“The Advance”52 pages
- p. 7 …of advanced
technological
ma-
chinery
manned by some
kind
of
intelligence,
that
is,
the
extrater-
restrial…
- p. 9 …American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Astronomy Society(secretary).
Specialty: Astrophysics.
Fields of Interest: Stellar…
- p. 19 …The Air Force has no evidence that UFO's are extra-terrestrial or rep-
resent advanced…
- p. 24 18
(The biography of Dr.McDonald follows:)
DR. JAMES E. MCDONAI,D
Born: Duluth, Minn., May…
- p. 29 …from some
advanced
technology
sufficiently
advanced
to
do what
we
cannot
do
in
the
sense
of…
- p. 32 …The
possibility
that these are
extraterrestrial devices,
that
we
are
dealing with
surveillance
from some advanced…
- p. 40 …THE
UNCONVENTIONAL NATURE
OF
THE
UFO
PROBLEM
To
both
laymen
and
scientists,
the
impressive
progress
that…
- p. 48 …At
first,
they thought
it
was
a
jet,
whose
exhaust
was somehow
accounting for the
advancing…
- p. 59 …advanced
civilization
of
extraterrestrial origin,
the
pattern of the observa-
tions,
the motivation of the
surveillance…
- p. 75 …To
ignore
most
of the
salient
features
of
a
sighting
in
order
to
advance
an
easy…
- p. 94 …Now,
if
we
want
to
assess
the
likelihood
that there are
intelligentcivilizations
somewhere
in
advance of…
- p. 95 …be far in advance of our own,and this,therefore raises the
question of how likely…
- p. 96 …that
an advance
civilization
comes here very rarely.
But I
again emphasize the great uncertainty in…
- p. 97 91
So,
to
conclude
what
I
understand
is
the
main
reason
why
this
committee
has
asked…
- p. 100 …the
possibility
of
its
development
by
other
civilizations.
But
if
each
of,
say,
a
million
advanced…
- p. 101 …a race of advanced and benign creatures were devoted
to our welfare.
The interest in unidentified…
- p. 111 …The possible value
of contact for purposes of advancing our knowledge of our technology.
Let's…
- p. 112 …again the same possible great value from under-
standing the phenomenon in order to advance our…
- p. 116 …We
must
then concern ourselves with the
possible
consequences of
contact with
technologically
advanced
civilizations
whose…
- p. 117 111
the task. We must also 'be concerned with the risks of panic resulting in people…
- p. 124 …Gravitation remains one of the enigmas of modern
science,
although
there have been some advances in…
- p. 125 …This
will
depend
upon
advances
in
many
fields
of
science.
Some
of
the
things
required
will…
- p. 130 …Gravitation
remains
one
of the
enigmas
of
modern
science,
although
there
have
been
some
advances
in…
- p. 132 …Baker's
professional
society
memberships
include
the
American
Associa-
tion
for
the
Advancement
of
Science,
Phi…
- p. 140 …There have been many debates on the technical
capabilities or limits on the capabilities of advanced…
- p. 141 135
area of forecasting the social characteristics of an advanced extrater-
restrial civilization. Philosophers, social scientists…
- p. 142 …in the environs
of
the
earth,
or
to
make
dubious
speculations
either
concerning "their"
advanced
scientific…
- p. 143 …the
gross
characteristics
of
an
advanced
civilization.
These
studies
(probablynot
Government funded)
should
include
the
social…
- p. 150 …Applications
and
Advanced Topics,
Academic
Press,
New
York,
pp.
112-115 and
pp.
376
to
392…
- p. 153 147
00015 "Recent Advances in Astrodynamics," (with Samuel Herrick), Jet Propul-
sion, 28, No. 10, 1958…
- p. 154 …00040 "State-of-the-Art-1960 Astrodynamics,"Astronautics, 5, No. 11, 30, 1960.
00041 "Novel Orbit…
- p. 157 …Makemson)
00071 Astrodynamics - Applications and Advanced Topics, Academic Press,
New York, 1967.
00072 "Recent Advances in…
- p. 171 …In the past five
years, he has advanced from assistant bookkeeper to teller to head teller…
- p. 174 …He has no desire to advance any further
up the bank totem pole, says he never…
- p. 189 …advanced radar systems air being de-
vekii2ed for our missile defense systems, such as the ALTAR…
- p. 190 …of the Earth or to make very dubious speculations 191, t101
either concerning "their" advanced scientific…
- p. 203 …The
primary
attribute
of
an
advanced
intelligent civilization
is
its
ability
to create
its
own
environment…
- p. 204 …Menzel became
acting Director
of
Harvard
College
Observatory
and,
in 1954,
was
advanced to the
Directorship…
- p. 207 …approach
it
or
advances
as you
move
away.
As
we
look over the
Air Force
files…
- p. 210 …Or
at
least
that
is
the
com-
mon
argument
advanced
by
UFO
buffs.
Radar
is
cursed…
- p. 212 …Life
Member
of
American
Association
for the
Advancement
of
Science.
Professional Organizational
Activities:
State delegate to…
- p. 217 …our
level
of
advancement?
