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Rep. Weston Vivian asks Defense Department to investigate Michigan sightings

When: Mar 1966
Where: Washington, D.C.
Sources: 1 public source

Rep. Weston Vivian of Michigan US Government Printing Office, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

After meeting Washtenaw County Sheriff Douglas Harvey about the Dexter sightings, Michigan Rep. Weston Vivian went to Washington planning to ask the Defense Department and the Air Force to investigate, according to a press report entered in the April 1966 House hearing record.

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OfficialUnidentified Flying Objects: Hearing by Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, April 5, 1966 (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 1966

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