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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.
“Sagan”21 pages
- 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…
171
MMPI REPORT
CASE NO:. 00000,
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NAMICALLY. HE IS A NARCIS TIC AND SELF-CENTERED PERSON WHO IS
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IS SENSITIV D PRONE TO WORRY. HE IS VERBALLY FLUENT. PERSUASIVE
AND ABLE TO MMUNICATE IDEAS CLEARLY.
THIS PERSON IS HESITANT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SOCIAL SIT-
UATIONS. HE MAKES AN EFFORT TO CONSCIENTIOUSLY CARRY OUT HIS RE-
SPONSIBILITIES. BUT HE IS RETIRING AND SOMEWHAT WITHDRAWN FROM IN-
TERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
NOTE: ALTHOUGH NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CLINICIAN'S PROFESSIONAL
JUDGMENT AND SKILL. THE MMPI CAN BE A USEFUL ADJUNCT IN THE DIAG-
NOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONAL DISORDERS
Cases discussed
- The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima 1917
Except for the Fatima incident... Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima - The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
June 24, 1947... Mr. Arnold, reported "nine peculiar-looking aircraft" - The Father Gill Sightings at Boianai 1959
Boiani, New Guinea, June 26, 27, 1959... Father W. B. Gill - The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro 1964
terrain of the Socorro, New Mexico, sighting, April 24, 1964. Zamora first sighted the object - The Exeter Incident 1965
Exeter, New Hampshire, September 3, 1965... Patrolman Eugene Bertrand - Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale 1966
the subsequent one in the Michigan swamps
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