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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. 18 …Some of these statements which lead to mis- conceptions are: —(1) Only UFO "buffs" report UFO…
  • p. 19 …One great misconception is that only UFO buffs report UFO's; quite the opposite is the…
  • p. 25 …saw their very impressive and sur- prising UFO files, the pattern of which is entirely different…
  • p. 39 …files and modes of operation of both private and official (i.e., Project Bluebook) UFO investigative…
  • p. 41 …Misinter- preted natural phenomena (Hypothesis 3) do explain many sincerely -submitted UFO reports; but, as I…
  • p. 45 …It summarizes about 750 UFO cases in the NICAP files up to about
  • p. 46 …Reference 7 is another now -accessible source of extremely significant UFO documentation; it is unfortunate that…
  • p. 54 …Longview, Wash., July 8, 1949 Many of the UFO cases I am citing are drawn intentionally…
  • p. 60 54 terrestrial hypothesis for UFOs, incomprehensibility must be expected as almost inevitable. Hence there is more…
  • p. 63 …NICAP files. The article, by Post reporter Jimmie Woods, represents one of those rare UFO feature…
  • p. 68 …5) remarks that an astronomer working under con- tract to the official UFO investigatory program interviewed…
  • p. 70 …UFO sightings by meteorologists could be extended very con- siderably by drawing on my file of…
  • p. 72 …the UFO problem in the ensuing two-year period. Many details from the official file on…
  • p. 75 …In my files are many other "balloon" cases from the past twenty years, cases that ought…
  • p. 76 …The third target was spotted visually by myself," Hemphill's signed statement in the case -file…
  • p. 78 …25), who evidently drew his information from the official files. Ruppelt (Ref. 5) states that when…
  • p. 79 …unknowns in official files to be ignored. A famous case in UFO annals involved a B…
  • p. 86 …explanations for classic UFO cases that have been made in the official files in the last…
  • p. 91 …Official file on October 15, 1948 Fukuoka case, Project Bluebook. 43. Melbourne (Australia) Sun, December 16…
  • p. 120 …During that night, and several succeeding nights, there were many reports of UFO's over northern…
  • p. 128 …THE UFO PROPULSION PROBLEM By way of introducing the propulsion problem of UFO's, I will…
  • p. 185 179 rod N.T.TuDE tOURIE 3• MOTION OF UFO SYSTIM a..„. — 73 2.3 2…
  • p. 206 …for a UFO. This viewpoint is absolutely nonsense and the Air Force files bear witness to…
  • p. 207 …But such behavior does not imply, as the UFO addicts argue, the presence of an intelligence…
  • p. 208 …He watches the UFO for a minute or two until it finally disappears. He cannot be…
  • p. 218 …UFO presence. This can be done with existing information. Up- date and upgrade the files with…
  • p. 224 …claimed to have observed a UFO. Interestingly enough the official files con- tain fewer than 12…
  • p. 239 …Indeed, at present the scientific study of the UFO problem is greatly hampered by the circumstance…
  • p. 244 …The dotted line represents "re- liable" sightings in the files of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization…
  • p. 245 …Many radar sightings of UFO's are on file. In a few cases, a UFO has…
  • p. 247 …He states that he has on file more than 300 UFO sightings prior to the 20th…
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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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