AIR FORCE CONTRACT LET FOR FLYING SAUCER STUDY

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000100910002-2
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RIPPUB
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1
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November 11, 2016
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October 15, 1998
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2
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Publication Date: 
October 7, 1966
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0~ ~ ~> ~a~ ~ 1vVV Sanitized -Approved. For Release :CIA FOIAb3b ~Sy tl tLi.IAIi i'iIN~SI CPYBGH-I"'r s,ncr wrltor _ ~ ~,~,'~~, Colorado.Asked whether the investigat - UFOs for about 20 year is ings," ar.d will have a "co mb, tnves tga~tng an evalu ing the reports." ;u:;iversity was signed late~ycs- ward U. Condon, was to ~ out- rrv -ut:l:UUI:J T;nc it h'orcc has bee ;vestigatino ? Ur Os wider a cizcd by many UFO bell ~ ` r~s lacking in candor, ified cen uri- hion in-, pro- lue riti- i! a L' i ~:;.~ ~~i~-a~~s .~~`r,~~?~i~ ~~;Rt~~.r, nt~ .~a~~,-`?CPYRGHT orce on's phe- -~ 0 the ~ American', Activities Committ will possess quasi-legal powe such as that 'of subpoena a the taking? of -sworn testitno; he said no: The contract was described "more or less open-ende meaning ?that .the $330,000 reso u ton was spansare y cai?ed Trim "one of the weakest I Rep. Edward Hutchinson, R- i:;;s .. o,:r atomic security." ~.l4ich. is security clearance subse- ,- q;really was lifted and then re- ~. ,sto: ed. An ato:.nic scientist, he for- ;,,erly wt~s the director of the ~ aior.al Bureau of Standards s anc later research director for - Crirni.ng Grass Works. a There were pressures last ,'spring -for a congressional in- vestigation of UFOs after a s' flurry of a?eporied sightings of ~~ ..~ysterious objects. s House Republican Leader Gerald )ti. Ford of Diichigan had In addition to the Colorado University study, the Air Force. said the National Academy of Sciences has vtdicated its will- ingness to appoint a panel which would review the Colorado rep port when it is completed. "This panel will not be part, of the investigating team, .but` will provide a further independ- ent check on the scientific vali- dity of the method of investiga- tion," the Air Fm?ce said. Since 1943 the Air Force has received about 11,000 reports of UFO sightings. Of these, the Air Force says, it leas been a'ie to' ' identify or otherwise explain: the nature of all but 655. To date; the Air Force says . its "firm conclusions" are that no UFO has ever given any in- dication of threat to national security. Nor, it says, has any' evidence come forth that sight-, ings which it categorized as un- identified are spacecraft from other planets. The Air Force said the uni- versity's research will not alter the Air Fot?ce's responsibilities' of receiving; investigating and! evaluating UFO reports. '. , total amount that may'bc s;~ in probing the saucer myste The spokesman expressed t belief that an extension of t 15-month?contract is quite p Bible. Work will begin Nov. 1, t Air `Force said. A report supposed to be rendered tc t Air Force Office of Scienti Research- , by eat;ly 1968, "b .,may or may .not. be the fin report:" ? Condon was the center a: scientific. furor in 1948 after subcommittee of the House t called for a congressional study of the matter, and later Air ~, r arce officials promised that ~. a scientific pat;el of civilians _ would be gYV. n the opportunity to ;Hake an independent investi- gation. A reso?ution authorizing the :louse 1~?med Services Cony- mittee to conduci an investiga- ti,;n ar.d study of reports of t miidentified flyinc objects was 1 referred to t're Rules Committee in Vay. The Rules Committee has given no indication whether it ? intends to act on the resolution cefore Congress adjourns. The Sanitized - Approved For Release :CIA-RDP75-001498000100910002-2