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Baker report, 1968 congressional hearings

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This NICAP extract reproduces the statement of Dr. Robert M. L. Baker, Jr., a Computer Sciences Corporation scientist and UCLA engineering faculty member, to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics symposium on unidentified flying objects on July 29, 1968. Baker reviews his analyses of the Utah, Montana, Venezuela and Vandenberg films. He argues that current radar and optical sensors are poorly suited to detecting anomalistic phenomena and urges a well-funded, long-term interdisciplinary research program. The extract ends with panel discussion including Hynek and Hall.

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  • p. 11 …give at least limited insight into the gross characteristics of an advanced civilization. These studies (probably…
  • p. 24 …Photographs (color) of exterior eyes (gross) 2. Goniometry 3. Visual Acuity (quantitated) 4. Color Vision (quantitated…
  • p. 29 …Photographs of exterior eyes (gross): (Taken with a Zeiss 1.5 F. lens from 15 cm…
  • p. 34 …no awkwardness or other abnormalities in any gross or fine movements. Foot dexterity and Figure eight…
  • p. 36 …other nervous system functioning (even although no gross neurologic signs can be elicited). One likely effect…
  • p. 41 …There is no gross impairment in this area (as evidenced by responses to hypothetical questions) but…
  • p. 57 …F., Gross, T. R. P., Steffey, P. C., Garcia, R. A., and Cohen, G., Science, Vol…
  • p. 61 …Many gross mental aberrations, such as hallucinations and delusions, are not associated with abnormal physical or…
Microphotograph of One of the Frames of the Argentina Film that Exhibits the Luminosity of the Yellow, Pear-Shaped
Anomalistic Object
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REFERENCES
1. Baker, R.M.L., Jr. (1956) "Analysis of Photographic Material Serial 01 and 02," Douglas Aircraft Report dated 24
March and 26 May l956.
2. Baker, R.M.L., Jr. (1967) Astrodynamics: Applications and Advanced Topics, Academic Press, New York, pp.
112-115 and pp. 376 to 392.
3. Baker, R.M.L., Jr. (1968a) "Observational Evidence of Anomalistic Phenomena," Journal of the Astronautical
Sciences, Vol. XV, No. 1, pp. 31-36.
4. Baker, R.M.L. Jr. "Future Experiments on Anomalistic Observational Phenomena," Journal of the Astronautical
Sciences, Vol. XV, No. 1, pp. 44-45.
5. Baker, R.M.L., Jr. and Ford, K.C. (1968) "Performance Analysis of Space-Population Cataloging Systems (U),"
Secret, SAR, NOFORN Report completed under Air Force Contract F04701-68-C-0219 22 April 1968.
6. Baker, R.M.L., Jr. and Makemson, M.W. (1967) An Introduction to Astrodynamics, Second Edition, Academic
Press, New York, pp. 328-330.
7. Fuller, J.G. (1966) Incident at Exeter, Putnam, New York.
8. Glover, K.M., Hardy, K.R., Konrad, T.G., Sullivan, W.N., and Michaels, A.S. (1966) "Radar Observations of
Insects in Free Flight," Science, Vol. 154, pp. 967-972.
9. Hynek, J.A. (1966) Science, Vol. 154, p. 329,
10. Klass, P.J. (1968a) UFO's Identified, Random House, New York.
11. Klass,P.J. (1968b) Letter dated May 29, 1968.
12. Lamar, D.L. and Baker, R.M.L., Jr. (1965) "Possible Residual Effects of Tunguska-type Explosions on Desert
Pavements," Presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Odessa, Texas, October 21 to 24.
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13. Markowitz, W. (1967) Science, Vol. 157, pp. 1274-1279.

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