Science and UFOs in the 1960s (2024)

After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

Greg Eghigian

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2024

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9780190092054

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9780190869878

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Eghigian, Greg, 'Science and UFOs in the 1960s', After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon (New York, 2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 30 Apr. 2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190869878.003.0007, accessed 1 May 2024.

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Abstract

During the 1960s, science and ufology seemed to be drawing closer to one another. UFO researchers were beginning to adopt scientific methods and recruiting respected scientists to their cause. At the same time, academic science for the first time took on the task of investigating the UFO phenomenon. The creation of a committee of researchers under the direction of physicist Edward Condon at the University of Colorado seemed to offer the prospect of finally solving the riddle of the flying saucers. But the study ended in scandal and controversy. By the end of the decade, the UFO craze appeared to be fading, and it was thought that ufology might never again enjoy the popularity it once had.

Keywords: science and UFO, ancient alien, UFO religion, SETI, invisible college, Jacques Vallee, Project Blue Book, Condon Committee, James McDonald, Carl Sagan UFO

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History of Science and Technology

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