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In 1968 the Congressional Committee on Science and Astronautics held a symposium on UFOs at the request of Representative J. Edward Roush of Indiana. Representative Roush indicated that it was his belief that the Condon Committee was being improperly influenced by the air force, and that its report ° 1 Six distinguished scientists attended the symposium, including sociologist Dr. Robert L. Hall, prominent UFO investigator Dr. J. Allan Hynek, Dr. Carl Sagan, and Dr. James McDonald, who would eventually commit suicide, apparently over his treatment by the scientific community. Two engineers, Dr. James A. Harder and Dr. Robert M. Baker, also sat on the panel. The symposium members stated that UFOs deserved serious study. Dr. Harder stated, "On the basis of the data and ordinary rules of evidence, as would be applied in civil or criminal courts, the physical reality of UFOs has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt." But the conclusions of the symposium were ignored in favor of publishing the Blue Book report, by which the U.S. government officially abandoned even the collection of UFO data, let alone any research into its meaning. From 1969 until now no case has emerged or incident transpired that might force the government to admit that, on some level, UFOs represent a genuine mystery. The Shag Harbor incident has the potential to be such a case. The official record of this crash was made public. In addition, the whole incident was observed in detail by many witnesses. And it did not involve something as simple as a glimpse of an object plunging into the water. The approach of the object was slow and involved maneuvers that were carefully observed by trained professionals. Indeed, as the web of witness and documentation is woven over the course of this book, it will become apparent that there is, quite simply, no better UFO case in the world. If this were the only UFO incident that had ever happened, it would represent all but certain proof that something unknown was involved. Above the dark waters of Nova Scotia on a cold October night, an orange light is observed by many different people. One of those observers leaves his home and goes racing down the street to get a better look. Transfixed, his blood racing, he ends up having a breathtaking encounter with the object at close quarters. Perhaps that is why this book is so immediate and intense. This particular eyewitness to what became the Shag Harbor incident was Dark Object coauthor Chris Styles. So this is not only a carefully researched examination of one of the world's most compelling UFO incidents, it is also a firsthand account by a man who was there. was a foregone conclusion. There is, in addition, a most unusual twist to this story. It involves one of the authors of this book. NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS There is probably only one aspect of the UFO phenomenon that the entire scientific community can