Brian O'Brien
Brian O'Brien was an optical physicist and "the founder of the Air Force Studies Board and its chairman for 12 years. O'Brien received numerous awards, including the Medal for Merit, the nation's highest civilian award, for his work on optics in World War II and the Frederic Ives Medal in 1951. Circa 1966 he "chaired an ad hoc committee under the USAF Science Advisory Board (AFSAB) looking into the UFO problem". He also had steering power over National Academy of Sciences (NAS) projects, Project Blue Book, and helped pave the way for the Condon Committee.
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Brian O'Brien
Brian O'Brien was an optical physicist and "the founder of the Air Force Studies Board and its chairman for 12 years. O'Brien received numerous awards, including the Medal for Merit, the nation's highest civilian award, for his work on optics in World War II and the Frederic Ives Medal in 1951. Circa 1966 he "chaired an ad hoc committee under the USAF Science Advisory Board (AFSAB) looking into the UFO problem". He also had steering power over National Academy of Sciences (NAS) projects, Project Blue Book, and helped pave the way for the Condon Committee.
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Brian O'Brien was an optical p ...... way for the Condon Committee.
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1898-01-02
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1992-07-01
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Yale Sheffield /w additional course work at MIT & Harvard
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1898-01-02
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1992-07-01
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Night vision / Metascope,
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fiber optics,
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wide-film / screen projection
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Brian O'Brien
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Institute of optics
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J.N. Adam Memorial hospital
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National Geographic
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Office of Scientific Research and Development
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U.S. Army Air Corps
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University of Rochester
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