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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.
“missing time”9 pages
- p. 14 …Perhaps
the
most
bizarre
phenomenon
of
our
times
is
the continued
popular
interest
in
flying
saucers…
- p. 17 …These
pips
were
at
no
time caused
by
malfunction
of the
radar
set.
It
was
daylight…
- p. 46 …I
am
indebted
to
Davidson
for
a
recent opportunity
to
study
it
for
details
I
missed…
- p. 70 …The
point
I
had
missed,
prior
to
reading
Villela'*
detailed description
of the circumstances
of
the…
- p. 172 166
night couldn't have missed
that light.
Although
it
was an
unusual
sight,
it
seemed…
- p. 183 …Mountain Standard Time on August .15, 1950,
by Nicholas Mariana at Great Falls, Montana. Mr.
Mariana…
- p. 189 …Needless to say,
such radars often miss even well-known spacecraft and would
be completely inadequate…
- p. 237 …My
research
assistant,
Miss
Shelley Meltzer,
carried
out
an
exploratory
attempt
at
this sort
of
thing…
- p. 240 …The
author
is
indebted
to
the
Foundation
for
its
support
and,
also,
to
Miss
Shelley
Meltzer…
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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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Cases discussed
- The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima 1917
Except for the Fatima incident... Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima - The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
June 24, 1947... Mr. Arnold, reported "nine peculiar-looking aircraft" - The Father Gill Sightings at Boianai 1959
Boiani, New Guinea, June 26, 27, 1959... Father W. B. Gill - The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro 1964
terrain of the Socorro, New Mexico, sighting, April 24, 1964. Zamora first sighted the object - The Exeter Incident 1965
Exeter, New Hampshire, September 3, 1965... Patrolman Eugene Bertrand - Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale 1966
the subsequent one in the Michigan swamps
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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.