Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects
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The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, commonly known as the Condon Report, was a late-1960s U.S. Air Force–commissioned scientific investigation that concluded UFOs did not warrant further official study, heavily influencing subsequent government and academic attitudes toward the subject.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects Context triple: [Condon Report, alternateName, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects]
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A.
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry is a landmark 1972 book by astronomer J. Allen Hynek that systematically analyzes UFO reports and introduces the influential "close encounter" classification system.
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B.
The Hynek UFO Report
The Hynek UFO Report is a comprehensive book by astronomer and ufologist J. Allen Hynek that analyzes and categorizes notable UFO sightings and case studies from his work with the U.S. Air Force and beyond.
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C.
UFOs Explained
"UFOs Explained" is a skeptical, investigative book by aviation journalist Philip J. Klass that analyzes and offers conventional explanations for prominent UFO sightings and cases.
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D.
Flying Saucers from Outer Space
Flying Saucers from Outer Space is a 1953 non-fiction book by retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Donald Keyhoe that popularized the idea of extraterrestrial visitation and government cover-ups of UFOs.
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E.
UFOs: The Public Deceived
"UFOs: The Public Deceived" is a skeptical book by aviation journalist and UFO researcher Philip J. Klass that critically examines and debunks various UFO claims and reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects Target entity description: The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, commonly known as the Condon Report, was a late-1960s U.S. Air Force–commissioned scientific investigation that concluded UFOs did not warrant further official study, heavily influencing subsequent government and academic attitudes toward the subject.
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A.
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry is a landmark 1972 book by astronomer J. Allen Hynek that systematically analyzes UFO reports and introduces the influential "close encounter" classification system.
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B.
The Hynek UFO Report
The Hynek UFO Report is a comprehensive book by astronomer and ufologist J. Allen Hynek that analyzes and categorizes notable UFO sightings and case studies from his work with the U.S. Air Force and beyond.
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C.
UFOs Explained
"UFOs Explained" is a skeptical, investigative book by aviation journalist Philip J. Klass that analyzes and offers conventional explanations for prominent UFO sightings and cases.
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D.
Flying Saucers from Outer Space
Flying Saucers from Outer Space is a 1953 non-fiction book by retired U.S. Marine Corps Major Donald Keyhoe that popularized the idea of extraterrestrial visitation and government cover-ups of UFOs.
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E.
UFOs: The Public Deceived
"UFOs: The Public Deceived" is a skeptical book by aviation journalist and UFO researcher Philip J. Klass that critically examines and debunks various UFO claims and reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UFO study
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United States Air Force report ⓘ government-commissioned scientific report ⓘ |
| aim |
to advise the U.S. Air Force on the necessity of continued UFO investigations
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to provide a scientific evaluation of UFO reports ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conclusion |
UFOs did not warrant further official scientific study
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no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial vehicles ⓘ |
| conductedAt | University of Colorado Boulder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedBy | ufologists ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
alleged bias against the extraterrestrial hypothesis
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methodological limitations in case selection ⓘ |
| documentType | book-length report ⓘ |
| editor | Edward U. Condon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1968 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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scientific investigation of anomalous phenomena ⓘ ufology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Condon Report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0552083170 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case studies of UFO sightings
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recommendations to the U.S. Air Force ⓘ statistical analyses of UFO reports ⓘ |
| impact |
discouraged mainstream academic research into UFOs
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used to justify closure of Project Blue Book ⓘ |
| influenced |
reduction of official U.S. Air Force involvement in UFO investigations
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subsequent U.S. government attitudes toward UFOs ⓘ subsequent academic attitudes toward UFO research ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | over 500,000 words ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
UFO sightings
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unidentified flying objects ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward U. Condon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCaseIncluded |
Great Falls UFO film
GENERATED
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Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident GENERATED ⓘ McMinnville UFO photographs GENERATED ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~1000 pages ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bantam Books
NERFINISHED
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Colorado Associated University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | United States Air Force Project Blue Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1966 ⓘ |
| statedFinding |
a small percentage of UFO cases remained unexplained
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most UFO reports could be explained by conventional phenomena ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects Description of subject: The Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, commonly known as the Condon Report, was a late-1960s U.S. Air Force–commissioned scientific investigation that concluded UFOs did not warrant further official study, heavily influencing subsequent government and academic attitudes toward the subject.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.