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GeneralSightings UFOs at Close Sight: Cases Database UFOs at Close Sight
This is a chronologically sorted list of all the cases mentioned or thoroughly documented on the 'UFOs at Close Sight' (an excellent sight from France with excellent documentation on the UFO phenomenon).
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GeneralSightings UFO Roundup - Listings by Country Joseph Trainor, Editor
UFO Roundup is a weekly compilation of UFO related events and stories. Together, they form an extensive collection of UFO reports and sightings from around the world. - Index of all UFO Roundup UFO sightings reports listed by country.
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GeneralSightings The Condon Report: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects The Condon Report
Full text of the Condon Report, conducted by the University of Colorado with the US Air Force, under the directorship of Dr. Edward U. Condon. In the late 1960's, the United States Air Force issued a contract to the University of Colorado to carry out a scientific study of evidence concerning the UFO phenomenon. The Condon Report contains approx. 60 in-depth cases - located under 'Section IV' entitled 'Case Studies'.
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GeneralSightings UFO Roundup by Joseph Trainor
UFO Roundup is a weekly compilation of UFO related events and stories. Five years of full archives since 1996 are available in complete form online. Together, they form an extensive collection of UFO reports and sightings from around the world.
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GeneralSightings Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - Eighty Years of Pilot Sightings (1,300 sightings) (PDF format) Dominique Weinstein
This is a case file of 1,300 Aviation related UAP observations dating from 1916 to the present. This is a fascinating and useful tool to develop an understanding of the threads of commonalties underlying many UAP cases. Extensive catalog and collection of over 1,300 pilot sightings compiled by Dominique Weinstein.
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ProjectBlueBook Comprehensive Catalog of 1,500 Project BLUE BOOK UFO Unknowns (Version 1.1) (PDF Format) Brad Sparks
Contains an extensive listing of 1,500 UFO sightings and cases from the US Air Force Project Bluebook files that remained 'unknown' or 'unidentified' after investigation. This is out of a total of 12,000. The original number of 'unknowns' in Project Bluebook was approx. 700, however this author has compiled an extended listing of 'unknowns' higher than the 'official' and original number of 700 'unknowns'. This catalog by the author contains 1,500 'unknowns' from Bluebook.
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PhysicalEvidence The Condon Report: Direct Physical Evidence Roy Craig, The Condon Report
Several types of physical effects have been presented as evidence that an object of unusual nature had been present at a given location. Such effects consist of: markings on ground, vegetation, or objects with which an UFO, as something from an UFO, reportedly made direct or indirect physical contact; material residue allegedly deposited from or by an UPO; articles or portions of articles manufactured by intelligent beings, but reportedly not produced by known cultures.
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PhysicalEvidence The Condon Report: Indirect Physical Evidence Roy Craig, The Condon Report
Reports of unidentified flying objects, particularly those reported to have come quite close to the observer, frequently describe physical effects due to the presence of the UFO. The most frequently claimed effects are electric or electromagnetic in nature. They include unexplained stoppage of automobile motors; failure of automobile headlights; interference with radio, T.V., and electric clock operation; power failures; magnetic field disturbances; and sudden temporary increases in gamma radiation levels.
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RadarCases The Condon Report: Radar and the Observation of UFOs (Skeptical?) The Condon Report
At first consideration, radar might appear to offer a positive, non-subjective method of observing UFOs. Radar seems to reduce data to ranges, altitudes, velocities, and such characteristics as radar reflectivity. On closer examination however, the radar method of looking at an object, although mechanically and electronically precise, is in many aspects substantially less comprehensive than the visual approach. In addition, the very techniques that provide the objective measurements are themselves susceptible to errors and anomalies that can be very misleading.
