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Congressional Oversight · OVS-V86-05

Unidentified Flying Objects hearing (first congressional UFO hearing)

House Armed Services Committee · 1966-04-05
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Record

Date
1966-04-05
Congress / body
House Armed Services Committee
Type
House committee hearing
Members tracked
Chair L. Mendel Rivers; Rep. Gerald Ford (requested); witnesses Air Force Secretary Harold Brown, Blue Book head, J. Allen Hynek
What is documented
Followed the 1966 Michigan sightings (CASE-053); led the Air Force to fund the Condon study
Limitations / research notes
Sources differ on whether the session was open or closed
Primary source
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-89hhrg50066O/pdf/CHRG-89hhrg50066O.pdf

Link

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-89hhrg50066O/pdf/CHRG-89hhrg50066O.pdf