During December 1968, the UFO subcommittee of the AIAA published a statement in its journal, Astronautics and Aeronautics, asking the scientific and engineering communities to examine the phenomenon.

 

 

 

 

The alleged Apollo 8 sighting involving Frank Borman occurred on 12 December 1968.

As with several other alleged astronaut sightings, a wide variety of contradictory dates are given for the alleged sighting in the various relevant sources.

 

 

 

During December 1968, Argosy magazine includes an article entitled “Come see the flying saucers” about the Brown Mountain Lights.

 

 

During 1969, H Y Chiu wrote an article entitled “The Condon Report, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects” reviewing the Condon Report and arguing that the observed visit rate would require too much material in the form of spaceships.