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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. 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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(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 above. 256 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.