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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.
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221 Society of American Military Engineers. Universal Cyclops Corporation Engineers Meeting. 22nd Annual Frequency Control Symposium. Duke University. Wesleyan University. University of Texas. Carnegie Mellon University. University of Illinois, Chicago. West Virginia University. APPENDIX 2 U.S. PATENTS FOR CIRCULAR AIRCRAFT Patent No. By Title Granted 3 , 067, 967 I. R. Barr Flying machine Dec. 11, 1962 2, 772, 057 J. C. Fischer, Jr Circular aircraft and control system therefor Nov. 27, 1956 2, 947, 496 A. L. Leggett Jet-propelled aircraft Aug. 2, 1960 2, 801, 058 C. P. Lent Saucer -shaped aircraft July 30, 1957 2, 876, 964 H. F. Streib Circular wing aircraft Mar. 10, 1959 2,997, 013 W. A. Rice Propulsion system Aug. 22, 1961 3, 124, 323 J. C. M. Frost Aircraft propulsion and control Mar. 10, 1964 2, 876, 965 H. F. Streib Circular wing aircraft with universally tiltable ducted power- Mar. 10, plant. 1959 2, 939, 648 H. Fleissner Rotating jet aircraft with lifting disk wing and centrifuging tanks_ June 7, 1960 3, 103, 324 N. C. Price High velocity, high altitude VTOL aircraft Sept. 10, 1963 APPENDIX 3 FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL There are a few standard responses to any statement that "the earth is being visited by intelligently controlled vehicles whose origin is extraterrestrial." The simplest is ridicule, coupled with a comment that flying saucers are figments of the imagination, or optical illusions, or motes in the eye, or hoaxes, or misiden- tified conventional phenomena seen under unusual circumstances by untrained observers. These, however, are all Identified Flying Objects, and not the Uniden- tified Flying Objects with which my statement is concerned. The next simplest response is: "We are certainly not alone in the Universe and surely some civilizations are more advanced than ours, but interstellar travel is not feasible because of the vast distances between such civilizations and the great quantity of energy and time required for the trip." These critics ignore our lack of data on intercivilization distances the possibility of unknown (to us) flight technology, and studies in this area.' Another response is that the reported activity of UFOs is not rational since, if "they" were advanced enough to gethere, they would surely try to communicate with us. These responses avoid coming to grips with the reported data. Those interested in data—and there is plenty of it —are advised to consult the References and derive a hypothesis other than extraterrestrial vehicles to fit the facts, rather than to try to make the facts fit the hypothesis that "we are not being visited because—" (in 25 words or less). A particularly interesting aspect of the data from all over the world is thatelectromagnetic effects are frequently observed in association with the presence of UFOs, along with the fact that many observations suggest that what is being observed is a "vehicle" having a plasma region adjacent to it—"vehicle" because of its metal-like surface, large size, maneuvers indicating intelligent control, well-defined shape, surface features such as "port holes, antenna, landing gears," lights, etc.; and plasma because of bright glows rather than color, changes in the color of the glow associated with changes in velocity, luminous boundary layers, and appearance on film of regions not seen by the naked eye. The EM effects include interference with the operation of automobile engines, radios, and head-lights; interference with the operation of radio and TV sets, compasses, mag- netic speedometers, power systems; residual magnetism in metal objects, watches,etc." During the past decade a vast amount of terrestrial technology, much of it classified, has been developed concerning the interactions of airborne vehicles and Footnotes at the end of article.
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