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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.
“The Star”24 pages
- p. 4 …The
most
common
of
these
were
astronomical
sight-
ings that
included
such
things as bright
stars…
- p. 10 5998
The third and by far the smallest group of evaluations is categorized as
"Unidentified." A…
- p. 11 …An
illustrated,
untechnical explanation of the earth,
planets, stars,
and
theuniverse.
Prepared
in cooperation with the…
- p. 15 …the path of the
meteor
through
the
sky
with
reference
to
stars.
(13) Did
the
meteor…
- p. 19 …In
my
view, the
reliability
of
the
observers
was
above
average
in
all
20
cases.
The…
- p. 23 …sighted the object once more,
about 2 miles away, which Bertrand thought was a star low…
- p. 27 …The
Pentagon
spokesman
said
this
natural
phenomena
causes
"stars
and
planets
to
dance and
twinkle."
The…
- p. 29 …a
bright star
on
the
horizon.
He
dismissed the
incident
and
after
watching the
light
source…
- p. 30 …t., and the sky was studded with stars. The exact shape of the object
could not…
- p. 31 …The USAF officers asked the police to try to keep the sighting
from the press so…
- p. 32 …observed
a
star
-like
object blinking
red
which
alternately
hovered
and moved
in
the western
sky…
- p. 36 …i-g the STARS a.d MOON?
8.1 8TARS (circlde or.e): a. None 8…
- p. 37 …of
the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy
or
blurred
b. Like
a
bright star
c…
- p. 44 …TWILIGHT,
r
WN,
what
did you notice
co:.cerni-g
the
STARS
ad
MOON?
8.1…
- p. 45 …arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object vas
moving.
U3V• s T A…
- p. 59 …I
also
suggest
you
scan
the
enclosed
series
of
six
articles
by
Bulkley
Griffin
of
the…
- p. 60 …look
at the
evidence,
not
from
belittling
it.
From
the
Washington Evening
Star,
Mar.
25,
1966…
- p. 64 …A lot of people took
issue with the Air Force's claim that they were stars…
- p. 66 …The objects most likely observed
were the planet Jupiter and the stars Rigal, Capella, Betelgeux, or…
- p. 68 …They
are
also pretty well
acquainted
with
stars,
which at
the
moment
may
be supplanting
balloons…
- p. 69 …The
star verdict didn't
seem
to
fit.
So
Blue
Book now
records the
sight-
ing…
- p. 70 …in
the formation,
Project
Blue
Book
proposed that
the
two
stationary
objects
were
stars—the
brightest…
- p. 71 …balloons,
stars,
and
aircraft.
The
logical
assumption,
backed
by
much
circumstantial evidence,
is
that the
Air…
- p. 77 …The
most
common
reports
stem
from
bright
stars,
planets
and
meteorites, particularly
when
viewed through broken…
[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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