Craig, Dr. Roy Dr. Roy Craig was a professor of chemistry at the
University of Colorado when the Air Force contract was
signed. He did not initially volunteer for the team, and
it is unclear why he did so a few months later in the
spring of 1967. Dr. Craig was an outdoorsman and didn't
want to do anything "academic" about this, but rather
volunteered to go out on field work investigations, which
he apparently enjoyed. It may be that this getting away
from academe was the main attraction as Craig was
extremely skeptical of UFOs from his first investigation
to his retirement days years later. Craig's general modus
operandi on the project was to attend meetings, get field
assignments, and then report back to Ed Condon rather than
the working team, at least initially. He was far and away
the most "loyal" team member to Condon of all. Craig's
skepticism is in stark contrast to Norman Levine's
"romanticism" as they would occasionally both be on the
same investigation, and give precisely opposite opinions.
When the project staff fell apart in late 1967, Condon
pressed Craig to take over most of the write-up of the
important sections, as it was only Craig he trusted to do
this. Those write-ups have been found to be often severely
slanted from the facts that historians can read in the
actual project files. Craig's prejudices seem to have been
ingrained and subconscious, rather than deliberate, as he
maintained a happy outlook on how well he'd done till the
day he passed on. (Michael Swords)
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