MCCORMACK ASKS HEARING ON UFOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200090019-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2014
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 16, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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er John W.RAcCormatItAaa,.sug-
lrges the ; 'Of ....thiuse
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ing (UFOs . ; ?
:FildeCort'Mtihade it clear that
hc ;,of these strange
,OlijeZts.are'reatYand that he has
? never:been satisfied that they are
the 'product?of.'imagination, that
they. are all familiar Objects inis;
takenlitidentified. #
The Air ,; Force has publicly
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ittincl th0 all the sightii4s
7.4.
e XPI ain S. larnillai ob-
jects,.stich asStars, meteors, bal,
loons.iirreairjilanes, that a v e
been niiitaken for something ex-
traordinary.
"I feel that the Air Force_ has
not been 'giving Otit all? the In;
forniatioif it 'had' on "Unidentified
Flying Objects. ' the .Massachu-
setts congressman commented to-
day.
High Stage of Development
"These - UFOs," said McCor-
np.a.king_of_the minority of
sightings that can't satisfaCtOriiy.
'be:explained aivaY, "must be in a
'very thigh stage :of development
and of "perfection. Whether -they
come Om :some 'other planet we
'don't lthow., We, can't say they-
come fromtanother planet till We
find life:; on . another., planet.- On
the evidence we have, .You can't
pinpoint their 'source, where they
come- Jrom:"
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that some UFO S have been Saeli
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visually and on radar at the same'
iment and at ,the same _spot.
"Yon can't.pUt ' it down to at-
mospheric phenothena,"' he terse-
ly re,tnarked. ' -.. , .. .
The Air FoiCe has 4gerierally
maintained . thati:,radai? ? SightingS
have .been due to an "attliOspheric
phenomerfon, the ? so:call:0 , tem:,
pei'attire inversion, which involves
a leiter of warm alt_:,ovsr_a__cold
layer, 'restating ine' binding and
diStortine- the'-radar return. ' it---------,_1
The'. }Rinse..., leadel concluded balm, in our minda,:. that there
"It might be well ,for, the House Were, some objects flying around
Committee on Science and Astro-that were unexplainable,". he said.
naUtics ,to hold ,..furthei,' hearings, .in. the light of :the "'state-
'either "eiectitive 'session or open' p e House leader,. it is
to date."
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hearirigs, to _bring the matter
up,Irliecalleu& y t ed 'at,,,A.prmer director
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:?..McCormack -.7explained ??,,t h a.ofCentrs&Iotelligelice
abont",three -3iearg'ago,the I-lo*Cy, whiali-is?undeTstO have
Committee on Space ".- ' McCormaintained constant touch With
rank' chairmaned this committeesithe UFO situation, last sununer
out of rt
_ whiCh came the Nation asked or aSongresSional inves-
?
? "So many expert witnesses have
seen these. Objects,".; Continued ,the
ileader of the?House;firirludihgpi
lots" Other Persons with 7speCial
skills in this area, persons of
great responsibility, rational-Mind-
ed witnesses. You den% disregard
so' many' uninipeachable:SOurces.
""This__ is imagination.
You can't ride' Out 'fall of these
sightings 'as imagination. ,W h a t
hese, reliable witnesses h Ave
een can't, , be disregarded,"
e emphasized. ,
The House Jeader.' confirmed
77;7 ? ?
ifieronautic.s 'and 'SpaC 'Adni*
I tration legislation and which was
;the Predecessor of thepresent
ffHouse Science and AstionAiticd
Committee --- held executive, OF
closed, hearings.. on the Thidenti4
ied Flying Objects: , _ ' ' '-- ?
' r.some.Une>mlainable L,, - ,
'We could not get Much ? in-
formation. at that time 'although
it was' rettY well established by
'io
whO
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ticiaottiv of UFOs. Vice Ad:
headed our top secret agency in
the earlier years of rthe.Unidenti!
!fled Flying Objects; termed ..such!.
an investibe "urgent.",
He alsb gave it as-fir'jutraent
that the Air Force is withholding
information ,on the matter._
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