[1:44:03 - 1:44:17] I find it really interesting that you have some of the most prominent debunkers, guys like Menzel, guys like
Condon, HP Robertson, who were kinda big shots, who also worked on the Manhattan Project.
Condon was involved.
[1:44:24 - 1:44:35] Yeah. The
Condon Committee was supposed to be an open independent investigation of UFOs in 1966 at the tail end of Project Bluebird.
[1:44:35 - 1:44:41] Among the project's dozen experts are director Dr. Edward
Condon, formerly physicist with the National Bureau of Standards.
[1:44:46 - 1:44:54] Air Force wanted to get out of this job. They commissioned a study from University of Colorado at
Condon, led the studies of Manhattan Project Alum.
[1:45:12 - 1:45:19] What most people don't know is that Edwin
Condon was a complete Manhattan Project insider.
[1:45:27 - 1:45:35] In fact,
Condon and Oppenheimer were so close that
Condon was partly credited for picking Los Alamos as the focal point for the Manhattan Project.
[1:45:59 - 1:46:07] The
Condon Commission was a supposedly independent UFO review panel, paid for, but not influenced by the Air Force.
[1:46:07 - 1:46:23] But later, from verified letters, we learned that
Condon was closely coordinating with Air Force Colonel Robert Hitler, who had expressed pretty clear written desire that all previous UFO research, including Project Bluewick, be shown as a waste of time and money.
[1:46:23 - 1:46:33] Condon successfully performed his hit job. Bluebook ended, and UFO research would become quackery for another 50 years.