“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…
90
I
should
first
emphasize
that the
distances
between
the
stars
are
absolutely
huge.
Light,
faster
than which
nothing
can
travel,
takes
4
1
/
2
years to get
from
here to
the
nearest
star.
Mr.
Rousx.
Excuse
me,
isn't
that
a
rather
arbitrary
statement?
Dr.
SAGAN.
I
don't
think
so.
Perhaps
you
can
tell
me
why
you
think
it
might
be,
then
I
can
tell
you
why
I
think
it isn't.
Mr.
ROI7SH.
In
my
opening
statement
I
referred
to the
new
audacity
of
imagination
John
Dewey
had
spoken
of.
I'm
thinking
of imagina-
tive
terms,
not
factual
terms.
Dr.
SAGAN. Let
me
say
in
a
sentence,
why
most
physicists believe
no
material
object
can
travel
faster
than
light.
That
takes
us
into
ques-
tions
of
the theory
of
relativity,
which has
had
previous encounters
with
congressional
committees,
and
perhaps
we
don't
want
to
go
into
that
in
very great
detail.
But
the
essential
point
is
that
in
making
a few,
very
few
assump-
tions,
one of which was,
the
one
we
are talking
about,
nothing goes
faster,
Einstein
was
able
to
then
derive
a
whole
body
of
predictions
which
are
confirmed
in vast
detail.
Therefore,
if
someone
says that
is
not
a good
idea,
that things
can
travel faster
than
light,
then they
have
to
come
up
with
a
physical
theory
which
explains
everything
we
know
in
a
way
that
is
consistent
with
the
idea
that
you
can
travel faster
than
light.
No
one has
succeeded in
doing
that.
Many
physicists,
have
tried.
Therefore,the
present
belief
is
that
you
can't.
But
that,
of
course,
is
a
time-dependent
statement.
It
may
be
that
this
isn't
the
ultimatetruth.
In
physics,
as in
much
of
all
science,
there are
no
permanent
truths,
There
is
a
set
of
approximations,
getting
closer
and
closer,
and
people
must
always be ready
to
revise
what
has
been
in
the past
thought
to
be
the
absolute
gospel
truth.
If
I
might
say, to
revise
opinions,
is
one
which
is
frequent
in
science,
and
less
frequent
in
politics.
[Laughter.]
Dr. SAGAN.
So
'
in the context
of contemporary
science,
I'm
obviously
speaking
in that context,
one cannot
travel
faster
than
light.
So
the
distances
between
the
stars
are extremely
large.
Of
course,
any
contemporary
space
vehicle
would
take
a
ridiculous
amount
oftime
to
get
from
here to
anywhere
else,.
but
we
are
not
talking
about
contemporary
space
vehicles.
The
queston,"Is
there
any
conceivable
method of
traveling
from
one
place to
another very
close
to the speed
of
light,
and
therefore
get
reasonable
transit
times?"
involves extrap-
olations
of
technology
of
a
very
difficult
sort.
However,
let
me
merely
say
at
least
some
people
who
have
looked
into
the
subject
have
con-
cluded that
it
is
not out of
the
question,
even with contemporary
principles
of
science,
to
imagine
vehicles
capable
of
traveling
close
to
the speed of
light,
between the
stars.
This
doesn't
mean
that
it
happens.
There
may
in fact
be
insuperable
engineering
difficulties
we
don't
know
about, but
there
is
nothing
in
the physics that
prohibits
interstellar
space
flight.
So
any
estimate
of
how
likely it is
that
we
would be
visited
by an
extraterrestrial intelligent civilization,
depends not only
on how many
of them
are there,
but on what kind of transport they have,
and how
often they launch
their
space
vehicles,
even very
optimistic estimates
for
all
these
numbers,
gives
a
conclusion that
an advance
civilization
comes here very rarely.
But I
again emphasize the great uncertainty in
any of these numerical estimates, as they involve parts of science
we
don't
know very
much
about.