1958.0808 McCormack hearing

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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.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

For discussion of the McCormack hearing see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

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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1975

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.

3

1997

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

1980

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.

1

1976

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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1991

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 (“NARA”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book, released to the National Archives in 1975 – see National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 87 (“Administrative Files: Box 4”). Images of the relevant pages are at the link below from the page with the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB87-340 (page 340 of 977) to the page with the PID of NARA-PBB87-370 (page 370 of 977).

http://www.bluebookarchive.org