Scientists Call for Open UFO Research: Sturrock, Salisbury, and the Condon Report Critique
Following the release of the Condon Report on January 9, 1969, which officially concluded that further scientific study of UFOs was unwarranted, a significant counter-movement emerged within the…
Narration
January 1969: a thick government-bound volume declared UFO science officially closed.
Inside the Colorado project office, thirty percent of cases defied every explanation attempted.
Peter Sturrock surveyed astronomers: seventy-five percent demanded rigorous peer-reviewed UFO investigation.
Mainstream journals slammed shut; Sturrock founded the Society for Scientific Exploration in 1982.
The AIAA subcommittee concluded: dismissal alone could never resolve the UFO controversy scientifically.
Decades of case files, unanswered questions — the academic battleground remains unresolved today.