Condon Report
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The Condon Report is a 1968 scientific study commissioned by the U.S. Air Force that concluded further systematic investigation of UFOs was unlikely to yield significant scientific discoveries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Condon Report canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3009432 — 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: Condon Report Context triple: [UFOs, documentedIn, Condon Report]
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A.
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP)
The Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
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D.
Rampart scandal
The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
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E.
Rockefeller Commission
The Rockefeller Commission was a 1975 U.S. presidential commission that investigated illegal domestic activities of the CIA and helped expose widespread intelligence abuses.
- 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: Condon Report Target entity description: The Condon Report is a 1968 scientific study commissioned by the U.S. Air Force that concluded further systematic investigation of UFOs was unlikely to yield significant scientific discoveries.
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A.
Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers are a classified U.S. Department of Defense study, leaked in 1971, that revealed previously undisclosed information about American political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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B.
Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP)
The Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP) was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.
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C.
Watergate Special Prosecution Force
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.
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D.
Rampart scandal
The Rampart scandal was a major late-1990s corruption and misconduct controversy involving the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division anti-gang unit, exposing widespread abuses, evidence tampering, and wrongful convictions.
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E.
Rockefeller Commission
The Rockefeller Commission was a 1975 U.S. presidential commission that investigated illegal domestic activities of the CIA and helped expose widespread intelligence abuses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UFO investigation report
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government report ⓘ scientific study ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
University of Colorado Boulder
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surface form:
University of Colorado at Boulder
|
| alternateName |
Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects
ⓘ
University of Colorado UFO Project ⓘ |
| author |
Edward Condon
ⓘ
surface form:
Edward U. Condon
Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects committee ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| conclusion |
UFOs do not present a threat to national security
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further extensive study of UFOs probably cannot be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedBy |
J. Allen Hynek
ⓘ
James E. McDonald ⓘ UFO researchers ⓘ |
| editor |
Edward Condon
ⓘ
surface form:
Edward U. Condon
|
| endTime | 1968 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aeronautics
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astronomy ⓘ psychology of perception ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| genre |
government-commissioned study
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scientific report ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0552689738 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
case studies of UFO reports
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recommendations to the U.S. Air Force ⓘ statistical analyses of UFO sightings ⓘ |
| influenced | termination of Project Blue Book ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
UFO sightings
ⓘ
unidentified flying objects ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial conclusions about the scientific value of UFO research
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influencing official U.S. government policy on UFOs ⓘ |
| pages | ~1000 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | Boulder, Colorado ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bantam Books
ⓘ
Government Printing Office ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Government Printing Office
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| sponsor |
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research ⓘ
surface form:
Office of Aerospace Research
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| startTime | 1966 ⓘ |
| statedThat |
a small percentage of cases remained unexplained
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most UFO reports could be explained by conventional phenomena ⓘ no evidence of extraterrestrial spacecraft was found ⓘ |
| supervisedBy |
Edward Condon
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surface form:
Edward U. Condon
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| usedAsBasisFor | U.S. Air Force decision to end official UFO investigations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Condon Report Description of subject: The Condon Report is a 1968 scientific study commissioned by the U.S. Air Force that concluded further systematic investigation of UFOs was unlikely to yield significant scientific discoveries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edward U. Condon