vantage p o i n t t h e wreckage seemed t o p l et e d.
c o n s i s t of "numerous p i e c e s of m e t a l p o l i s h e d : Condon e n t e r e d t h e scene w i t h t h e detached
on t h e o u t s i d e , v e r y rough on t h e inner sides. o b j e c t i b i t y of a n o u t s i d e r with no s p e c i a l
knowledge o f s a u c e r s . His r e p u t a t i o n a s a
ELECTRIC JOLT CUTS SONIC BOOX tough-minded s c i e n t i s t was f i r m l y e s t a b l i s h e d
One of t h e i n t r i g u i n g f a c t o r s i n t h e f a s t when he headed t h e N a t i o n a l Bureau of Stand-
moving space v e h i c l e s i s t h e l a c k of t h e s o n i c , ards from1945 t o 1951. Condon reorganized
boom. John S c h u e s s l e r sends US a n a r t i c l e from: t h e Sureau, modernized its o p e r a t i o n s , and
a January i s s u e of t h e ST. 33UIS GLORE-LDEM~L. ' mov,?. ;is s c i e n t i f i c functions outof t h e
CRAT which c o v e r s a r e v o l u t i o n a r y approach t o p o f i t i c a l a r e a n , r e s i s t i n g Congressional
t h e problem of s o n i c booms ( with i n t e r e s t l w ' p r e s s u r e s f o r such t h i n g s a s t h e a p p r o v a l of
connotations r e f l y i n g saucers). e s s e n t i a l l y w o r t h l e s s products.
s p k k e r s f o r t h e Northrop Corp t o l d a news A, m e n Mind. Condonqs a t t i t u e d toward
conference t h a t a d i s c h a r g e of e l e c t r i c i t y i n t o UFO's when he s t a r t e d t h e probe was: witm
t h e - a i r ahead of faster-than-sound a i r c r a f t may a n g n o s I simply donq t know, B U ~he
not only l e s s e n t h e i n t e n s i t y of booms b u t a l s o , b e l i e v e d t h e r e was a need t o f i n d o u t whether
c u t aerodynamic d r a g *':': t h e d i s c h a r g e of t h e r e i s a p h y s i c a l r e a l i t y t o s a u c e r s , and i f
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