Condon Report of the Unknown Natural Phenomenon

 

For more than a half century, we have been bombarded by so many skeptics, academics and scientists claiming that the Colorado Study of UFOs commissioned by the Air Force in the late 1960s, had found no evidence of alien visitation. Those academics, debunkers, and even the government, often cite that report as a systematic analysis of UFO sightings. Yet nearly a quarter of the reports cited by the Colorado study were found to be unknown. In fact, one was solved by saying that it was a natural phenomenon so rare that had never been seen before or since. That to me, sounds like something they would want to follow up because it could lead to a scientific discovery.

That case, in which a BOAC crew reported a UFO was investigated at the time. Once they landed in London, the pilots were ordered to the Air Ministry. Months later, the navigator on the flight asked the captain what had happened at the Air Ministry and was told, “Sorry. I can’t say. You know the score.”

Here was a case in which the pilots were interrogated, there was radar confirmation of the sighting, and in the end, it was “solved” by saying it was a natural phenomenon. Interestingly, the official Project Blue Book card lists Mars as the culprit in the sighting.

For those interested in the details of this case, see:

https://kevinrandle.blogspot.com/search?q=BOAC

The case has been referenced in a couple of UFO books, but there are no additional detail. The Condon Committee entry for the case can be found beginning on page 139 of the Bantam Books edition of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Objects, originally published in January 1969.