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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.

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  • 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…
COMMI1rEE
ON
SCIENCE
AND
ASTRONAUTICS
GEORGE
P.
MILLER,
California,
Chairman
OLIN
E.
TEAGUE,
Texas
JOSEPH
E.
KARTH,
Minnesota
KEN
HECHLER,
West
Virginia
EMILIO
Q.
DADDARIO,
Connecticut
J.
EDWARD
ROUSH,
Indiana
JOHN W.
DAVIS,
Georgia
WILLIAM
F.
RYAN,
New
York
THOMAS
N.
DOWNING,
Virginia
JOE
D.
WAGGONNER,
JR.,
Louisiana
DON
FUQUA,
Florida
GEORGE
E.
BROWN,
JR.,
California
WILLIAM
J.
GREEN,
Pennsylvania
EARLE
CABELL,
Texas
JACK
BRINKLEY,
Georgia
BOB
ECKHARDT,
Texas
ROBERT
0.
TIERNAN,
Rhode
Island
BERTRAM
L.
PODELL,
New
York
CHARLES
F. DUCANDER,
Executive
Director
and
Chief
Counsel
JOHN
A.
CARSTARPHEN,
Jr.,
Chief
Clerk
and
Counsel
PHILIP
B.
YEAGER,
COU4I8el
FRANK
R. HAMMILL,
Jr.,
Counsel
W.
H.
BOONE,
Chief Technical
Consultant
RICHARD
P.
HINES,
Staff
CO/Mita/a
PETER A.
GERARD',
Technical
Consultant
JAMES E.
WILSON,
Technical
Consultant
HAROLD A.
GOULD,
Technical Consultant
PHILIP
P.
DICKINSON,
Technical Consultant
JOSEPH
M.
FELTON,
Counsel
RICHARD
E. BEEMAN,
Minority
Staff
ELIZABETH
S.
KEENAN,
Scientific
Research
Assistant
FRANK
J.
GIROUX,
Clerk
DENIS C.
QUIGLEY,
Publicationa Clerk
JAMES
G.
FULTON,
Pennsylvania
CHARLES
A.
MOSHER,
Ohio
RICHARD
L.
ROUDEBUSH,
Indiana
ALPHONZO
BELL,
California
THOMAS
M. PELLY,
Washington
DONALD
RUMSFELD,
Illinois
EDWARD
J.
GURNEY,
Florida
JOHN W. WYDLER,
New
York
GUY VANDER
JAGT,
Michigan
LARRY
WINN,
JR.,
Kansas
JERRY
L.
PETTIS,
California
D. E.
(BUZ) LUKENS,
Ohio
JOHN
E.
HUNT,
New
Jersey

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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.