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Symposium on unidentified flying objects: hearings before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, second session, July 29, 1968.

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This is the printed record of a July 29, 1968 symposium on unidentified flying objects held by the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives, chaired by Rep. J. Edward Roush. The committee heard statements from six scientists: J. Allen Hynek, James E. McDonald, Carl Sagan, Robert L. Hall, James A. Harder and Robert M. L. Baker. It also printed papers from Donald Menzel, Stanton Friedman, Frank Salisbury and others. Hynek argued that puzzling UFO reports from competent witnesses deserve serious scientific study.

  • p. 5 …Illinois, Chicago, Ill_ 100 Dr. James A. Harder, associate professor of civil engineering, University ofCalifornia 113…
  • p. 8 …Hall, head of the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dr.James A.Harder…
  • p. 27 …in Redlands, Calif., which I think Dr. Harder may be able to tell still more about…
  • p. 29 …the instance at Redlands, and perhaps Dr. Harder can fill you in in more detail. On…
  • p. 58 …of Redlands. Because I understand that Dr. Harder will be giving a fairly detailed report of…
  • p. 97 …investigate these things, I think requires some harder evidence than is now at hand. It is…
  • p. 118 …Harder, will you proceed. (The biography of Dr.Harder is as follows:) DR. J. A. HARDER…
  • p. 119 …Dr.HARDER.Thank you,Mr.Chairman. Your committee has asked me to comment on the problem…
  • p. 123 …nature? Dr.HARDER.Yes, that is right. Mr. WYDLER. All right. Dr. HARDER. In my statement…
  • p. 125 …Go ahead, Dr.Harder. Dr. HARDER. The instances in which physical fragments of UFO's have…
  • p. 127 …statement? Dr. HARDER. That concludes my statement. PREPARED STATEMENT OF DR. JAMES A. HARDER I am…
  • p. 196 …HYNEK. I will certainly grant that. Dr. HARDER. I would only respond to Mr. Boone by…
  • p. 197 …no question it can be done. Dr. HARDER. I would agree the amount of effort that…
  • p. 198 …BAKER. I have a question of Dr. Harder about the Ubatuba magnesium. Was this magnesium terrestrial…
  • p. 199 193Dr. HARDER. This was done by a neutralization analysis on a very tiny slicer. It would…
  • p. 201 …attendance of the entire series. Dr. Harder. Dr. HARDER. Following on something that Dr. Hynek said…
  • p. 203 …Baker, and Dr. Hall, Dr. McDonald, Dr. Harder, Dr. Hynek, and Dr. Sagan, I believe that…
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APPENDIX
1
July
1968
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ROBERT
M.
L.
BAKER,
JR.
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00003
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and
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May
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00005
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00006
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(with
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of
the
8th International
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00007
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(with
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00009
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1958,
xii
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00011
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1958, 175-181.
00012
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on
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July
8-11, 1958,
10
pp.
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and
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Space Vehicles," Space Technology
Lecture Series,
sponsored by
the
Long
Island
IRE
and
the
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November
13, 1958.
00014 "Encke's Method and
Variation
of
Parameters as
Applied
to
Re-entry
Tra-
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American
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1958,
13
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