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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.
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I.
Statement
of
Reason(s)
for
Evaluation
of
the
Subject
The
subject,
MX.
C.
F.
McC. (Project
#704), is
a 37
year-old whiteCatholic
single male
who
is
a
Tucson bank official.
He
was
referred
to
us
for
screening
on
17
November
1967 by
the
Tucson
Police Denartment,
following his
17
November
1967
(AM)
report
that
he had seen
a
large,
luminous
disc
in
the
northeastern
sky
for
several minutes
at
3
AN,
the
same
date.
His
evaluation
took
place
on
18
and
19
November
1967 as
part
of
the
Research
Project
an
Anomolistic
Phenomena.
II.
General Medical
Evaluation
A. Past
History
Medical History:
The
subject
says his
general state
of
health has always
been
good, that he has
no
current physical
complaints
and has not
seen
a
physician
in the
past
five
years.Childhood diseases:
Measles, mumps,
chicken
pox
before
the age
of
six.
No
complications.
Hospitalizations and
Operations:
a)
Tonsillectomy in
1938
with
a
two day
hospitalization, and
no
complications;
b)
Appendectomy in
1943
with
four day
hospitalization, and
no
complications.
Past
illnesses:
He
denies
having had
a)
tuberculosis
b)
venereal
diseases
c)
pneumonia
d)
heart, kidney, and
gastrointestinal problems
e)
neuro-
logic
or
psychiatric difficulties.
Drugs:
Only
medication
at
the
present
time are
non-proprietory
sleeping pills
("Sleep
Eze").
He
has not ever been exposed
to any toxic substances,
has never
had
to take
any
medication over
a
long
period, and
has never used
any of
the
popular addicting drugs.
Family History: Father died in
1947 at
age
58
from
a
"stroke". Mother died
in
1959
at age
70
of
unknown causes.
She
had had "asthma" for
a
number
of
years.
There
are six
siblings, ranging in age from
29
to
43
(two
older brothers and
foursisters). All are
alive and in
good health.
There
is
no
family
history
of
diabetes,
hypertension, malignancy, epilepsy,
migraine headache, psychosis,
or
tuberculosis.
All of the
males in the subjects' immediate
family (father,
brothers, and subject
himself) have been heavy drinkers.
Social History:
Mr. McC.
presently works forty-four hours per week
as
a
junior
executive
for
a
local
bank where
he has
been
for the
past
five
years.
He lives
alone in
a
boarding house.
He has never married and presently doesn't date.
His
present residence in Arizona started approximately twelve years ago following hishonorable discharge
from the
Army. During his two
years
in the Military Service,
he worked in the finance office and achieved
the
rank of Corporal.
The
patient
has
smoked
from one to two
packs
of
cigarettes per
day for the
past twelve years
and admits
to
daily "social drinking"
(for
clarification, see Section
V.
Psychiatric Anamnesis).
B.
Review
of
Systems
Head:
No
history of trauma, loss of
consciousness, headaches,
or
light-headedness.
Eyes:
No double vision, blurred vision, flashing lights, spots, or halos around
lights.
No
history of trauma or
previous infection
or
excessive tearing. Recent
onset of
photophobia so troublesome that he wears sunglasses
all
the time on bright
days.
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0-68
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