“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…
32
This
extends
down
to
the
limit
of
single
houses
losing
their
power
when
a
UFO
is
near.
The
hypothesis
in
the
case
of
car
stopping
is
that
there
might
be high magnetic
fields,
d.c.
fields,
which
saturate
the
core
and
thus prevent the
pulses
going through
the system
to
the
other
side.
Just
how
a
UFO
could
trigger
an
outage
on a
large
power
network
is
however
not
yet
clear.
But
this
is
a
disturbing
series
of
coincidences
that
I
think
warrant
much
more
attention
than
they
have
so far
received.
Mr. RYAN.
As
far as
you
know,
has
any
agency
investigated
the
New
York
blackout
in
relation
to
UFO?
Dr.
MCDONALD.
None
at
all.
When I
spoke
to
the
FPC
people,
I
was
dissatisfied
with the
amount
of
information
I
could
gain.
I am
saying
there
is
a
puzzling
and
slightly
disturbing coincidence
here.
I'm
not going
on
record as
saying,
yes,
these
are
clear-cut
cause
and
effect
relations.
I'm
saying
it
ought
to
be
looked
at.
There
is
no
one
looking at
this relation
between
UFO's
and
outages.
Mr.
RousTr.
Our
time
is
really
running
short,
Mr.
Ryan.
Mr.
RYAN.
One
final
question.
Do
you
think
it
is
imperative that
the
Federal
Power
Commission,
or Federal
Communications
Com-
mission,
investigate
the
relation
if
any
between
the
sightings
and
the
blackout?
Dr.
MCDONALD.
My
position
would
call
for
a somewhat
weaker
adjective.
I'd
say
extremely
desirable.
Mr.
Ro
-
crsH.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
Dr. McDonald.
PREPARED STATEMENT ON
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
James E.
McDonald,
Senior
Physicist, Institute
of
Atmospheric
Physics,
and
Professor,
Department
of Meteorology,
The
University
of
Arizona,
Tucson,Arizona
INTRODUCTION
I
should
like
first
to
commend
the
House
Committee on
Science
and
Astronautics
for
recognizing
the
need
for
a
closer
look
at
scientific
aspects
of the
long-stand-
ing
puzzle
of the
Unidentified
Flying Objects
(UFOs). From
time
to
time
in
the
history
of
science, situations
have
arisen in
which
a
problem of
ultimately
enormous
importance
went
begging for
adequate
attention
simply because that
problem appeared
to involve
phenomena
so
far
outside
the current
bounds
of
scientific
knowledge
that
it
was
not even regarded
as
a
legitimate subject
of
serious
scientific
concern.
That
is precisely
the
situation
in
which
the
UFO
prob-
lem
now
lies.
One
of the
principal results
of
my
own
recent
intensive
study ofthe
UFO
enigma
is
this:
I
have become
convinced that the
scientific
community,
not
only in
this
country but throughout the world,
has
been
casually ignoring
as
nonsense
a
matter of
extraordinary
scientific
importance.
The
attention
of
your Committee
can,
and
I
hope
will,
aid greatly in correcting this situation.
As
you
will
note in the
following,
my
own
present opinion,
based
on
two
years
of
careful study,
is
that
UFOs
are probably
extraterrestrial
devices
engaged
in
something
that
might
very
tentatively
be termed
"surveillance."
If the
extraterrestrial
hypothesis
is
proved
correct
(and
I
emphasize
that thepresent evidence only
points in that
direction
but cannot be
said to
constitute
irrefutable
proof), then
clearly
UFOs
will
become
a
top
-priority
scientific
prob-
lem.
I
believe
you might
agree
that,
even
if
there
were
a
slight
chance of the
correctness
of that hypothesis, the
UFOs
would
demand
the
most
careful atten-tion.
In
fact,
that chance seems
to
some
of us
a
long
way
from
trivial.
We
sharethe view of Vice
Adm. R. H.
Hillenkoetter,
former
CIA
Director,
who
said eight
years ago, "It
is
imperative that
we
learn
where
the
UFOs
come from and what
their
purpose
is
(Ref. 1)"
Since your Committee
is
concerned not only with broadaspects of our
national
scientific
program but
also with the prosecution of our
entire space program, and
since that space program has been
tied in for
some