“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…
26
Meteorological
optics
is
a
subject
that
I
enjoy
and
have
looked
into
over the
years rather
carefully,
and
I
must
express
for
the
record
my
very strong
disagreement
with
Dr.
Donald
H.
Menzel,
former
director
of
Harvard
Observatory,
whose
two
books
on
the
subject
of
UFO's
lean
primarily
on
meteorological explanations.
I
have
checked
case
after
case
of
his,
and
his
explanations are very,
very far
removed
fromwhat
are
well-known
principles
and
quantitative aspects
of
meteor-
ological
optic
objects.
He
has
made
statements
that
simply
do
not
fit
what
is
known
about
meteorological
objects.
I
would
be
prepared
to
talk
all
day
on
specific
illustrations
but time
will
not permit
more.
Secondly,
there
has
more
recently
been
a
suggestion
made
by
"Avia-
tion
Week"
Senior
Editor
Philip
J.
Klass, that the
really interesting
UFO's
are
atmospheric
-electrical
plasmas of
some
type
similar
to
ball
lightning,
but
perhaps something
different,
something
we
don't
yet
understand
but
are generated
by
atmospheric
processes.
The
first
time
anyone
tried
the
ball
lightning hypothesis
was
in
Air
Force
Project
Grudge,
back
in 1949.
The
Weather Bureau
was
asked
to
do
a
special
study
of
ball
lightning.
I
recently
got
a
declassified
copy
of
that,
and
the
Air
Force
position
at that time,
and
since
then
was
that
ball
lightning
doesn't
come
near
to explaining
these
sight-
ings.
I
concur
in
that.
When
you
deal
with
multiple-witness
cases
in-
volving
discs
with
metallic
luster,
definite
outline,
seen in the
day-
time, completely
removed
from a
thunderstorm, perhaps
seen
over
center
Manhattan,
or perhaps
in
Redlands,
Calif.,
they
are
not
ball
lightning
or
plasmas.
In
weather
completely
unrelated to
anything
that could provide
a
source
of
energy, the continuous
power
source required to
maintain
aplasma
in
the
face
of
recombination
and
decay of
a
plasma,
Klass'
views
just
do
not
make
good
sense.
It
is
just
not
reasonable
to suggest
that,
say
the
BOAC
Strato-
cruiser
that
was
followed
by
six
UFO's
for
90
miles
up
in the St.
Lawrence
Valley
in
1954
was
followed
by
a
plasma,or that
these
peoplein
Redlands were
looking
at
a
plasma, or
that the
20
or
so
objects
that
went
over
Farmington
were
plasmas.
One
of
the
most
characteristic
features
of
a
plasma
is
its
very
short
lifetime
and
exceedingly great
instability,
as
some
of your
members
will
know
from
your
contact
with
fusion research
problems.
The
diffi-
culty
of
sustaining
a plasma
for
more
than
microseconds
is
a
very great
difficulty.
To
suggest that
clear
weather
conditions
can
somehow
cre-
ate
and
maintain plasmas
that
persist
for
many
minutes,
and
fool
pilots
with
18,000
flight
hours
into
thinking that they
are white-
and
red
-domed
discs,
to take
a
very
famous
case
over Philadelphia
wherethe
pilot
thought he was
about 100
yards
from
this
dome
-disc, is
un-
reasonable.
It
is
not a
scientifically
well-defended viewpoint.
To
conclude, then,
my
position
is
that
UFO's
are
entirely real
and
we do
not
know what
they
are, because
we
have laughed
them out of
court.
The
possibility
that these are
extraterrestrial devices,
that
we
are
dealing with
surveillance
from some advanced technology,
is
a
possi-bility
I
take very
seriously.
I
reach that hypothesis, as
my
preferred hypothesis, not by hard
fact,
hardware,
tailfins,
or reading
license plates,
but by having ex-