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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.
“United Press”9 pages
- p. 30 …You
have
to
go
right to
the
local
town
to
get
press
coverage
in
most
cases…
- p. 33 …We
canstudy
it
in the
United
States,
but
if
we
ignore
what
is
happening
in
France…
- p. 48 …I
have
spoken
with United
Air Lines
personnel
who
have
known
Smith
for years
and
vouch…
- p. 75 …With
so
much
radar equipment
deployed
all
over the world,
and
especially
within
the
United
States…
- p. 76 …Nowra,
Australia,
September, 1954
The
first
UFO
case to
command
general press
attention in
the
Australian…
- p. 105 …and
Social
Psychology
in
universities
in
the
United
States
and
to
bolster
understanding
in these
fields…
- p. 130 …Lorenzen,
The
Willeam-
Frederick Press,
New
York, 1962)
written
by Dr.
Olavo T.
Fontes.
Briefly,
several…
- p. 151 …H. (1953) Flying Saucers, Harvard University Press,
Cambridge, Mass.
16) Minas, J. S. and Ackoff, R…
- p. 205 …His
book,
"Our
Sun,"
published
by
the
Harvard
University Press,
is
one
of
the
so-called…
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SYMPOSIUM ON UNIDENTIFIED
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HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON
SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETIETH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JULY 29, 1968
[No. 7]
Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Astronautics
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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.