As
noted
in
the
Special
Report
of the
USAF
Scientific
Advisory
Board…
- p. 219 …Friedman has a relatively unique background in advanced technology, hav-
ing been actively involved in the…
- p. 222 …the
existence
of
advanced
civilizations.
We
frequently
forget that the
resolution
of
present
photographs of the…
- p. 223 …36, 37) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science is
planning a UFO seminar…
- p. 224 …reason,
would
not
examine
the data
relevant to
UFOs
or advanced
technology.
Marcowitz
was
totally
wrong…
- p. 225 …reason,
would
not
examine
the
data
relevant to
UFOs
or
advanced
technology.
Marcowitz
was
totally
wrong…
- p. 226 …B.,
"The
Phenomenological
Aspects
of
Magnetogasdynamic
Re-entry."
Presented
at
the 10th
Midwestern Mechanics
Conference,
Colorado…
- p. 227 …not
alone
in
the Universe
and
surely
some
civilizations
are
more
advanced than
ours,
but
interstellar…
- p. 233 …possible
sites
in
advance,
we
could
simply
move
in
to
recover
the
desired
information
after
an…
- p. 234 …The effectiveness of the proposed procedure would depend very heavily upon
the amount of thought, care…
- p. 237 …listed
in
advance
on
a
'standardized rating sheet.
However
this
part
of
the
experiment
will
not…
102
without
tremendous
anxiety
or
concern,
an
object
hovering,
moving
about,
going through
gyrations.
Twice
it
approached
their police
car.
When
they
tried
to
approach
it,
it
would
retreat.
They
radioed in
and
requested
that
this
object
be
confirmed
on
radar,
and
it
was
confirmed
by
local
radar
stations
at
approximately
the
same
location.
Ultimately,
after
a
couple
of
hours
of
observation,
they
watched
this
object
move
away,
join
a
second
similar
object,
and
then
disappear.
They
then
went
to
the
sheriff's
office,
where
two
deputies
were
present
who
had
also
seen
this
phenomenon,
and
gave
similar
descriptions.
Now
applying
the
criteria
to
a
case
such
as
this,
in
most
respects
it
is
very
convincing.
These
are
police
officers
of
good
reputation.
Their
report
was
prompt,
thorough,
careful,
and
in
writing—and
I
have
read the report
in
full.
There
is
much
detail
in
it
of
a
sort
that could
be
cross-checked
with
the other
witnesses
from
the
sheriff's
office.
There
are
no
apparent
motives for
prevarication
or
distortion.
It
was a
long
period
of
observation.
I
cannot
establish
very
clearly
what
prior
interest
or
information
these witnesses
had, but
I
find
no
indication
that
they
had
any.
There
was
confirmation
of
the
observation
from more
than one
medium
of
observation—both
visual
and
radar.
This
is
the
kind of
case
that
leads
me
to
regard the hypothesis
of
hysterical
contagion
as being
quite
inadequate to account for
theseobservations.
It
is
not
a
lone case; there are
many
others.
There were
trained
ground
observers
near
White
Plains,
N.Y.,
in1954,
who
observed
an
object
which
they
described
as
having
the ap-
parent
size
of
the
moon,
while simultaneously
they
saw
the
moon,
which
was
not
full
that
night.
They
watched
this
for
20
or
30
minutes,
then
it
moved
away
to
the
southeast.
Two
radar
stations established
fixes
confirming the
visually re-
ported
location.
Jets
were
scrambled
from two
bases to
intercept.
The
ground
observers
were
able to
see
the
jet
trails
approaching.
Both
the
pilots
of
the
jets
and
the
ground
observers
report that as the
jets
approached,
this
object
changed
color
and
moved
up
very
rapidly
and
disappeared,
and
at that point
radar
contact
was
also
lost.
Once
again
this
is
the
kind of
report that
seems
to
me
to
fit
the
customary
criteria
of
credibility
to
a
very
considerable degree.
It
is
very
difficult
to claim that
these
multiple observers, trained
for the
type of
observation
they were making,
confirmed independently
through
more
than one
channel,
were
victims
of
hysterical
contagion.
Dr. McDonald,
I
believe,
referred
briefly
to
the Levelland,
Tex.
cases in 1958,
of
interference
with automobile
ignition,
in
which
there
were
10
separate sightings
in that
one
evening, apparently with
no
opportunity for the
citizens
involved
either
to read the
news, hear the
news
of
this,
nor
to talk
with one
another.
They
uniformly
reported
the
same
general shape.
They
uniformily
reported—a
great
many
of
them
reported also interference
with automobiles
ignition
and
head-
lights.
This was an
effect
which
at that time had not been observed
and
publicized
a
great deal.
It subsequently has become
publicized.
Now, how do
these cases
differ
from
the well-known, documented
cases
of mass
hysteria
and
hysterical
contagion?
In
general those
episodes
have not
persisted
as long as the active interest
in unidentified
flying objects.
It
lasted
a week or a few weeks, and
it
had not been too
difficult
to find reasonably acceptable explanations.