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

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I am
pleased
to
have your
statement.
And, Mr.
Chairman,
I
thank
you
for
having
this
hearing,
and
these
people
in
to
put
some
attention
on
this
matter.
Thank
you.
The
CHAIRMAN.
Thank
you.
Governor
Stafford.
Governor
Stafford,
you
are
from
Vermont,
how
close
is
this
to
your
district?
Mr.
STAFFORD.
Thank
you,
Mr.
Chairman.
I
was
going
to
com-
ment
on
that.
Mr.
Bates has
pointed
out
there
have
been
UFO
sightings
in
New
Hampshire,
Vermont
not
to
be outdone
last
week
has
had
sightings
there,
also,
some
within
16
miles
of
my
hometown.
The
CHAIRMAN. That
is
getting
awfully
close.
Mr.
STAFFORD.
Yes,
sir.
Since
our
States
of
Vermont and
New
Hampshire
are
known
as
the
twin
States,
Mr.
Chairman,
this
may
be
simply a
case
of
bad
naviga-
tion
on
the
part
of the
UFO's,
although
some
of us think
it
may
be
if
they
are
extraterrestrial
they
are
simply
looking for
a
warmer
climate
than
New
Hampshire
possesses.
But
in
any
event, in
seriousness,
the
people in
Vermont
are
very
much
concerned over
the
sightings that
have
occurred
in
our
State,
and
reputable people
have
seen
phenom-
enon which
they cannot
understand.
I
would
simply
hope
that the Secretary
of
the
Air Force
and
thedoctor could
assure
me
that
if
these sightings
have
not
already been
evaluated,
that
in
the
course
of
investigation
and
deliberations
they
will
be.
The
CHAIRMAN.
I
hope
if
you
come
in contact
with
any
of
them
you
don't
have
to
tell
them
where South
Carolina
is.
Mr.
Hebert
is
next.
Mr.
HEBERT.
Thank
you,
Mr.
Chairman.
While
these
objects
have
not been
seen in
my
district,
I
just
want
to
prepare myself, because
after
next
election
day
I
might have
seen
some
of them.
Doctor,
have you
conferred
with
Mr.
Ray
Walston on
this
subject
matter?
Dr.
HYNEK.
No,
sir.
Mr.
HEBERT. Does
that ring
a
bell
with
you,
Mr.
Ray
Walston
?,
Dr.
HYNEK.
No,
sir.
Mr.
HEBERT.
It does not
ring
a
bell?
He
is
the
most
authoritative
man
in
the country
on
space.
He
appears
in every
home
every
Sunday
night,
he
is
"My
Favorite Martian."
Dr.
HYNEK. Oh.
[Laughter.]
Mr.
HEBERT.
He
has
an
antenna out of
his
head,
too.
Dr.
HYNEK. I
think
I
have
been
talking to the
wrong
people.
Mr.
HEBERT.
He
can shed
a
lot
of
light
on
the
subject.
I
just
wanted
to
direct
your
attention
to
that.
That
is all,
Mr.
Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN. Dr.
Hall,
you
are next
after
Mr.
Price.
Mr.
PRICE. Doctor,
if
in fact they
exist
and
are
from
outer space,
don't
we
have have a
tracking system that
now
does a
real
competent
job tracking every
satellite
in outer space so
we know
every one
that
is
launched somewhere
else,
and
as they
circle
in outer space
we
have
a
record of each of
these,
do we
not?
Dr. HYNEK.
It
is
my
understanding that
we
do. This
is
the point
I made
earlier.