On 28 March 1966, Congressman Gerald Fordwrote to the Armed Services committee criticising the Air Force investigations and proposing that a Congressional committee schedule hearings on the subject of UFOs.
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Complete text of letter presented by Emenegger, Robert in his “UFOs Past, Present and Future” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-76 (in Chapter 12) of the silver covered Ballantine paperback edition first printing, at pages 83-86 of the blue covered Ballantine paperback edition eighth printing.
For discussion of Gerald Ford’s letter see the following:
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Berliner, Don and Galbraith, Marie and Huneeus, Antonio, with partial quotation, in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-161 (in Part 3 : Quotations, section entitled “Governments”) of the Dell paperback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 413 (in an entry entitled “Project Blue Book, 1960-1969”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Dean, Jodi in her “Aliens in America” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 41 (in Chapter 1) of the |
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Dolan, Richard M (with partial quotation) in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 393 (in Chapter 7) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at page 300 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road 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 page 204 (in Chapter 7) of the |
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Paris Flammonde, with relatively lengthy extract, in his “Ufo Exist!” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 359-361 (in Chapter 18) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Quintanilla, Hector (Major) in his unpublished manuscript entitled “UFOs: An Air Force Dilemma” (copyright 1974) at page 52 of the manuscript, at pages 65 of the NIDS pdf version available free on-line on various websites, including at the following link: http://www.projectbluebook.us/UFOs%20An%20Air%20Force%20Dilemma%20By%20Quintanilla.pdf http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/quintanilla.pdf
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Randles, Jenny in “The UFO Conspiracy” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 63-64 (in Chapter 9) of the Barnes & Noble hardback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 111-112 (in an entry entitled “Ford, Gerald R”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Saunders, David R and Harkins, R Roger in their “UFOs? Yes!” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 24 (in Chapter 1) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 72 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1967-1977”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Weldon, John and Levitt, Zola in their “Encounters With UFOs“ (1975) (formerly “UFOs, What on Earth is Happening?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in Chapter 2) of the Harvest House paperback edition. |
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Young, Mort in his “UFO Top Secret” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-68 (in Chapter 5) of the Essandess softcover edition. |
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