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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.
“Gross”11 pages
- p. 10 …many
other
countries,
for
it
is
a
gross
mistake
to
think that the
United
States
has…
- p. 12 …are frequently sensationalized on one page with gross disregard for
accuracy and documentation; the result is…
- p. 27 …We are all aware of the gross errors in distances, heights, and speeds
so estimated.
And…
- p. 143 …give
at
least
limited insight into
the
gross
characteristics
of
an
advanced
civilization.
These
studies
(probablynot…
- p. 158 …Photographs
(color) of
exterior eyes
(gross)2.
Goniometry
3.
Visual Acuity (quantitated)
4.
Color
Vision
(quantitated…
- p. 163 …Photographs of
exterior eyes (gross):
(Taken with
a
Zeiss
1.5 F. lens from 15
cm…
- p. 168 …no
awkwardness
or
other
abnormalities
in
any
gross
or
fine
movements.
Foot dexterity and Figure eight…
- p. 170 …other
nervous
system functioning
(even
although
no
gross neurologic
signs
can be elicited).
One likely effect…
- p. 176 …There
is no
gross impairment
in
this area
(as
evidenced
by
responses
to
hypothetical questions) but…
- p. 194 …Many
gross
mental
aberrations,
such
as
hallucina-
tions
and
delusions,
are
not
associated
with
abnormal
physical…
- p. 218 …time of
day
and
year; atmospheric
conditions
(cloudy,
humid,
temperature,
calm,
and
other
easily
recountable gross…
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array
is
intended only to
convey
some
idea of the variety
of
shapes
that
have appeared,
it
does not
give
an
adequate
impression of the
relative
frequencies
with
which
the
different
shapes have
appeared.
In
fact,
the images most com-
monly
appearing
in
my
total
sample
show
either
a
small
point,
formless
blob,
or fuzzy
ellipse
of
light
in
a
night sky, or
else
a
dark,
more
or
less distinct ellipse
(like that
shown
in
D9)
against
a
lighter
sky.
With
very
few
exceptions,
such
as
the
rocket-
or "cigar"-shaped object with "exhaust
trail"
(G9), which
alleg-
edly
was
photographed over Peru
in 1052, the
more
well-defined objects
appearto
be some
variant of the "saucer" or
"domed
disk."
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 under it. 256 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.