Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968)

U.S. Air Force Report landing 1960s Official link verified

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The 1968 University of Colorado UFO Project report (the 'Condon Report'), conducted under Air Force contract, which found no evidence of a national-security threat, advanced technology, or extraterrestrial origin and recommended against further concentrated study — the stated basis for Blue Book's 1969 termination.

This is the full report of the University of Colorado UFO Project — commonly called the Condon Report after its scientific director, physicist Edward U. Condon — conducted under contract to the U.S. Air Force's Office of Scientific Research and completed in 1968. According to the report, the study found no evidence that investigated UFO sightings represented a threat to national security, showed technology beyond the science of the time, or indicated an extraterrestrial origin, and it recommended against further concentrated scientific study of the subject. A subsequent National Academy of Sciences review endorsed its conclusions and methodology. The report's findings formed the stated basis for the Air Force's December 1969 termination of Project Blue Book. The document is released through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), accession AD0680975. This archive links the official record only and endorses no conclusion beyond what the document records.

Common questions

What is this record?
It is an archive entry pointing to the 1968 University of Colorado UFO Project report — the 'Condon Report' — conducted under contract to the U.S. Air Force and released through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
What did the report conclude?
According to the report, the study found no evidence that investigated UFO sightings represented a threat to national security, showed technology beyond the science of the time, or indicated an extraterrestrial origin, and it recommended against further concentrated scientific study. This archive reports the document's stated conclusions and does not endorse them.
How is this connected to Project Blue Book's termination?
The report's findings formed the stated basis for the U.S. Air Force's December 1969 termination of Project Blue Book, according to the Air Force's own press release. This archive links the report and the related termination announcement as separate records.
Can I view or download the report on this archive?
No. This archive is link-only and hosts no copy of the report. To read it, use the official DTIC source linked from this record, which is authoritative.

Source & Classification

Record metadata

Record type
Report landing
Decade
1960s
Review status
published
Publication status
published

Official source link

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf

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U.S. Air Force. "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968)". 1960s. Official source: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/usaf-1968-condon-report-ufo-study/.

APA

U.S. Air Force. (1960s). Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968). https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf

MLA

U.S. Air Force. "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968)." 1960s, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf.

Chicago

U.S. Air Force. "Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968)." 1960s. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_usaf-1968-condon-report-ufo-study,
  title  = {Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects (University of Colorado / Condon Report, 1968)},
  author = {U.S. Air Force},
  year   = {1960s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0680975.pdf},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/usaf-1968-condon-report-ufo-study/}
}

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License note (source-level)

Report prepared by the University of Colorado under contract to the U.S. Air Force (Air Force Office of Scientific Research); released through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), accession AD0680975. As a federally funded contract report distributed without restriction via a DoD technical-information clearinghouse, it is treated here as publicly available government-commissioned research; any contractor copyright interest would be assessed per item before any indexed or monetized release.

Archivist note

The full report of the University of Colorado UFO Project — commonly called the Condon Report after its scientific director, physicist Edward U. Condon — conducted under contract to the U.S. Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research and completed in 1968. According to the report, the study found no evidence that investigated UFO sightings represented a threat to national security, showed evidence of technology beyond the science of the time, or indicated an extraterrestrial origin, and it recommended against further concentrated scientific study of the subject. A subsequent National Academy of Sciences review endorsed its conclusions and methodology. The report’s findings formed the stated basis for the U.S. Air Force’s December 1969 termination of Project Blue Book. This record links the official DTIC-hosted document and its archived snapshot; it hosts no local copy. This archive is independent and is not an official or government source, asserts no extraterrestrial origin, and endorses no conclusion beyond what the official document records.

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Archive state (this release)

  1. Official source apps.dtic.mil ↗
  2. Archived 2025-11-15 ↗
  3. Added to archive
  4. Last revised
Record status
Official link verified
Review status
published
Publication status
published
Local copy
Not stored in U3
Summary
Published
Translation
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