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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.
“Open Minds”9 pages
- p. 7 …With
the
range
in
mind,
then,
we
have
invited six
outstanding
scientists
to
address
us today…
- p. 46 …Expert
psychological opinion
is
badly needed
in assessing
such
reports
(expert but not
close-minded opinion…
- p. 68 …we scientists are by no means as open-minded and fearlessly independent
as we are sometimes…
- p. 92 …origin
which
the committee
must
have
in
mind.
I'm
delighted
to
tell
about contemporary
scientific…
- p. 97 …those views,
and
you
simply keep
an
open
mind
and
pursue whatever
facts
are at
hand…
- p. 140 …Nevertheless, it still is an open possibility in my mind. It seems
reasonable, therefore, to undertake…
- p. 215 …The Open and
Closed
Mind. N.Y
.:
Basic Books,
1960.
Sprinkle,
R. L.
Scientific
Attitude Survey…
- p. 217 …The
keys to
scientific
achievement have
several
notches,
but
the material
is
comprised of
competent
open…
- p. 244 …We should, in deference to
the scientific method, examine with a
completely open mind any evidence…
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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.