“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…
137
technique
introduced
in recent
years
offers
more
promise for
space
surveillance.
In
my
view, the
scientific
principles
underlying the
pro-
posed
surveillance
system
are
sound,
and
a
developmental measure-
ments
program
should
be
initiated.
(4) The
software
designed
for the
FPS
-85
phase
-array
radar
at
Eglin
Air
Force
Base
be extended
in
order
to
provide
a
capability
to
detect
and
track
anomalistic
space
objects.
The
relatively
inex-
pensive
modification
could
include
the
implementation
of
trackingtechniques
such
as
those outlined in
Baker
(1967).
It should,
however,
be
clearly
borne
in
mind
that
only
a
limited
amount
of
tracking
time
(about
30
percent) could
be devoted
to
this
endeavor,
because
of
theoverriding
importance
of
the
surveillance
of
manmade
space
objects
which
is
the
basic
responsibility
of
this
radar.
(5)
Various
"listening
post"
projects
should
be
reestablished
(us-
ing
existing
instruments)
in
order
to
seek
out
possible
communica-
tions
from
other
intelligent
life
sources in the
universe.
See, for
ex-
ample,
Shklovskii
and Sagan
(1966),
chapters 27, 28, 30,
and
34.
(6)
Technological
and
behavioral pattern forecasting
studies
should
be encouraged
in
order
to give
at
least
limited insight into
the
gross
characteristics
of
an
advanced
civilization.
These
studies
(probablynot
Government funded)
should
include
the
social
-psychological
im-
plications
of
anomalistic observational
phenomena,
as well as thepsychological
impact
upon
our
own
culture
that could
be
expected
from
"contact" with
an
advanced
civilization.
(See
ch.
33
of Shklov-
skii
and Sagan
(1966)
.)
(7)
Studies should
be
initiated
in
the
psychiatric/medical
problems
of
evaluating the
credibility
of
witness'
testimony concerning
bizarre
or unusual
events.
(See
app.
3
of
this
report.)
PART
5.
AFTERWARD
All
of
the foregoing
recommendations
involve
the expenditure
of
funds,
and
we
are
all
well
aware
of
the
severe limitations
on
the
fund-
ing of
research
today.
On
the other
hand,
I
feel
that
one of
the trapsthat
we
have
fallen into,
so far,
is
reliance
on
quick
-look,
under-
manned
and
underfunded
programs
to
investigate
a tremendous
quantity
of
often
ambiguous
data.
I
would
discourage
such
programs
as being
diversionary, in
regard
to
the
overall
scientific
goal.
The
goal
of understanding
anomalistic
phenomena,
if
attained,
may
be of unprecedented importance
to the
human
race.
We
must
get a
positive
scientific
program
off
the
ground; a program
that progresses
according to the highest
scientific
standards,
has
specific
objectives,
is
well
funded,and
long term.
Thank
you.
(The
appendixes
and
attachments
to
Dr.
Baker's statement follow:)
PART
1
ABSTRACTS
FROM BAKER
(1956) RELATED TO
THE UTAH FILM—ANALYSIS
OF
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ANALYSIS OF
THE "UTAH"
FILM TRACKING
UFO'S
Several Unidentified Flying Objects
(UFO's) were
sighted
and
photographed
at about 11 :10
MST
on July 2,
1952 by Delbert C. Newhouse
at
a
point
on
State
Highway
30, seven miles north of Tremonton, Utah
(latitude 41°
50', longitude
97-818
0-68-10