aug 1, 1961 - Aug 1961 Failed attempt at hearing by Rep Overton Brooks (LA), House Science Committee chair Dolan: "Meanwhile, Sen. Overton Brooks met privately with Hillenkoetter and Keyhoe. According to Keyhoe, Brooks asked them to bring a “cross section of [NICAP's] strongest and best-documented evidence, also proof of official censorship...Overton Brooks s uddenly became ill and died. Brooks's successor was Congressman George P. Miller of California, who stated that he would not order UFO hearings"

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