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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.

  • p. 7 …We approach the question of unidentified flying objects as purely a scientific problem, one of unanswered…
  • p. 9 …Civilian with U.S. Navy 1944. Scientific Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Astronomy…
  • p. 10 4 subject as rank nonsense, the product of silly seasons, and a peculiarly American craze that…
  • p. 11 …Thus my scientific reticence was based on a carefully weighed decision. In attempting analysis of the…
  • p. 24 …American Association for Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society, Sigma Xi, American Geophysical Union, Royal Meteorological…
  • p. 30 …witnesses, members of the staff of the American Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion, were the witnesses in…
  • p. 46 …Scientists will tend to be put off by some of his scientific commentary, as well as…
  • p. 47 …Information on some of these, as well as on smaller American groups, can be found in…
  • p. 76 …have been ignored as indicators of some scientifically intriguing problem demand- ing intensive study.2. Case…
  • p. 91 …UFOs—An International Scientific Problem, paper presented at a Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Canadian Aeronautics…
  • p. 118 …Navy, 1944-45.Scientific Societies: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancementof Science, Society of…
  • p. 131 …Phillips, American Scientist, v. 53, no. 1, p. 32). Fused silica fibers have been stressed to…
  • p. 132 …Baker's professional society memberships include the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, Phi…
  • p. 147 …REFERENCES (1) The "American Nautical Almanac" 1950. (2) H. 0. No. 214, "Tables of Computed Altitude…
  • p. 156 …00060 "Influence of Martian Ephemeris and Constants on Interplanetary Trajectories," Chapter in Exploration of Mars, American…
  • p. 202 …25 adult Americans has seen a UFO. Judging from the one detailed, official, scientific investigation that…
  • p. 204 …Originally operated jointly by Harvard and the University of Colorado, this scientific institution is now wholly…
  • p. 213 …a paper presented in a symposium sponsored by Division 21, Engineering Psychology, at the American Psychological…
  • p. 214 …As a member of the Parapsychological Association and the American So- ciety of Clinical Hypnosis, I…
  • p. 215 …1) The Scientific Attitude Survey ( Sprinkle, 1962) is not useful in assessing "scientific" attitudes, and/or…
  • p. 217 …Henderson is a member of Alpha Chi, the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists…
  • p. 220 214 Professional affiliations include the American Physical Society, the American Nuclear Society, the American Institute of…
  • p. 223 …of the Astronautical Sciences'the American Engineer 2020 Industrial Research,' Scientific Research'8 Aviation Week and…
  • p. 225 …A., "UFO's Merit Scientific Study," Science, October 21, 1966, and Astro- nautic8 d Aeronautics, December…
  • p. 226 …of Baltimore Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Local sections of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics…
  • p. 251 …Scientific American, 200: 117-128.
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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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