Person
Carl Sagan
Also known as Sagan
- Astronomer (then at Harvard, later Cornell)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was an American astronomer and science communicator, then at Harvard and later at Cornell. He testified at the 1968 House Science and Astronautics Committee symposium on UFOs, and later disputed the claimed "star map" in the Hill case.
Sources: 1968 House symposium record
Facts and claims
- documented At the 1968 House symposium Sagan said he did not think the evidence “is at all persuasive, that UFO's are of intelligent extraterrestrial origin nor do I think the evidence is convincing that no UFO's are of intelligent extraterrestrial origin.” — Carl Sagan Source: doc-transcript-1968-07-29.pdf
Connected files
Books
- UFO's: A Scientific Debate (edited)
Hearings & briefings
Videos
- CBS Reports: “UFO: Friend, Foe or Fantasy?” (Walter Cronkite, 10 May 1966) (appears in)
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Public Hearing - In Full - April 19, 2023 (discussed in)
Mentioned in videos
Mentioned in documents and records
- Hearing transcript: Unidentified Flying Objects — House Armed Services Committee (April 5, 1966)
- Hearing transcript: Symposium on Unidentified Flying Objects — House Committee on Science and Astronautics (July 29, 1968)
- House Armed Services Committee hearing on Unidentified Flying Objects
- Betty and Barney Hill abduction