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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APPENDIX
2
THE
APPLIED
ASSESSMENT
OF
CENTRAL
NERVOUS
SYSTEM
INTEGRITY;
A
METHOD
FOR
ESTABLISHING
THE
CREDITABILITY
OF
EYE
WITNESSES
AND
OTHER
OBSERVERS
by
Dr.
Sydney Walker
III
THE
APPLIED ASSESSMENT
OFCENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INTEGRITY:
A
METHOD
FOR
ESTABLISHING
THE
CREDITABILITY
OF
EYE
WITNESSES
AND
OTHER OBSERVERS
I.
Statement
of
Reason(s)
for
Evaluation
of
the
Subject
II. General Medical
Evaluation
A.
Past
History
(medical, family, social)
B.
Review
of
Systems
(i.e.
cardiovascular, gastrointestinal,
etc.)
C.
Physical Examination
D.
Selected
Laboratory Studies (hematologic, urinary, biochemical)
E.
Summary
of
Positive Findings
F.
Probability (discussion plus creditability
score)
of
Influence
of
General Medical Status
on
Observer Creditability
III.
Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation
A. "Eye" History
B.
Qualitative Ophthalmologic EXamination: detailed,
descriptive report
C.
Quantitative Neuro-ophthalmologic Investigation
1.
Photographs
(color) of
exterior eyes
(gross)2.
Goniometry
3.
Visual Acuity (quantitated)
4.
Color
Vision
(quantitated)
5.
Photographs
(color) of
the
fund!
(retina,
optic
nerve, etc.)
6.
Visual Fields
by
perimetry
(quantitated)
7.
Ophthalmodynomometry
(quantitated)
8.
Opticokinetic examination
D.
Summary
of
Positive Findings
E.
Probability (discussion plus
score) of
Influence
of
Neuro-ophthalmoligic
Status on Observer Creditability
IV.
Neurologic Evaluation
A. Neurologic History
B.
Neurologic Examination
C.
Pertinent Laboratory Studies (biochemical, toxic metals, etc.)
D.
Summary
of
Positive Findings
E.
Probability (discussion plus score) of
Influence of
Neurologic Statuson Observer Creditability
V. Psychiatric Evaluation
A. Anamnesis: Detailed History plus Exploration of Attitudes and
Feelings
(via
interview)
B.
Mental Status Examination
C. MMPI Testing
(for
corroboration and additional information about
personality)
D.
Summary of Positive Findings: Psychiatric Evaluation and Character
Assessment
(with
supportive
data)
E. Probability (discussion plus score) of Influence of Psychiatric
Status on Observer Creditability
VI. Integration of Findings and Composite Assessment of Central Nervous
System Functioning
A. Summary of Specific Abnormalities with
a
Discussion of Their Relation
to
Each Other and Their Multifactorial Contribution to Observer
Creditability (plus an Overall Creditability Score)