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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.
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Statistical data for years 1953-64 1 TOTAL CASES BY CATEGORY Astronomical Aircraft Balloon Insufficient data Other Sate11iLe Unidentified Total ASTRONOMICAL SIGHTINGS Meteors Stars and planets Other Total OTHER CASES Hoaxes, hallucinations, unreliable reports and psychological causes__ Missiles and rockets Reflections Flares and fireworks Mirages and inversions Search and groundlights Clouds and contrails Chaff Birds Radar analysis Photo analysis Physical specimens Satellite decay_ Other Total 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Total 175 137 135 222 341 221 144 235 203 136 85 123 2, 167 73 80 124 148 210 104 63 66 77 68 73 71 1, 167 78 69 102 93 114 50 31 22 37 19 23 20 665 79 102 95 132 191 111 65 105 115 94 59 99 1,240 83 58 65 61 120 93 75 94 77 65 50 88 916 0 0 0 0 6 13 0 21 69 77 82 143 417 42 46 24 14 14 10 12 14 13 15 14 19 237 __ 505 437 545 670 1,006 827 390 557 591 399 562 6,817474 70 92 79 88 179 168 100 187 119 95 57 61 1,295 101 44 52 131 144 56 40 45 78 36 23 55 805 4 1 4 3 18 7 4 3 6 5 5 7 67 175 137 135 222 341 231 144 235 203 136 85 123 2,167 15 6 18 16 37 29 14 13 17 11 16 34 226 2 1 1 3 2 6 14 12 13 9 13 7 83 4 6 4 3 2 7 11 9 3 3 0 2 51 1 4 8 6 8 3 5 7 4 3 3 7 59 3 3 4 1 5 2 4 5 6 3 0 2 37 8 6 14 9 12 8 5 6 1 3 2 6 81 6 3 2 1 9 5 3 4 5 4 5 0 47 0 3 0 1 2 6 1 4 3 5 2 1 27 4 7 3 6 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 4 34 15 7 1 3 27 3 8 6 9 0 1 2 87 1 1 2 4 1 7 4 6 3 2 3 6 40 1 6 5 3 5 10 3 7 4 15 3 3 70 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 4 3 23 1 7 4 0 9 5 3 3 4 2 4 6 48 62 59 65 61 120 93 75 94 77 65 58 83 916 compiled*ov. 1, 1965. ,!;:g
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