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Unidentified flying objects: hearing before the Committee on Armed Forces of the House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, second session, April 5, 1966 ...

U.S. House Committee on Armed Services · 1966-04-05 · 88 pages · text from the file's own layer

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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  • p. 9 …information or advanced technology which could contribute to scientific or technical research. In the course of…
  • p. 30 6018 returning, so Bertrand and Muscarello advanced into the field. As the police officer played his…
  • p. 71 …In the speculation one of the following three reasons is commonly advanced: the Air Force fears…
  • p. 73 …You stated that you may check out my comments with the proper authorities. Knowing in advance…
  • p. 77 …determine if UFO's exhibit any advanced technology which the United States could put to use…
  • p. 78 6066 Of the sightings so far checked out, less than 2 percent of the total are…
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If you ... .swered YsS. the, what speed would you estimate? MPH
41. Do you thi-k you ca estirzte how far sway fron, you the object was?
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If you a.swered YSS, the how far away would you say it was? /00 Fs.a
42. Did the Object(s) cause any i.terfere-ce with the operatio.. of:
(Circle Where applicable) RADIO? TVZ LIGHTS? OTHsR? NJOAli,--
I? you u..derli.‘ed a .y of above, explai.. the i..terZere“ce below:
43. ,ies a photo take,: oZ the Object(s)? (Circle One) Y,:6 NO
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