“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…
104
him,
but
he
was an
experienced
and
trained observer,
so
he
took
notes
on
it;
he
recorded
it.
When
he
returned
he
was
so
ridiculed
and
laughed
at
for
a
long
period
of
time
that
he
completely
gave
up
trying
to
have
this
taken
seriously.
He
refused
to
talk
about
it.
I
urged
this
student to get
his
father
to report
this
to
some
of
the
private
organizations
that
might
take
it
seriously,
and
he
ap-
parently
was
unable
to
do
so.
The
ridicule
suppressed the opportunity
for
this
information.
I
have
encountered
similar
things in
academic
colleagues
from
a
variety
of
fields,
finding
they
are
very
interested
and
wanting
to
hear
about
this,
but
are afraid
to
talk
about.
In
order
to
support
the
hysterical
contagion
hypothesis,
it
seems
to
me
we
need to
present
some
plausible
evidence:
First,
that
there
is
a
very
ambiguous
situation.
This
we
can
all
agree
upon.Second,
that
there
is
a
great deal
of
anxiety
and
concern
about
it.
This
appears
clearly
to
be
the
case.
Third,
some
plausible
evidence
of
contact
among
the
witnesses,either directly
by
conversing
with
one
another,
or
indirectly
by
being
exposed
to
the
same
information, the
same
stimuli.
In
cases
that
I
have
studied.
I
find
that
this
third
element
is
the
one
that
is
often
lacking,
that there are often
witnesses
who
appear not
to
have
had
prior
knowledge, not
to
have
had
contact
with
one
another,
not
to
have
been exposed, as far as
we
can
determine,
to
the
same news
information.
I
might throw
in here,
in
reference
to
a remark
Dr.
Hynek
made,
that
the
public
is
indeed very unwilling
to accept
the
kinds of
casual
and
bland
explanations
that
have
been
offered.
This has
been
my
experience
also,
and
is
indeed
an
index of the
amount
of
concern
and
anxiety
about
this,
it
appears
to
me.
Now
I
will
turn
to another
subject.
I
might summarize
in
one
sentence
that
in
my
eyes
the hypothesis that
elle
hard-core
cases
of
observed
UFO's
is
hysterical
contagion
is
highly improbable.
The
weight of
evidence
is
strongly against
it.
Now
I
would
like
to address the
question
of
what
has brought about
this situation
of
strongly
opposing
beliefs
that
seem
not
to
become
reconciled
with
one
another.
On
this
I
will
have
to digress
first
to
explain
briefly
what
I
mean by a
system of
beliefs
in
social
psychology.
Perhaps
the
best
way
to explain that
is
to
say
that
just
as nature
abhors
a vacuum,
nature abhors
an
isolated
belief.
Neither
a
belief
nor
the person
who
holds
it
can normally
persist
very long
in
isola-
tion.
The
beliefs
become
organized in
such
a
way
that,
for one
person,his various
beliefs
support one
another,
and
people gather together
in organizations to lend each other
support
in
their
beliefs.
This
is
the
sense in
which
we
have
highly developed systems of
belief
which
come
to
resist
change,to
resist
evidence.
The
circumstances
under which systems of
belief
such as
this
char-
acteristically arise
are, as
I
mentioned in passing before,
a
situation
of .ambiguity about a
matter of importance on which
there
is
not
reliable. verified
information in
which people
have
confidence. Clearly
the antidote
is
simple. It
is
to get good,
reliable
information whichpeople have
confidence in.
This
is
probably the only
way
to weaken the
irrational elements
that are strongly resistant.