UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

In extension of remarks, Congressman Edgar W. Hiestand (D, -Calif.) caused
an article by Hollywood Valle~ Times commentator Geor-ge Todt to be placed
in the Congressio1;al Record July 15, 1959, Appendix, p. A6685). Article
refers t0 NICAP's efforts to obtain open Congressional hearings on the UFO
phenomenon. Statements of members of Congress in support of such hearings
are quoted from June 1959 U, F,O, Investigator.
Hynek, J. Allen. Are flying saucers real? The Saturday evening post, v. 239,
Dec. 17, 1966: 17-21.
Hynek, chairman of the department of astronomy at Northwestern Univ. and
consultant to USAF's Project Blue Book, states that of the 15,000 cases of
UFO sig:idngs that have come to his attention, "several hundred are puzzling,
anc'. some of the puzzling incidents, perhaps one in 25, are bewildering. " He
cites illustrative examples and urges a serious inquiry into the nature of the
phenc:nenon.
Jones, Harold S. The flying saucer myth. The spectator, v. 185, Dec. l5, 1950:
686-687.
Author, the British Astronomer Hoyal, says that flying saucers are "improbable"
and the extraterrestrial hypothesis "the strongest possible demonstration that
the whole thing is a myth."
Keyhoe, Donald E. Flying saucers--fact or fancy? The air Hue pilot, v. 22,
Oct. 1953: 9-10.
Majer Keyhoe furnishes official statements from USAF's Air Technical
Intelligence Center refuting Dr. Donald Menzel's explanations that UFO
sightings are attributable to natural atmospheric phenomena. He also cites
"an official Air Force document" which states that an increasing number
of officials linked with the investigation are convinced "that the saucers
are interplanetary.··
Lear, John. A reply. Saturday review, Feb. 4, 1967: 73.
SH's scie~1ce editor restates his position in the UFO controversy and answers
Tcifln Fuller's criticisms of him for publishing excerpt., from Incident at
Exeter (New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966) without permission and out of
context.
McDonald, James E. Statement on unidentified flying object3, Tucson, Arizona,
The Author, 1968, 39 p.
In his statement, the author reviews his experiences in interviewing UFO
witnessei:. in the U.S. and abroad and discusses ways in which his professional
experience in the field of atmospheric physics and meteorology illuminates the
past and present attempts to account for UFO phenomena. Presented at the
Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects, Committee on Science and
Astronautics, House of Reprt·c;entatives, July 29, 1968.
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