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This is an excerpt from the record of the April 5, 1966 House Armed Services Committee hearing on UFOs, which the Internet Archive holds. It includes correspondence about the September 3, 1965 Exeter, New Hampshire sighting involving Raymond E. Fowler, Project Blue Book and the Exeter police officers, plus a letter on the matter from Minority Leader Ford. Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Major Hector Quintanilla and Secretary Harold Brown testify. They say the police officers' observation remains unidentified and that no radar data or jet scrambles were involved.
6044 not overly populated but certainly not completely sparse. Why would they be the only four people to see this? This is a problem we are fac d with on many reported sightings. Therefore, I find it most difficult to ascribe a physical tangibility that there was an-fietual craft here. I would rather seek some other scientific explanation. Mr. BATES. With respect to your response on that particular case. In the New Hampshire situation, two women appamatly saw this object which they said was the size of a house. They reported it at the police station. And then the officer came out. He saw it when he got there. So there is someone who did see it in addition to the people who reported it originally. Dr. HYn='E. Yes. Mr. BATEs. You have no decision with respect to the New Hamp- shire ase? Dr. HyNEK. I would not offer or venture any conclusion to some- thing I had not personAlly investigated. _Mr. BATES. This particular case has been referred to a study group, the New Hampshire case, or has it not, or is It a dead issue? Dr. HYNERK. No case in the Air Force files that is unidentified is a dead issue. Mr. BATES. Is it just in limbo now, or is somebody still looking into it? Dr. H wEK. I would say at the moment, considering the recent re- ported sightings in Michigan, that It,is in limbo. Mr. BATEs. Do you expect to investigate this further? Would this be one that you would.prefer t6 the panel? Dr. HYNEK. Yes, sir. I think this is one they should take a look at. The CHARUAN. Do you think they should be examined further? Dr. HYNEK. I am sorry, sir? The CHAIRMAN. Do you think this panel, about whom the Secre- tory has spoken, should go into this further and make a report? Dr. HYNEK. Yes, sir; I do. Trh CHAeRmANr. There are five such cases, or four, of some unex- plained phenomena; is this a fact? Dr. HYNEK. Yes, sir; there are at least that many. The CHIrAN. Mr. Secretary, do you plan to have this board' look into these? Secretary BROWN. We will continue our investigations of iill of these, Mr. Chairman. I -have this recommendation to establish a civilian panel from the Scientific Advisory Board, nnd I believe I may act favorably on it., but I want to explore further the -natureof such a panel, and the ground rules, -before I go ahead with it. I don't want to have a group of people come in for just 1 day sand mitke a shallow investi- gation. They 'have to be prepared to look into a situation thorough- lyif they are to do any good. The CHAIRMAN. If you cannot explain these things, and you are our source of beginnings, how on earth could a subcommittee of this committee explain them? Dr. HYNEK. Are you looking to me foran answer? The CHARMAN. If I .conducted a hearing on this it would go on and on, andren, if I let it, I would imagine.
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