American Association For The Advancement Of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation. Founded in 1848, it is one of the world's largest and most influential general scientific societies and publishes the prestigious journal Science. In UAP history, the AAAS is notable for publishing institutional praise of the Condon Report in 1969, calling it "the most thorough UFO investigation ever conducted" — an endorsement that lent significant credibility to the report's dismissive conclusions and contributed to the consolidation of the UFO Stigma.
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Endorsement of the Condon Report
Following the release of the Condon Report, Science, the official publication of the AAAS, published a review describing the report as "unquestionably the most thorough and sophisticated investigation of the nebulous UFO phenomena ever conducted." This endorsement from one of the most respected peer-reviewed journals in the world provided scientific legitimacy to the report's conclusions, despite criticisms by J. Allen Hynek and James McDonald that the report had ignored key evidence and failed to address the 25–30% of cases that remained unexplained.
The AAAS endorsement ensured that the Condon Report's recommendations — including the termination of official UFO investigations — carried significant weight within the scientific and governmental establishment.