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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.
6035 • 25. Wi---,ro were you located whet - , you saw the object? (Circle One):a. Inside a buildiag b. In a car 0 Outdoors S. In at airpla le e. At sea f. Other Page 5 26. Were you (Circle One): a. It, the busies section of city? b. In the residential sectio:, of a city?In open oou-trysido? S. Flying near a, :-Irfield? e. Flyiag over a city? f. Flyillg over open country? g. Other 27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, ad how , 2id youhappen to aotice it? C1-e.. L `A• 0 r, c.. 0 ,, , ,-- 4- 6 11-6 5 s* c%1 1- itt •..._ i '•^ o - s - cz r.-- • 28 If you were MOVING IS AS AUTCCOBILZ or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions: 28.1 What diractioa were you moviag? (Circle One): a. North c. Last e. South g. West b. Northeast S. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 28.2 Nov fast were you mov-ng? miles per hour 28.3 Did you stop at any time while observing object?(Circle One): MS NO29. That direction were you looking when you FIRST SAW the object?(Circle One)t a. North c. Last e. South g. West ()Northeast S. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 30. That dirctio , were you looking when you LAST SAW the object?(Circle OnW °North c. Last e. South g. West b. Northeast S. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 31. 14 If you are familiar with bearing estimate the number of degrees thealso the the -umber of degreaes it 31.1 ,Then it first appeared: a. Pron. true North terms(a.gular direction), try to object was from true North and was upward from the horizon(elevation) degrees degrees degrees degrees , b. From horizon 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North b. Prom horizon
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