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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. 12 …Indeed, in such newsstand publications three or four UFO reports are frequently sensationalized on one page…
  • p. 21 …in the course of 20 years of study of UFO reports and of the interviewing of…
  • p. 47 …A number of foreign UFO journals are helpful sources of the steady flow of UFO reports…
  • p. 91 …UFOs—An International Scientific Problem, paper presented at a Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Canadian Aeronautics…
  • p. 115 …In addition we consider internal characteristics of his report, such as the recency and duration of…
  • p. 126 …The second report was again marked by references to the "extreme purity" of the sample. Even…
  • p. 210 …produced fantastic: reports from "reliable" witnesses. Several times I have used the phrase "UFO's cavorting…
  • p. 214 …A Survey of Persons Interested in UFO Reports.") CONCLUSIONS If these reports by UFO observers are…
  • p. 240 …M. (Ed.) The reference for outstanding UFO sighting reports. UFOIRC, Inc., Dept. SM 518, P.O…
  • p. 241 …UFO reports #3. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1967. Pp. 38-49. Zajac, E. E. Programmed…
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Sensory
Examination:
There
is no
impairment
of
vibration
sense,
position,
pain,
or
light touch.
Deep
Tendon
Reflexes:
Pectoral (C6-8):
+2
bilaterally
Biceps
(C5-6):
+3
bilaterally
Radial Pronator
(C6-7):
+2
bilaterally
Triceps
(C7-8):
+3
bilaterally
Finger
Flexion
(C7
-T1):
+2
bilaterally
Deep
abdominal
(T6-12):
+2
bilaterally
Pubo-adductor
(L2-4):
+1
bilaterally
Patellar
(quadriceps) (L2-4):
+3
bilaterally
Hamstring
(sciatic nerve)
(L4
-S2):
+2
bilaterally
Ankle jerk
(gastrocnemius)
(31-2):
+2
bilaterally
Gluteal
(L4
-S2):
+2
bilaterally
Superficial Reflexes:
Plantar
reflex: both great
toes
are
unequivocally
down-going
(flexion).
Chaddock, Oppenheim,
and
Gordon reflexes
are also down-going.
Superficial Abdominals react equally bilaterally.
Motor
Function:
Good strength both proximally
and distally
in
upper and lower
extremities.
Wrist
flexors
and extensors
are equal
bilaterally;
grip
is
strong
bilaterally.
Other Cortical Tests:
Frontal Lobe:
No suck, grasp, snout,
or
palmomental reflexes.
Temporal Lobe:
No
hemianopsia on
confrontation.
Parietal
Lobe:
No
stereognosis, bimanual extinction,
or
impaired
2
-pointdiscrimination.
Occipital Lobe: See
Section
III
(Neuro-ophthalmology).
Autonomic Function:
There
is
no
abnormal sweat
level and
no
flushing
is
inevidence.
C. Pertinent Laboratory Studies:
Blood: Normal
Value
Subject
Calcium
9 -
11
mg/100 ml.
9.3
mg/100m1.
Phosphorous
3
-
4.5
mg/100 ml.
4.0
mg/100m1.
Magnesium
1.5
-
2.5
mEq./L.
1.6
mEq./L.
Barbiturates
a)
long
-acting
less
than
5
mg/100
ml.
none
b)
short-acting
less
than
1
mg/100 ml. none
Dilantin none none
Bromides
1
-
2
mEq./L.
3
mEq./L.
Carbon Monoxide
(Carboxyhemoglobin)
less
than
5%
none
Urine:Coproporphyrins none none
Uroporphyrins none none
Lead
0 -
0.12
mg/24hr. noneArsenic
0.1
mg/liter none
Mercury
10
microgram/24hr. none
Salicylates none
-
30mg/100m1. none
Ethyl Alcohol none none
Pehnothiazines none none
Alkaloid screening
a)
atropine none none
b)
ergotamine none none

Cases discussed

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