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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.

U.S. House of Representatives · 1968-07-29 · 256 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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  • p. 18 …Some of these statements which lead to mis- conceptions are: —(1) Only UFO "buffs" report UFO…
  • p. 19 …One great misconception is that only UFO buffs report UFO's; quite the opposite is the…
  • p. 25 …saw their very impressive and sur- prising UFO files, the pattern of which is entirely different…
  • p. 39 …files and modes of operation of both private and official (i.e., Project Bluebook) UFO investigative…
  • p. 41 …Misinter- preted natural phenomena (Hypothesis 3) do explain many sincerely -submitted UFO reports; but, as I…
  • p. 45 …It summarizes about 750 UFO cases in the NICAP files up to about
  • p. 46 …Reference 7 is another now -accessible source of extremely significant UFO documentation; it is unfortunate that…
  • p. 54 …Longview, Wash., July 8, 1949 Many of the UFO cases I am citing are drawn intentionally…
  • p. 60 54 terrestrial hypothesis for UFOs, incomprehensibility must be expected as almost inevitable. Hence there is more…
  • p. 63 …NICAP files. The article, by Post reporter Jimmie Woods, represents one of those rare UFO feature…
  • p. 68 …5) remarks that an astronomer working under con- tract to the official UFO investigatory program interviewed…
  • p. 70 …UFO sightings by meteorologists could be extended very con- siderably by drawing on my file of…
  • p. 72 …the UFO problem in the ensuing two-year period. Many details from the official file on…
  • p. 75 …In my files are many other "balloon" cases from the past twenty years, cases that ought…
  • p. 76 …The third target was spotted visually by myself," Hemphill's signed statement in the case -file…
  • p. 78 …25), who evidently drew his information from the official files. Ruppelt (Ref. 5) states that when…
  • p. 79 …unknowns in official files to be ignored. A famous case in UFO annals involved a B…
  • p. 86 …explanations for classic UFO cases that have been made in the official files in the last…
  • p. 91 …Official file on October 15, 1948 Fukuoka case, Project Bluebook. 43. Melbourne (Australia) Sun, December 16…
  • p. 120 …During that night, and several succeeding nights, there were many reports of UFO's over northern…
  • p. 128 …THE UFO PROPULSION PROBLEM By way of introducing the propulsion problem of UFO's, I will…
  • p. 185 179 rod N.T.TuDE tOURIE 3• MOTION OF UFO SYSTIM a..„. — 73 2.3 2…
  • p. 206 …for a UFO. This viewpoint is absolutely nonsense and the Air Force files bear witness to…
  • p. 207 …But such behavior does not imply, as the UFO addicts argue, the presence of an intelligence…
  • p. 208 …He watches the UFO for a minute or two until it finally disappears. He cannot be…
  • p. 218 …UFO presence. This can be done with existing information. Up- date and upgrade the files with…
  • p. 224 …claimed to have observed a UFO. Interestingly enough the official files con- tain fewer than 12…
  • p. 239 …Indeed, at present the scientific study of the UFO problem is greatly hampered by the circumstance…
  • p. 244 …The dotted line represents "re- liable" sightings in the files of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization…
  • p. 245 …Many radar sightings of UFO's are on file. In a few cases, a UFO has…
  • p. 247 …He states that he has on file more than 300 UFO sightings prior to the 20th…
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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)

Cases discussed

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