YEARS 60
April 24, 1964 in Socorro, New Mexico, is experiencing the first
close encounter of the third type that has resonance
world and the only one that Project Blue Book
ranking "unidentified."
1966
is revealed in the case of Betty and Barney Hill,
an American couple who claims to be
been "kidnapped" and examined
aboard a UFO, five years earlier.
1966
The USAF relies on the study of UFOs
University of Colorado. The physicist Edward U. Condon
it takes over. The work will last three years
concluding that the absence of evidence does not justify
other scientific studies.
But hundreds of sightings remain unexplained
.
1966
Astronomer J. Allen Hynek, director of the
of Northwestern University, USAF
consultant since 1948,
skeptical at first, he rails against the disparaging attitude of scientists towards
of UFOs.
1968 The U.S. Congress
promotes a symposium on the UFO problem.
1969
closure of Project Blue Book.
December 1969
astronomers Carl Sagan and Page Thorthon
organize a seminar on UFOs in
Association American
the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
