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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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U F 0 DATA SHEET Page one
This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give as much
information as possible concerning the "Unidentified Flying Object"
that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as
you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for
research purposes. Your name will not be' used in connection with
any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Thank you very much for your cooperation in this matter.
Investigator: National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena
Raymond L. Fowler 71'*'''''.1 44.A 1411" i'°.'147„
13 Friend Court
Wenham, Massachusetts io, Vis‘666.1-u-r—Timez.."4'25.'
1. 4hen d.d you see the object?
3 7 i V,S" 2. Time of day: Sg'
'OUR MINUT6S
DAY MONTH . MAR (Circle One): 6-2G or P.M.
3. Time zone: (Circle One): a-D Z,astern
. Central
C. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
(Circle One): Daylight
Saving Time
b. Standard
Time
4.
Additional
Where were you when you saw"the object?
Fe.,tes'.pes'40,,3 ED IT,.41 •
Nearest Postal Address City or TOwn State or Country
remarks:
5. ,:stimate how long you saw the object.
5.1 Circle one of the following to
your answer to Question 5.
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c3--- r—
HOURS MINUTLS SZCONDS
indicate how certain you are of
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess
. :that was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight S No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight f. Don't remember
7. If you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the
SUN located as you looked at the object?
a. In front of you c. To your right e. Overhead
In back oI you d. To your left f. Don't remember

Cases discussed

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Hearing transcript, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.