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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. 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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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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