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Unidentified flying objects: hearing before the Committee on Armed Forces of the House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, second session, April 5, 1966 ...
U.S. House Committee on Armed Services · 1966-04-05 · 88 pages · text from the file's own layer
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.
“Nature”19 pages
- p. 6 …which
might be
formed
by
reduction
of
naturally
occurring
phosporus
compound."
It
has
been
pointed
out…
- p. 11 …Dis-
cusses the nature of the universe;
astronomy and
cosmology, published
by
Scholastic Press.
"The
Story…
- p. 12 …Chapter on Siberian meteorite
and photos or comets computation of various comet orbital photos.
"The Nature…
- p. 17 …which
we
don't
understand,
which
are natural
phenomena, and
which
account
for
some
of
the…
- p. 22 …The
aerodynamic performance
and
characteristics
of the true
UFO
rule
out
manmade
or natural
phenomena. Such…
- p. 27 …The
Pentagon
spokesman
said
this
natural
phenomena
causes
"stars
and
planets
to
dance and
twinkle."
The…
- p. 30 …intelligently constructed vehicle and definitely not
some natural phenomenon. The lights were definitely seen to be…
- p. 52 …difference between fact and fiction, we were naturally disturbed by
the Pentagon report which attributed the…
- p. 55 …tell us a little something about the
nature of these cases, and what the problems are…
- p. 56 …but
I
want
to explore further the nature
of
such
a
panel,
and
the
ground
rules…
- p. 57 …I do not think we have any ideas of a scientific nature to
exchange with anyone…
- p. 60 …646
of
them
remain
unexplained
by
provable natural
phenomena.
Maybe
all
of
these reported
sightings
are…
- p. 66 …indicates that
the observations were astronomical in nature. The objects most likely observed
were the planet…
- p. 69 …Cowen,
natural
science editor
of
the
Christian
Science
Monitor.
He
wrote
in
part:
"The
main
reason…
- p. 71 …authoritative
statements,
and
also
assisted
by
the
natural
human
dis-
inclination
to
think
uncommonly
or
to…
- p. 72 …Weather
conditions
such
as
temperature
inversions
can
cause
known
natural
or
conventional
objects
to
appear
to…
- p. 74 …and "unexplainable." Private
citizens inquiring into the nature of these unknowns will be told that such…
- p. 76 …I should say anything * * *I'm sure there is
some
natural explanation for
all
of
this."
- p. 77 …Quintanella,
"and
my
feeling is
that the vast majority have involved
simple misinterpretation of natural phenomena."
[No. 55]
••11111111W,
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
HEARING
BY
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
APRIL 5, 1966
[Pages of all documents printed in behalf of the activities of the House
Committee on Armed Services are numbered cumulatively to
permit a comprehensive index at the end of the Con-
gress. Page numbers lower than those in
this document refer to other
subjects.]
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
50-066 0 WASHINGTON : 1966
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