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Brian O'Brien, Ph.D. was an optical physicist and "the founder of the Air Force Studies Board and its chairman for 12 years. Dr. 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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Birth Date	1898-01-02(xsd:date)
Residence	U.S.
death place	Woodstock, Connecticut
work institution	University of Rochester Institute of optics J.N. Adam Memorial hospital National Geographic U.S. Army Air Corps Office of Scientific Research and Development Westinghouse Electric Co
Name	Brian O'Brien
Caption	Portrait of Brian O' Brien
Alma mater	Yale Sheffield /w additional course work at MIT & Harvard
Birth Place	Denver, Colorado
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death date	1992-07-01(xsd:date)
Known For	Night vision / Metascope, fiber optics, wide-film / screen projection
Signature	Brian_o_Brien_signature.PNG
Nationality	Irish American
abstract	Brian O'Brien, Ph.D. was an optical physicist and "the founder of the Air Force Studies Board and its chairman for 12 years. Dr. 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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