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PilotSightings NARCAP - National Aviation Reporting Center for Anamolous Phenomenon
This website contains specific information regarding aviation related observations and incidents involving unidentified aerial phenomena, UAP, and references to related information. NARCAP has a catalogue of over 3500 worldwide aerial observations and incidents involving UAP. These observations span the entire history of powered flight. Many of these cases come from declassified US government reports and investigations, international reports from official sources and the direct testimony of military and commercial pilots, air traffic controllers, and radar operators. Much of the safety related data is drawn from the incident databases of the FAA, NTSB, and the NASA administrated Aviation Safety Reporting System. Also included are official cases released by various governments of the world.
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GeneralSightings UFOs at Close Sight: Latest News - Latest / Recent UFO Sightings Reports UFOs at Close Sight
This page provides information on recent events, latest UFO observations, sightings and report, as well as news of interest. This website / page, part of the excellent 'UFOs at Close Sight' website from France, contains an excellent collection of frequent and numerous current UFO cases being reported each month.
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abduction The Abduction Experience: A Critical Evaluation of Theory and Evidence (PDF format) Stuart Appelle, in Journal of UFO Studies
Prevalent hypotheses regarding the etiology of the abduction experience are examined, especially in regard to the existing evidence. Deception, suggestibility (fantasy-proneness, hypnotizability, false-memory syndrome), personality, sleep phenomena, psychopathology, psychodynamics, environmental factors, and event-level alien encounters are each considered as origins of the abduction experience. The data are discussed in terms of what is and is not consistent with theory, the concept of
parsimony, and the need for converging lines of evidence in establishing linkages between fact and theory. On the basis of this analysis, it is argued that no theory yet enjoys enough empirical support to be accepted as a general explanation for the
abduction experience. The concept of the abduction experience as a multicausal phenomenon is discussed, and suggestions for future research are provided.
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CondonReport Dr. Thornton Page's Review of The "Condon Report" Thornton Page, American Journal of Physics, October 1969
In one sense, the Condon Report lives up to its title Scientific Study, because physical principles and available data are applied meticulously to more than 56 selected, well-documented "cases" (UFO sightings), with the result that 33 cases are explained. however, as several other reviewers have noted, this leaves unexplained a larger proportion than the 10% or so which caused all the ruckus and forced the Air Force to fund the Colorado Project in the first place. Hence, it may be argued that Condon's carefully written conclusions (the first five pages of the Report) do not logically follow from the case studies.
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CondonReport The Truth About the Condon Report NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena), The U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. IV, No. 9, SPECIAL (January 1969)
The conclusions of the Colorado University UFO project are fully negative, as we predicted. However, some of the chapters contain strange contradictions of what the project's director, Dr. Edward U. Condon, stated in his two opening sections. Several reports state the probable existence of structured, intelligently controlled, unknown objects capable of precise maneuvers and extremely high speeds.
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CondonReport The Condon Report (Review/Comment) Bernard Haisch, Ph.D., Astrophysicist
The negative conclusion of the Report is more apparent than real however, since there is a substantial discrepancy between the conclusion in the "Summary of the Study" written by Condon singlehandedly, and the conclusion one could reasonably draw from the evidence presented in the body of the Report.
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CondonReport UFOs, Social Intelligence, and the Condon Committee (PDF) Diana Palmer Hoyt, thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The history of UFO sightings and their sociopolitical context and consequences constitutes the broad subject of this study and provides a site for analysis of how scientists address, both publicly and privately, anomalies that appear to pertain to science. The Condon Report, the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, commissioned by the Air Force in 1968, provides a complex case for the exploration of how the outcome and conclusions of the study were influenced by all that had gone on before in ufology.
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CondonReport Flying Saucer Fiasco John G. Fuller, Look Magazine, May, 14, 1968
The extraordinary story of the half-million-dollar "trick" to make Americans believe the Condon committee was conducting an objective investigation.
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CondonReport The Condon Report (Review/Comment by Stanton Friedman) Stanton Friedman, Crash at Corona
The initially enthusiastic support [for the Condon study] from the major private UFO groups soon turned sour, as it became apparent that outspoken study director Dr. Edward Condon had concluded well in advance that there was nothing to be learned from investigating UFOS.
