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Robert Low

1966

Assistant dean at the University of Colorado and project coordinator for the Condon Committee's UFO study. His leaked 1966 internal memo, suggesting the study should appear objective while the team "could not possibly find a single case of a saucer that is interplanetary," became one of the most controversial documents in UFO research history.

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confirmedEdward Condon
led the committee; Low served as project coordinator
confirmedProject Blue Book
his committee's findings led to its closure
Source: USAF Project Blue Book records; Ruppelt, Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (1956)
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