“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…
28
Mr.
BELL.
Have
there
been
pictures
taken?
Dr.
MCDONALD.
Yes;
there
have
been
pictures
taken.
For
instance,
a
photograph
taken
in
Ohio,
by an
Air
Force
photo
reconnaissance
plane
May
24,
1954.
I
recently
have
looked
a
little
more
closely
at
the
data.
This
was
explained as
an
undersun,
but
that
idea
is
subject
to
quantitative observation.
The
angles
just
do
not
fit.
There
is
a
very
important
case
at
Edwards
Air
Force
base
with
two
wit-
nesses,
where
they
got photographs of the
object.
Unfortunately,
in
this
case
I
have
not
seen
the
photo,
but
I
have
talked
with
the
persons
who
took
it.
There
are
photographs,
but
not
nearly as
many
as
we
would
like.
We
would
like
to
have
lots
of
them.
In
a
case
in
Corning,
Calif.
a
police
officer,
one of
five
witnesses,
had a
loaded
camera
in
his
patrol car,
20
paces
from
where he
watched
the
object,
didn't
eventhink
of
getting his
camera.
He
said
he
was
too
flabbergasted to
think
of
it.
That
is
a
part
of
the
problem.
Mr.
Rousx.
Mr.
Hechler.
Mr.
HECHLER.
Have
you examined
any
reports
of
communication
by
these objects?
Dr.
MCDONALD.
Yes;
the
problem of
contact
is
very important.
There
is
one
category
of
contact,
not
in
the
sense
of
shaking hands, but
rather
light response.
I
have
a
file
on
several
of
these,
and
I'm
looking
for
more.
For
instance,
in
Shamokin,
Pa.,
Kerstetter
is
the
name
of
the
witness,
he works
for
a
bank
in
Shamokin.
I
talked to the
president
of
the
bank
as to
his
reliability
and
got
very
good
recommendations.
Last
year,
he
and
his
wife
and
family were
in
a
car
near
a
mountain
ridge
in
Shamokin, saw a
thing hovering over the
mountain,
like
the
flash-
ing
lights
of
a
theater
marque.
He
had a
flashlight.
He
didn't
know
Morse
code,
but
it
really
didn't
matter.
He
sent light
flashes
in various
orders
and
he got
lights
back
from
the
thing.
That same
thing
hap-
pened
in
Newton,
N.H.,
in
August
of
last
year,
where
several
persons
saw
an
object
coming
overhead.
The
same
thought
occurred to
them
and
they
signaled
with
a
flashlight.
It
wasn't
Morse,
it
was
dot dash
dot,
then dash dash dash,
and
it
came
back with
no
failure, replicated
light
signals.
The
same
thin
g
happened
in
West
Virginia,
where a
pharmacist,
named Sommers,did
it
with
his headlights.
When I
was
in Australia,
I
talked
about
some
hunters
out hunting kangaroo.
A
disk
came
over,
one
said
"give
them Mdrse";
the
flash
came
back
faithfully,
and
they
left
in
a
hurry.
Is
that contact?
I
don't
know.
Nobody
got
any
intelligence
out of
it
either
way,
if
you
will
pardon
the
whimsy. It would
be
terrible if
in fact
this
was
surveillance
and
our
technology
was
represented
by
the
Eveready
flashlight.
[Laughter.]
We
may
be flunking
our
exam.
Mr.Rousx. Mr. Downing.
Mr.
DOWNING.
I'm
interested
in
your
testimony.
On
page 10
of
your
written statement,
you
say
it
is
unfortunate
no
acceptable version
of Reference
6
exists,
though
it
has
managed
to get
it
into the
status
of
limited acceptability.
Why
is
this
not
available?
Dr.
MCDONALD.
Well, that
was an Air Force document. This wascompleted in 1949.
These were
classified
until just
a few
years back.
No
one could get access to
them,
because they were under
DOD
classi-
fication.
But
the
12
-year rule expired,
and Dr. Leon Davidson managedto get a copy.