On 8 August 1958, an informal hearing on UFOs was held by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Atmospheric Phenomena (a sub-committee of the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration), chaired by Congressman John McCormack.
Web Resources
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Book References
For discussion of the McCormack hearing see the following:
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Discussion by:
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 257 (in Chapter 6) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-162 (in Chapter 7, “The Battle for Congressional Hearings”) of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 142-143 of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 134, 143 (in Chapter 5) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
2 |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 150 (in an entry entitled “House of Representatives Subcommittee on Atmospheric Phenomena”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Smith, Marcia S in her “The UFO Enigma: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, UG 633, 76-52 SP” (1976) at page 60 (in Chapter 5) of the Congressional Research Service stapled edition. |
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Thompson, Keith in his “Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 55-56 (in Chapter 5) of the Fawcett softcover edition. |
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Other Material
Images of various documents relating to this informal hearing included on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“