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CondonReport UFO - An Appraisal of the Problem 1968 Statement of the American Insitute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Subcommittee on UFOs
Includes a discussion of the Condon Report: "There are differences in the opinions and conclusions drawn by the authors of the various chapters, and there are differences between these and Condon's summary. Not all conclusions contained in the report itself are fully reflected in Condon's summary."
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GeneralSightings NICAP: UFO Sightings Listed by Category NICAP
Extensive collection of special categories and types of UFO sightings compiled by NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerlial Phenomenon), organized by category or special type of sighting. Includes: Close encounters, EM effects, animal encounters, abduction, physical evidence and trace cases, entity cases (CE-III & CE-IV), photo and video evidence, radar cases, radiation cases, and pilot sightings. Mostly compiled from original, early NICAP files.
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Other Extraterrestrial Life
Overview of several major aspects of the UFO phenomenon from a serious and quality perspective, as well as quality analysis and writing on the UFO subject.
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DisclosureGeneral DISCLOSURE: The Ultimate Terrestrial Imperative Victor Viggiani, INTERNATIONAL META-PHYSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM in Brisbane Australia in August 2003
It is the intention of this discussion to illustrate that the process of Disclosure is the fundamental objective of UFO research and investigation. Based on this overwhelming mass of evidential material both within the UFO research community as well as within the sequestered data residing in government archives, Disclosure is the ultimate terrestrial imperative for the human race as we discover ourselves, the universe and those who share it with us. The question remains: are we ready for it?
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GeneralSightings *U* UFO Database
Compiled and developed by Larry Hatch
The *U* UFO DATABASE is a serious 16+ year effort to catalog, map, and perform statistical functions on a filtered set of UFO sightings throughout history. As of January, 2001 *U* holds over 17,750 carefully filtered UFO events distilled from hundreds of books, major journals, catalogs, downloads and other sources. "Junk" sightings ( night-lights, fireballs, discovered hoaxes etc.) are systematically filtered out. Otherwise, *U* would hold several times the present number of listings. Scope is world-wide, for all dates from antiquity to the present.
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GeneralSightings UFOCAT Database From CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies)
UFOCAT99 refers to a computer database of over 109,000 UFO reports and related information released in May 1999. It is theresult of a 30-year effort that began during the Air Force sponsored Colorado UFO Project, also known as the “Condon Committee.” UFOCAT was begun by Dr. David R. Saunders, who at the time was a co-Principal Investigator on the Colorado UFO study andprofessor of Psychology at the University of Colorado. Dr. Jacques Vallee contributed a large computer catalogue of approximately 6,000 cases at the project’s inception. (Available for order from CUFOS, on CD-ROM - Not available online)
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GeneralSightings National UFO Reporting Center
The National UFO Reporting Center, located in Seattle, WA, was founded in 1974 by noted UFO investigator Robert J. Gribble. The Center's primary function over the past two decades has been to receive, record, and to the greatest degree possible, corroborate and document reports from individuals who have been witness to unusual, possibly UFO-related events. The principal means used by the Center to receive sighting reports is its telephone hotline, which has operated almost continuously since 1974. During that period, the hotline has processed many tens of thousands of calls, and the Center has distributed its information to thousands of individuals. The hotline is well known by law enforcement agencies, FAA ARTCC's and flight service stations, National Weather Services offices, military facilities, NASA, and many 911 emergency dispatch centers all across the United States and in many parts of Canada. Those entities routinely direct the calls they receive regarding possible UFO sightings to the Center.
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GeneralSightings The Magonia Database - A Century of UFO Landings ((1868-1968) Compiled by Jacques Vallee
A Century of UFO Landings (1868-1968) Compiled by Jacques Vallee The Magonia Database was compiled by Jacques Vallee and published in his book "Passport to Magonia." Over two decades ago, eminent scientist Vallee wrote a provocative book about alleged UFO landings, folklore, and certain unexplained phenomena. That long-out-of-print book--which discussed the most interesting reports of more than 1,000 apparently reliable witnessess--has become a classic. (Contains almost 1,000 sightings reports, focusing on UFO landings)
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