“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…
92
that the
capability
of
human
populations to
self-delusion,
has
i
s
not been
i
accorded appropriate
weight
in
these considerations.
There
s
an
nter-
esting
book
published
about
a
century
ago
by
McKay
called
"Extraor-
dinary
Popular
Delusions
and
the
Madness
of
Crowds," which
I
commend
to
the committee.
It
goes
into
such
things as
alchemy,
.and
witchcraft.
After
all,
there
have
been
centuries
in
which
these
things
were
considered to
be
as
obviously true
as
anything,
and
yet
we nowknow
that
this
is
really
nonsense.
So
the
possibility
of
these sort
of
delusions
having
a
kind of
con-
temporary
guise
as
UFO's
should
not be
thrown
out
altogether.
I
do
not
think
that explains
most
or
all
of
the
unidentified
settings.
Since the
funds
are
so
painfully
tragically
short for
science
today,
the
priority
question
boils
down
to
this:
In
the
search
for
extrater-
restrial
life
there
is
a
high
risk,
high
possibility,
that
is
the
one
we
are
talking
about today
namely,
UFO's—there
is
a
high
risk
that
they
are
not of
extraterrestrial
origin,
but
if
they
are,
we
are sure
going
to learn
a
lot.
Compared
to
that,
there
is
a
moderate
risk, significant
return
pos-
sibility,
and
that
is,
looking
for
life
even simple
forms
on
nearby
planets,
and
searching
for
intelligent
radio
communications
by
thetechniques
of
radio
astronomy.
Here
it is
clear
there
will
be
significant
paydirt
of
one
sort
or
another for
what
I
gather
is
a comparable
sort
of
investment.
So
if
Congress
is
interested,
and
I'm not
sure
it
is,
I
think
it
might
very
well
ought
to
be,
but
if
Congress
is
interested
in
a
pursuit
of
the
question
of
extraterrestrial
life,
I
believe
it
would
be
much
better
advised to
support
the
biology,
the
Mariner,
and Voyager programs
of
NASA,
and
the
radio
astronomy
programs of
the National
Science
Foundation,than
to
pour
very
much money
into
this
study of
UFO's.
On
the
other
hand,
I
think
a
moderate support of
investigations
of
UFO's
might
very
well
have
some
scientific
paydirt in
it,
but perhapsnot the
one
that
we
are talking
about
today.
Mr.
Chairman
that concludes
my
statement except that
I
request
that
you
include
for the
record
a
statement
entitled
"Unidentified
Fly-
ing
Objects" that
I
prepared for the Encyclopedia
Americana.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS*
(by
Carl
Sagan)
Unidentified
flying
objects
(UFO's)
is
the
generic
term
for
moving
aerial
or
celestial
phenomena,
detected visually
or
by
radar,
whose
nature
is
not
iramedi•
ately
understood.
Interest
in these objects
stems
from
speculation
that
some
of
them
are the products of
civilizations
beyond the
earth,
and from
the
psychologi-
cal insights into
contemporary
human
problems that
this interpretation provides.
Observations. Unidentified flying objects
have been
described variously
as
rapidly
moving or
hovering:
disc
-shaped, cigar-shaped,
or
ball
-shaped
moving
silently
or
noisily;
with
a
fiery
exhaust,
or
with
no
exhaust whatever; accom-pained
by
flashing
lights,
or uniformly glowing with
a
silvery cast.
The
diversity
of the
observations suggests that
UFO's
have
no common
origin
and
that the useof such terms as
UFO's
or
"flying
saucers" serves only to confuse the
issue
by
grouping
generically
a
variety
of unrelated
phenomena.
In
the United
States,
popular
interest in unidentified flying objects
began on
June
24, 1947,
when a
group of rapidly
moving,
glistening objects
was
observed
*In Encyclopedia Americana
(New
York:
Grolier) and In
Ball.
Atom.
Set.,
23, (6), 43,1967.