Video · March 1966

Gerald Ford calls for a congressional UFO inquiry (1966 news footage)

Eyes On Cinema · March 1966 · 1 min · Watch the original

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  1. 0:06 Gerald Ford: House Minority Leader Gerald Ford says Congress should investigate the reported sightings in southern Michigan and elsewhere, because the public is “very alarmed”.

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0:00 prominent congressman from Michigan thinks there should be a further investigation of the strange UFO reports House minority leader Gerald Ford said this today the Congress should investigate the rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in Southern Michigan and other parts of the country a congressional inquiry would be most worthwhile because the American people are becoming most interested and in many instances very alarmed by the UFO story I firmly believe the American people would feel much better if there was a full-blown investigation of these alleged incidents what about flying saucers you had some in Michigan the past wheat you really believe in flying doctors you've called for a congressional investigation Dave we've had several uh incidents in Michigan in the last week incident that many reliable good citizens felt were

1:02 sufficient to justify some action by our government and not the kind of weapon answer that was given by the Air Force where they passed it off as a swamp game the Congress should investigate the rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects in Southern Michigan and other parts of the country

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