Person
J. Edward Roush
- U.S. Representative (D-IN); chaired the 1968 UFO symposium
J. Edward Roush, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Indiana, chaired the House Committee on Science and Astronautics' symposium on UFOs on 29 July 1968, which heard from scientists including J. Allen Hynek, James E. McDonald and Carl Sagan.
Sources: 1968 House symposium record
Facts and claims
- documented Roush chaired the 29 July 1968 symposium of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, opening it by saying the committee approached UFOs “as purely a scientific problem, one of unanswered questions.” — J. Edward Roush Source: doc-transcript-1968-07-29.pdf