What was the 1968 Condon Report on UFOs?
“The Condon Report — formally 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects,' published in 1968 by Dr. Edward U. Condon at the University of Colorado under USAF contract — concluded that further scientific study of UFOs 'cannot be justified.' The report directly preceded the 1969 termination of Project Blue Book and is referenced in the 1970 James Tuck Los Alamos letter declassified under PURSUE Release 02.”
The Condon Report, formally titled 'Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects,' is a 1,485-page 1968 academic study conducted at the University of Colorado by physicist Dr. Edward U. Condon under contract from the U.S. Air Force. The report reviewed 91 UFO case files and concluded that 'nothing has come from the study of UFOs in the past 21 years that has added to scientific knowledge' and that 'further extensive study of UFOs probably cannot be justified.' The Condon Report's conclusions directly preceded the December 1969 termination of Project Blue Book — the USAF's 17-year UFO investigation program. The Condon Report remains in print and is cited extensively in subsequent academic and government UAP discussions. James L. Tuck's December 16, 1970 letter to the U.S. Army Engineering School (declassified as DOC-139 in PURSUE Release 02) explicitly references 'the large atmospheric vortices' from the Condon Report, demonstrating the report's continued influence on nuclear-physics-adjacent UAP research even after the Blue Book termination.
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