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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Mr.
IcHoRD.
I
would
like
to
ask,
along the
line
Mr.
Stratton
was
inquiring,
how
close
was
the Life
magazine
article
to
April
Fool's
Day?
Mr.
Chairman,
one
of
the
members
of the
committee
staff
has
handed
me
a
question
that
I
think
should
be
in
the
record.
Doctor,
are
you
familiar
with the
NICAP,
the National
Investiga-tions
Committee on
Aerial
Phenomenon?Dr.
HYNEK.
I
would
think
anyone
who
has
been looking
into
UFO's
for the
past
many
years
as
I
have
couldn't
help
be
acquainted
with
their
work.
Mr.
'CHORD.
What
is
the
makeup
of
this
committee?
Dr.
HYNEK.
It
is
called
a
committee,
but
it
is
a
rather large
group
of
civilians
over the country, as
I
underdstand
it,
who
volunteer
to
investigate
the
cases.
Mr.
'CHORD.
It
has
no
official
standing,
then?
Dr.
HYNEK.
No
official
governmental
standing; no,
sir.
Mr.
ICHORD.
This
committee
does not
always
agree with
your
ex-
planation
of
the
various
sightings?
Dr.
HYNEK.
I
believe
that
is
correct.
Mr.
ICHORD.
How
many,
Doctor,
of
the
10,000-plus
cases,
have
there
been
photographs
allegedly
taken of
UFO's?
Dr.
HYNEK.
In
a
very
few
cases.
This
is
another thing
which
bothers
me.
Mr.
ICHORD.
Can
you
give
an
idea
of
how many?
Dr.
HYNEK.
How
many?
Major, would you
venture
a
guess?
Major
QUINTANILLA.
I
don't
know.
Dr.
HYNEK.
I
would
say
only
about
1
percent,
or
less,
of
the
cases
reported
have
included
photographs.
Mr.
IcHolu).
Then
I
take
it
you
can't
tell
me
how many
of
these
photograph
cases
have
not been explained
by
you,
since
you
can't
tell
me
how many
photographs have
been taken?
Dr.
HYNEK.
This
is
right.
But
the point
is
that
you
cannot
make
a
scientific
analysis
of
a
photograph
unless
you have
the
negative.
As
the
major has
pointed out,
time
and
again
when we
request
the
negatives,
they
are
not forthcoming.
Sometimes
other
groups
get
them.
Mr.
ICHORD.
Thank
you,
Mr.
Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN.
Now,
Mr.
Clancy.
Mr.
CLANCY.
Mr.
Chairman,
just
one
short question
for the
doctor.
Have
any
of
the
5
percent
of
the unexplained
cases
been observed
on
radar
screens?
Secretary
BROWN.
I
don't
know
the
answer
to that one.
Major
QUINTANILLA..
No,
sir.
Mr. CLANCY.
What
percentage
of
the reported incidents
have
been
reported
on
radar
screens?
Major QUINTANILLA. About
1.5
percent,
sir.
Mr. CLANCY. That
is
all.
The CHAIRMAN. Mr.
Schweiker,
we
are finishing
up now.
Mr. SCHWEIKER. Yes,
sir,
Mr. Chairman.
First
I
would
like
to request the Beaver County photograph be
included in the
Air Force
investigation, the one that appeared
in
Look magazine, and was
verified
by
the Beaver County Times.
Ihope that will
be included.