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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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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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