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Baker report, 1968 congressional hearings

NICAP · 1968 · 68 pages · text from the file's own layer

This NICAP extract reproduces the statement of Dr. Robert M. L. Baker, Jr., a Computer Sciences Corporation scientist and UCLA engineering faculty member, to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics symposium on unidentified flying objects on July 29, 1968. Baker reviews his analyses of the Utah, Montana, Venezuela and Vandenberg films. He argues that current radar and optical sensors are poorly suited to detecting anomalistic phenomena and urges a well-funded, long-term interdisciplinary research program. The extract ends with panel discussion including Hynek and Hall.

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  • p. 25 …that he had seen a large, luminous disc in the northeastern sky for several minutes at…
  • p. 28 …The disc shows sharp margins bilaterally but the normal physiologic cupping is absent. There is a…
  • p. 36 …Since the head of the optic nerve (disc) is directly visible for examination, its state is…
  • p. 37 …When he tried to glance to either side of it, the disc seemed to fade, and…
  • p. 44 …perceived on direct gaze a greenish, luminous disc in the sky. It may well be that…
  • p. 60 …The head of the optic nerve (disc) can also be easily inspected with the ophthalmoscope, as…
SYMPOSIUM ON UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETIETH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JULY 29, 1968
[No. 7]
Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Astronautics
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1968

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