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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.

U.S. House of Representatives · 1968-07-29 · 256 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 51 …Two observers there (Douglas Smith, Richard Dorian) got fleeting glimpses of what appeared to them to…
  • p. 131 …Baker's industrial career began in 1954 as a consultant to Douglas Aircraft Company. Between 1957…
  • p. 133 …1954 when I was a consultant to Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica, Calif., serving as…
  • p. 150 …L., Jr. (1956) "Analysis of Photographic Material Serial 01 and 02," Douglas Aircraft Report dated 24…
  • p. 152 …00002 "Optimal Thrust Angle Program for Transit Between Space Points," Douglas Aircraft Company Report SM19180, July…
  • p. 183 …These initial measurements were made by the author at Douglas Aircraft Company in 1955-1956. Analysis…
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SYMPOSIUM ON UNIDENTIFIED
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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
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Hearing transcript, from the govinfo collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 256 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.