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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. 12 …in a peasant society whose eyes were never turned toward the skies. Can we afford not…
  • p. 13 …for a proper and definitive study will never develop. I recall an encounter I had sometime…
  • p. 16 …A very character- istic statement by those making the reports is: "I have never seen anything…
  • p. 18 …They also usually request anonymity which is always granted. (4) UFO's are never seen at…
  • p. 19 …Other misconceptions are that UFO's are never reported by scien- tifically trained people, are never…
  • p. 20 …it has never been considered worthwhile to improve the data -gathering process because the whole subject…
  • p. 27 …he is looking at something he has never seen before. I like Dr. Hynek's phrase…
  • p. 37 …at the Ontario Hydro Commission plant has never been identified, but initially thetentative suspicion was centered…
  • p. 39 …cover- ing innumerable intriguing cases I had never before heard of, and (above all) after the…
  • p. 43 …diminish in sig- nificance, though they can never be overlooked. A frequent objection to serious consideration…
  • p. 45 …out- of-the-way rural areas but never over large cities? Why don't large groups…
  • p. 48 …Smith emphasized that they were never certain of sizes and distances, but that they had the…
  • p. 53 …is deceased), I believe that there has never been any dispute as to the observed facts…
  • p. 59 …Many other sources could be cited to show that the intimation that UFOs are never seen…
  • p. 65 …After the 'official "explanation" was publicized, he decided he'd never report another one. I predict…
  • p. 68 …In the ensuing two decades, he has never again seen anything like it. Clearly, the probability…
  • p. 69 …Moore never got a sufficiently clear view to identify any finer details if any were present…
  • p. 75 …the past twenty years, cases that ought never have been so labelled, had the evaluators kept…
  • p. 76 …Ground radar stations never detected the unknown that was seen visually and contacted by airborne radar…
  • p. 77 …strong, bright pips, said that "anomalous propagation never entered our heads as an explanation." Howard S…
  • p. 78 …7) but could never close with the unknown as its continued on its north- bound course…
  • p. 80 …All three said they had never before seen anything like it. Munger decided to phone his…
  • p. 81 …The photos were shortly taken by Base military authorities and were never seen again by the…
  • p. 87 …referred to repeatedly in Menzel's writings, never with any quantitative discussion of precisely what he…
  • p. 100 …visual observations of classical UFO's have never been made by profes- sional astronomers. For example…
  • p. 101 …how the promised political or social intervention never materializes. Psychological Factors. The psychologist Carl Jung pointed…
  • p. 125 …Oh, heavens, I never suggested that, I hope. Mr. BOONE. Well, let me say, science fiction…
  • p. 159 …He has not ever been exposed to any toxic substances, has never had to take any…
  • p. 168 …He said he had never had the experience of deja-vu episodes or of performing acts…
  • p. 171 …It never occurred to him to call anyone else's attention to the light (probably because…
  • p. 172 …He had never seen anything like it before and in fact had never previously had the…
  • p. 173 …He has taken only two sick days in the entire five years and is never late…
  • p. 174 …He never has fantasied actively taking his own life, however, and feels it would be very…
  • p. 175 …He never was one to participate in extracurricular activities, but always maintained a part-time job…
  • p. 176 …Prior to seeing that light, he apparently never experienced a deja vu, or any illusory or…
  • p. 194 …If the observer being studied is truly sociopathic and has never de- veloped a super -ego…
  • p. 203 197 This data, which most people have never seen or even heard of, is published in…
  • p. 206 …They never have had enough sCientists in the project. They have failed to follow up certain…
  • p. 221 …Isn't it true that UFOs have never been sighted on radar? No, it is not…
  • p. 243 …make such an all- inclusive negative statement. Never- theless, many of the arguments are highly compelling…
  • p. 244 …A balloon reported as a UFO was never out of sight of its launchers. A perplexing…
  • p. 247 …al- though he apologizes because he has never had the time to make a thorough search…
  • p. 249 …two leads appeared, but other witnesses could never be located), but his ap- parent sincerity was…
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III.
Neuro-ophthalmologic Evaluation
A.
"Eye" History
Subject denies
previous
history
of
transient blindness,
blurred
vision, double vision, spots or
shadows before
his
eyes
or
protracted pain
inhis eyes.
His last
eye
evaluation
was
20
years ago. This
was
during
high
school and
was
prompted
by
headaches
when reading. Reading glasses
were pre-
scribed
at
that time
and
he
wore
them for
approximately eight
months and
thendiscarded
them.
He denies any
eye problems since
that time. He
states
that
both
his
parents
wore glasses
only for
reading
and that none
of
his siblings
wear
glasses. He states also
that his father
developed glaucoma
at
age
55
and
was
required
to
use eye drops
to
keep
it
under control.
There
is
no
history
of
trauma
or
infection
in the
past
five
years.
On
questioning,
the
patient acknowledges
a
mildly
irritating tearing which he has
noticed
for six to
eight weeks,
associated
with
a
slight mistiness
of
his
vision.
He
also has
been wearing sunglasses on bright
days for the
same
period
because
the
sunlight hurts
his
eyes.
B.
Qualitative Ophthalmologic Examination
Subject
is
right eye dominant.
There
is
no
evidence
of
structural
abnormality, trauma,
or
ptosis
(see
photo
in
Section
III
C
1).
The palpebral
fissure
is of
normal shape and size.
The
cornea
is
clear bilaterally but theconjunctivae show
a
moderate
degree of injection, without discoloration.
Thesclerae
are also
clear without abnormal vessels
or
pigmentation.
The iris
is
bilaterally brown.
The
pupils
are
symmetrically round, equal,
and
both
4
mm.
in
diameter.
They
reacted
to light
sluggishly and responded
to
accommodation
directly and consensually
(see
Fig. #1). The
extra-ocular muscles function
normally. There
is no
image separation upon red glass testing. There
was no
nystagmus either horizontally
or
vertically.
Funduscopic examination reveals
a
poor
red
reflex bilaterally.
There are
no
apparent floaters or
other opacities in
the
vitreous.
The
disc
shows sharp margins bilaterally but
the normal
physiologic cupping
is
absent.
There
is
a
pale quality
to
the nerve head. Both retinae show
a
confluent
mottling which completely obscures
the
macula. There
are no
hemorrhages
or
exudates.
The
arteriovenous ratio
is
approximately 5
to
1.
Gross confrontation shows no apparent field cuts and
no
extinction
to bimanual visual stimuli.
C.
Quantitative Neuro-ophthalmologic Investigation
1.
Photographs of
exterior eyes (gross):
(Taken with
a
Zeiss
1.5 F. lens from 15
cm. using strobescopic lighting). The
conjunctival injection
is
visible;
the
absence
of
pigmentation,
the
state of
the pupils, and the axis of the eyes are
clearly visible.

Cases discussed

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