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This is the printed transcript of an April 5, 1966 hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services on unidentified flying objects. Air Force Secretary Harold Brown testified that 9,501 of 10,147 sightings from 1947 through 1965 had been identified and that no threat or extraterrestrial evidence had been found. The record includes the Scientific Advisory Board ad hoc committee report recommending university studies and the Air Force's marsh gas explanation for the Dexter and Hillsdale, Michigan sightings. Members also questioned J. Allen Hynek and Maj. Hector Quintanilla about the Exeter, New Hampshire case.
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6012 a nearby farm building, casting a brilliant glow over the dwelling, while the farm animals in the barn caused a tremendous commotion. Horses whinnied and kicked the walls of their stalls. Then the object disappeared rapidly in the distance. ANOTHER SIGHTING Officer Eugene Bertrand's report on the trio's sighting of the strange object was made to Officer Poland, desk man at the Exeter police station, at 2:55 a.m. Then at 3:30 p.m. Officer Hunt reported from his cruiser that he had again sighted the UFO, while he was at the intersection of the Route 101 bypass in Exeter and Route 87 to Newfields from Exeter. Topping the strange activities, Exeter police reported that a telephone call from an unidentified pay station in Hampton had been made by a hysterical man, but that the line had gone dead before the call could be completed or the pay phone station identified. The man had dialed the operator and cried "Get me the police" and said he had been chased by a flying saucer. Hampton police were notified, but nothing was determined about the point from which the call was made, what had frightened the man—or why the call was soabruptly broken off. NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS COMMITTEEON AERIAL PHENOMENA, Washington, D.C., September 15, 1965. RAYMOND FOWLER, Wenham, Mass. DEAR RAY: Your excellent report on the September 3 New Hampshire sight- ings has been received. You certainly are to be commended for a prompt and thorough investigation. The information is most interesting and will be of great value. We are very fortunate to have people of your ability donating their services to us. Mr. John Fuller of Saturday Review may be getting in touch with you about these sightings. He is doing a straightforward column (he writes "Trade Winds") on the recent wave of sightings, and has long had a sincere interest in the subject. We are cooperating fully, and I have given him a lot of specific information. Our New York No. 2 Subcommittee in Chautauqua County (western New York.) and an intelligent young member have been investigating a landing report near Buffalo (Cherry Creek) August 19. It appears to be a solid case, and caused several E—M effects. On the same night as the New Hampshire sightings, two police officers near Angleton, Tex. (Between Houston and gulf coast) saw a reddish UFO on the ground in a field, started to investigate until the object moved toward them— whereupon they fled in panic. Sounds very similar to New Hampshire, but we may not be able to get much details. Thanks again for your hard work on our behalf. Sincerely, DICK HALL.
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