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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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6032 Page 2 8. If you saw the object at NIGHT. TWILIGHT, r WN, what did you notice co:.cerni-g the STARS ad MOON? 8.1 STARS (circle o.e): a. None 8.2 MOON (circle one): / b. A few • Bright moo.light C5? Dull noonlight . Don't remember c. No noo.light- dark d. Don't remember 9. as the object brighter tha- the backgrou.d of the sky? (Circle o.e): a. YES b. NO c. DON'T IL...MuMBER 10.If it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of a, autonobile headlight appearig to bet (CIRCLu ONE BELOW): a. A rile or more away?(a dista.t car)b. Several blocks away?C. A block away? <I. Several yards away? a Other? I , . \ \ +e f, '44 \ ck, ,,) h•e a .,A. L, ,, , 1,--k-% ci - c- -s- (LAC Ii. Did the object: (Circle One for each questio.) a. Appear to sta.Ad still at a.:y time? YUS 0 DON'T KNOW b. sudde.ly speed up a.d rush away at a;:y time? Y,..6 ge DON'T KNOW c. Break up i.to parts or explode? YS ..n DON'T KNOW d. Give off smoke? Yp, 10 DON'T KNOW e. Cha,ge brightness? NO DON'T KNOW f. Cha-ge shape? YES gip DON'T KNOW g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? C) NO DON'T KNOW 12. Did the object move behid something at a,y time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): YUS NO DON'T KNOW If you a,Lswered ma, the.1 tell what it moved behind: 13. Did the object move in fro,t of something at any time, particularly a cloud? YAJ 419 DON'T KNOW (Circle One) If you a,swered wee, the. tell what it moved i. front of: 14: Did the object appear(Circle One): PIE?)TRANSPARalT? DON'T KNOW 15. Did you observe the object through any of the following? a. Eyeglasses NO d. Wi,dow glass YES NO g. -- ,:,.her b. Sun glasses YES NO a. Bi-oculars YES NO C. Wi.dshield ::.:::. ::::, f. Telescope YS NO
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