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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. 5 …Carl Sagan, associate professor of astronomy, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University 86 Dr…
  • p. 8 …Carl Sagan, Department of Astronomy and Center for RadiophYsics and Space Research, Cornell University; Dr. Robert…
  • p. 91 …Our next participant is Dr.Carl Sagan. Dr. Sagan is associate professor of astronomy in the…
  • p. 92 …CARL SAGAN, DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N.Y. Dr. SAGAN. Thank you very much…
  • p. 95 …electrical pulses he can't explain? Dr. SAGAN. Yes, sir. There are now five objects in…
  • p. 96 …t that a rather arbitrary statement? Dr. SAGAN. I don't think so. Perhaps you can…
  • p. 98 …UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS* (by Carl Sagan) Unidentified flying objects (UFO's) is the generic term for…
  • p. 101 …CARL SAGAN, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University. Thank you. Mr. HECHLER. Dr. Sagan, there have been…
  • p. 102 …trying to do things in Australia? Dr. SAGAN. To the best of my knowledge there is…
  • p. 103 …I believe you coauthored a book with a Russian, is that correct? Dr.SAGAN. That is…
  • p. 104 …say there is extra- terrestrial life? Dr. SAGAN. Yes, sir; it certainly would, but not cinch…
  • p. 113 …one basket. I certainly agree with Dr. Sagan's view that there are these very intense…
  • p. 143 …See, for ex- ample, Shklovskii and Sagan (1966), chapters 27, 28, 30, and 34. (6) Technological…
  • p. 151 …and Sagan C. (1966) Intelligent Life in the Universe, Holden-Day, Inc. San Francisco. 23) Singer…
  • p. 196 …a real free for all. Dr. Sagan. Dr. SAGAN. I just wanted to underline one point…
  • p. 197 191 Dr. SAGAN. That is just what I was going to say. Certain velocity and altitude…
  • p. 199 …barium, although that seems somewhat unlikely. Dr. SAGAN. So some comparison analysis has been made for…
  • p. 203 …McDonald, Dr. Harder, Dr. Hynek, and Dr. Sagan, I believe that you people have made a…
  • p. 225 …R.; Sagan, C., "A Search for Life on Earth at KilometerResolution," Icarus, Vol. 5, January 1966…
  • p. 245 …While Sagan (1963) fails to see any pattern be- cause of the noise, other investigators feel…
  • p. 251 …Cri- terion Books, New York. 285 pp. Sagan, C. 1963. Unidentified flying objects. The Encyclopedia Amen…
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Goniometry:
The
intraocular pressures have been measured with
a
Schioetz Tonometer.
The
readings
were
taken three
times, on
19
November
1967,
at
10:30 AM
(two
days after the
subject
had
seen
the
light).
Right
Eye
#1 18
#2
21
#3
19
Left
Eye
20
17
19
These
consistently
normal
pressures would dictate against
the
presence
of
glaucoma. 3.
Visual
Acuity:
Using
the
modified
Snellen Charts,
the
right
eye
showed
an acuity
of
20/30 and the left
eye
of
20/35.
4.
Color Vision:
(Measured with
the
American
Optical Pseudo-
isochromatic
Plates in
60
footcandles
of
light):
moderate red-green dyschroma
-
nopsia
was
revealed
about which
the
patient claimed
he had
no
previous
awareness.
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SERIES
DIAGSOSTIC
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plates.
Do
NOT
score.
SCREENING
SERIES
(Symbol
location
in
this
series
varies
in
different
books.)

Cases discussed

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