buy canibus Lyrical law In February 1968, John and Lynn Catoe started seeing each other more seriously, and their letters were mostly concerned with their relationship. Threaded throughout, however, are updates on the state of ufology. Also in February, the Condon Committee (a group at the University of Colorado, funded by the USAF to study UFOs) had a bit of a scandal. One of its members, Robert Low, wrote a memo to two administrators at the University, saying that the Committee would find that UFOs had no basis in reality. Two other members, Norman Levine and David Saunders, sent copies of the memo to NICAP and James McDonald, among others. On February 9, Condon fired Levine and Saunders over the incident.
In a letter to John on February 6, Lynn Catoe mentioned the brewing scandal, and said her recent long talk with McDonald had focused on it. She was also exasperated with Ivan Sanderson’s part in it.
In a formal letter to Ms. Catoe in her role as bibliographer, John catches her up to date.
IMO and YMMV: the Condon committee sounds like unsinkable-ship-meets-iceberg. The pro-UFO ship could have sailed in any direction, but the psychology of being unsinkable determined the course. Did the iceberg even care, as its course was set by time and tide, like HQ USAF, regardless of obstacle? On the political side, the pro-UFO side did dirty up Condon enough (with his help) to keep Ufology alive. Ivan won in the long run, regardless of folks’ immediate dismay.
Comment by DaveO — August 25, 2020 @ 10:55 pm