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This is the printed record of a July 29, 1968 symposium on unidentified flying objects held by the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives, chaired by Rep. J. Edward Roush. The committee heard statements from six scientists: J. Allen Hynek, James E. McDonald, Carl Sagan, Robert L. Hall, James A. Harder and Robert M. L. Baker. It also printed papers from Donald Menzel, Stanton Friedman, Frank Salisbury and others. Hynek argued that puzzling UFO reports from competent witnesses deserve serious scientific study.
“multiple objects”19 pages
141 It has been suggested that spurious optical reflections or light leaks in the camera might be responsible. Examples of such effects have been examined and found to be quite different from the UFO's (in the Utah Film). The evidence remains rather contradictory and no single hypothesis of a natural phenomenon yet suggested seems to completely account for the UFO involved. The possibility of multiple hypotheses, i.e. that the Utah UFO's are the result of two simultaneous natural phenomena might possibly yield the answer. However, as in the case of the "Montana" analysis, no definite conclusion (as to a credible natural phenomenon) could be obtained. REFERENCES (1) The "American Nautical Almanac" 1950. (2) H. 0. No. 214, "Tables of Computed Altitude and Azimuth for Latitudes 400 to 49°." (3) J. Veath, J. G."200 Miles Up," Ronald Press Company, N.Y. Second Edition, 1955, p. 111. (4) Kaiser, T. R.,"Meteors," Pergamon Press, 1955, (5) La Paz, L. "Meteoroids, Meteorites, and Hyperbolic Meteor Velocities," Chapt. XIX of the Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere. (6) 0. C. Farrington,"Meteorites," Chicago, 1915. (7) "Measurement of Birds." Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Vol. II,1931. (8) Kartright, F. H.,"The Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America," Ameri- can Wild Life Institute, 1943. (9) Headley, F. W. "The Flight of Birds," Witherly and Co., 326 Holborn, London, 1912. (10) Menzel, D. H., "Flying Saucers," Harvard University Press, 1953. (11) Mees, C. E. K."The Theory of the Photographic Process," Revised Edition, MacMillan Co., N.Y., 1954. (12) Danjon, A., Conder, A."Lunettes et Telescopes," Paris, 1935. (13) Kuiper, G. P., "The Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets," University of Chicago Press, 1951. (14) Ruppelt, E. J., "The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects," Doubleday and Co., 1956. PART 2.—P1IOTOGRAPHS OF FRAMES FROM THE MOVIE FILMS THAT DR. BAKER ANALYZED Blow Up of a Frame from the Utah Film Showing a Typical Formation of the Objects
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