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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.
“UFO Research Society”10 pages
- p. 9 …Scientific Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Astronomy Society(secretary).
Specialty: Astrophysics.
Fields of…
- p. 24 …Member, American Meteorological Society Commission on Publications, 1966-
present.
Member, Advisory panel for weather modification, National…
- p. 91 …American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1967: Problems of Journalism,
Proceedings of the 1967 Convention of the…
- p. 213 …UFO
Research;
a
paper
which
will
be
presented
at
the
annual meeting
of the
American
Society…
- p. 214 …A
Survey
of Persons
Interested in
UFO
Reports.")
CONCLUSIONS
If
these reports
by
UFO
observers are…
- p. 215 …and
spiritual
implications
of
UFO
phenomena.
Establishment of
a
continuing research
center
could provide
for
those…
- p. 217 …Research
Group.
Dr.
Henderson
is
a
member
of
Alpha
Chi, the
American
Geophysical
Union,
the
Society…
- p. 220 …Friedman
is
on
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
UFO
Research
Institute
of
Pittsburgh
and
on…
- p. 226 …Friedman has
talked
about
UFOs
to these
groups
(partial
list)
:
Engineering
Society
of
Detroit
Engineering
Society…
- p. 240 …UFOs—atmospheric
or
extraterrestrial?
Talk
presented to the
Chicago Chapter
of
the
American
Meteorological
Society,
May…
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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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Hearing transcript, from the govinfo collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 256 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.