“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…
103
In
the
second
place,
they
have not
generally
involved
a
prolonged.
observation
of
a
phenomenon by
people
who
were calm, not
emotion-
ally
upset.
A
characteristic
example
of
hysterical
contagion
would
be
the
recent
study
by
Back
and
Kerckhoff, supported
by
the National
Science
Foundation.
The
book
reporting
on
this
study
is
called
"The
June Bug."
It
was
a
case
of
hysterical
contagion
among
the
employees
of
a
factory
in
North
Carolina.
It
is
one of
the
most
thoroughly
reported
and
studied
incidents
of
this
sort.
It
resembles the
kind of
thing
we
are
talking
about
in
almost
no
respect.
I
find
it
very
difficult
to
find
elements in
common,
other
than
the
fact
that
some
people
believed
something
that
was
difficult
to
verify.
The
employees
were
convinced that they
were
being
bitten
by
poison-
ous
insects,
resulting
in
fainting
and
other
symptoms
such
as
rashes.
All
medical
officers,
all
careful research
on
this,
was
unable
to
turn
up
any
hard
evidence that
such
an
insect
was
present,
or
that
there
wasany
standard medical
accounting
for
these
symptoms.
But
these
were
people in
close
constant
contact,
sharing
a
particular
set
of problems
and
frustrations
that
raised their
level
of
anxiety.
The
epidemic can be
interpreted
as
a
convenient
way
of
escaping
the
problem of
coping with very
difficult
circumstances.
I
have
said
that
I
think
in
isolated
cases
you can
find
a
similar
thing
in observa-tions
of
unidentified flying
objects,
but
if
we
look at the
hard-core,
well
-documented
cases,
I
see
practically
no
resemblance.
Another
important
thing to note
about
the
witnesses
in
the
best
sightings
of
UFO's
is
that very
commonly—as
has
been mentioned,
I
believe,
by Dr. McDonald—they
first
try
to explain
their
observation
in
some
very
familiar
terms.
This
is
the
well-known
and
labeled
psy-chological process
of
"assimilation."
People
first
try to
assimilate their
observation into
something
understood
and
known
and
familiar.
This
is
quite
contrary to the
kind of
argument
frequently
built
into
the hypothesis
of
hysterical
contagion,
namely,
that
character-
istically
witnesses
are eager, are motivated,
to
see
strange
objects.
Another
important thing
to
notice
about
the
witnesses
in
these cases
is
of
course
their reluctance
to
report.
We
have
had some
mention of
that.
This,for
one
thing,counters the
argument
of
publicity
seeking as
a
motive
in
some
of
the
best
cases.
It
incidently
runs
contrary to
most
experience
of
social
psycologists
engaged
in public opinion
research,
in polling,
and
contrary to the
experience
of
experienced
precinct
workers
in
politics.
Those
people
who
have not
tried this
kind of
thing expect people
not
to
want
to talk to
them, but
when
you
start
ringing
doorbells,
the
striking
thing about the
American
people
is it
is
often
difficult
to stop
them from
telling
you
what
they
believe.
Yet
in
instances
of
unidentified flying objects,
there
has
often
been a
marked
reluctance to talk
about them.
I
can
illustrate
this
anecdotally
simply
to
make
my
point.
When I
was on
the faculty at the University
of Minnesota,
a
student
came
to
me,
having heard that
I
had some
interest
in
this question.
He
in-
formed
me
that his father,
a
colonel,
an
artillery
colonel in
Korea—
this
was
at the time of the
Korean
conflict—had flown over
a
hill
in
Korea
in his observer plane,
and found
(right next to
him
virtually)
a
characteristic unidentified flying object with the usual kind of con-
figuration.
It had promptly
retreated
upwards. It had
frightened