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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. 7 …We approach the question of unidentified flying objects as purely a scientific problem, one of unanswered…
  • p. 9 …Civilian with U.S. Navy 1944. Scientific Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Astronomy…
  • p. 10 4 subject as rank nonsense, the product of silly seasons, and a peculiarly American craze that…
  • p. 11 …Thus my scientific reticence was based on a carefully weighed decision. In attempting analysis of the…
  • p. 24 …American Association for Advancement of Science, American Meteorological Society, Sigma Xi, American Geophysical Union, Royal Meteorological…
  • p. 30 …witnesses, members of the staff of the American Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion, were the witnesses in…
  • p. 46 …Scientists will tend to be put off by some of his scientific commentary, as well as…
  • p. 47 …Information on some of these, as well as on smaller American groups, can be found in…
  • p. 76 …have been ignored as indicators of some scientifically intriguing problem demand- ing intensive study.2. Case…
  • p. 91 …UFOs—An International Scientific Problem, paper presented at a Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Canadian Aeronautics…
  • p. 118 …Navy, 1944-45.Scientific Societies: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancementof Science, Society of…
  • p. 131 …Phillips, American Scientist, v. 53, no. 1, p. 32). Fused silica fibers have been stressed to…
  • p. 132 …Baker's professional society memberships include the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, Phi…
  • p. 147 …REFERENCES (1) The "American Nautical Almanac" 1950. (2) H. 0. No. 214, "Tables of Computed Altitude…
  • p. 156 …00060 "Influence of Martian Ephemeris and Constants on Interplanetary Trajectories," Chapter in Exploration of Mars, American…
  • p. 202 …25 adult Americans has seen a UFO. Judging from the one detailed, official, scientific investigation that…
  • p. 204 …Originally operated jointly by Harvard and the University of Colorado, this scientific institution is now wholly…
  • p. 213 …a paper presented in a symposium sponsored by Division 21, Engineering Psychology, at the American Psychological…
  • p. 214 …As a member of the Parapsychological Association and the American So- ciety of Clinical Hypnosis, I…
  • p. 215 …1) The Scientific Attitude Survey ( Sprinkle, 1962) is not useful in assessing "scientific" attitudes, and/or…
  • p. 217 …Henderson is a member of Alpha Chi, the American Geophysical Union, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists…
  • p. 220 214 Professional affiliations include the American Physical Society, the American Nuclear Society, the American Institute of…
  • p. 223 …of the Astronautical Sciences'the American Engineer 2020 Industrial Research,' Scientific Research'8 Aviation Week and…
  • p. 225 …A., "UFO's Merit Scientific Study," Science, October 21, 1966, and Astro- nautic8 d Aeronautics, December…
  • p. 226 …of Baltimore Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Local sections of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics…
  • p. 251 …Scientific American, 200: 117-128.
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(The
biography
of
Dr.
Sprinkle
follows:)
R.
LEO
SPRINKLE,
PH.
D.,
UNIVERSITY
OF
WYOMING,
LARAMIE,
WYO.
Name:
Ronald
Leo
Sprinkle.
Born:
August
31, 1960,
Rocky
Ford,
Colorado, U.S.A.
Education:
Elementary
Education:
Washington
School,
Rocky
Ford,
Colorado
High
School:
Rocky
Ford High
School,
Rocky
Ford,
Colorado
Academic
scholarship
received
from
the
University
of
Colorado:
B.A.
in
Psychology, Education,
Sociology,
and
History,
University
of
Colorado,
August
1962.
M.
P.
S.
(Master
of
Personnel
Service)
in Counseling, University
of
Colorado,
August
1956.
Ph.
D.
in
Counseling
and
Guidance,
University
of
Missouri,
August
1961.
Professional
Experience:Residence
hall
supervisor,
Men's
Residence
Halls, University
of
Colorado,
1954-1956.
Instructor-Counselor,
Counseling
Services,
Stephens
College,
Columbia,
Missouri, 1956-1959.
Acting
Director
of
Extra
Class
Activities,
Stephens
College,
Columbia,
Missouri, 1955-1961.Assistant
Professor of Psychology,
University
of
North Dakota,
Grand
Forks,
North Dakota,
1961-1964.Assistant Director
of Counseling
Center, University
of
North
Dakota,
1962-1963.
Director,
Counseling
Center, University
of
North Dakota,
1963-1964.Associate
Professor of
Guidance
Education,
University
of
Wyoming,
1964-1965.'Counselor
and
Assistant
Professor of Psychology,
University
of
Wyoming,
1965-67.
Counselor
and
Associate
Professor
of Psychology,
University
of
Wyoming,
1967.
Professional
Affiliations:
Member
of
the
American
Psychological
Association,
(Divisions
of Counseling
Psychology,
and
the
Society
for the
Psychological
Study
of
Social
Issues).
Life
member
of
the
American
Personnel
and
Guidance
Association,
(Divi-
sions
of
American
College
Personnel
Association, Association
of Counselor
Education
and
Supervision, Association
for
Measurement
and
Evaluationin
Guidance,
and
professional
member
of National Vocational
Guidance
Association).
Licensed
as
Professional Psychologist in
Wyoming,
January
1, 1966.
Certified
as
Counseling
Psychologist
by
the
Board
of
Examiners, North
Dakota
Psychological
Association,
May
11, 1962.
Member
of
American
Association
of University Professors.
Member
of
Psi
Chi
(Psychology
Honorary).
Associate
Member
of
Parapsychological
Association.
Member
of
Wyoming
Personnel
and
Guidance
Association.
Member
of
Wyoming
Psychological
Association.
Member
of
American
Society of
Clinical
Hypnosis.
Life
Member
of
American
Association
for the
Advancement
of
Science.
Professional Organizational
Activities:
State delegate to
the
annual
meeting of the
American
Association
of
State
Psychology Boards,
St.
Louis, Missouri,
August,
1962.
Secretary,
Board
of
Examiners, North
Dakota
Psychological Association
(NDPA),
1962-63.
President,
Board
of
Examiners,
NDPA,
1963-64.
Member
of Commission
VIII, Student Health Programs,
of the American
College
Personnel
Association,
APGA,
1962
to present.
(Chairman
of
sym-posium sponsored
by Commission VIII
at the
APGA
Convention, Minne-
apolis,
Minnesota, April 13, 1965.)

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Hearing transcript, from the govinfo collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 256 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.