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This is Government Attic's posting of a 1969 Library of Congress annotated bibliography, UFOs and Related Subjects, compiled by Lynn E. Catoe for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The Defense Technical Information Center released it under FOIA in November 2014. The bibliography lists more than 1,600 items and was requested to support the University of Colorado UFO study led by Edward U. Condon. Its preface concludes that no simple, single explanation of the UFO phenomenon applies to all cases.
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Ferguson, William. A message from outer space. Oak Park, Ill., Golden Age Press, 1955. 54 p. A translation decoding thE> Book of Revelations allegedly given to author telepathically by "Khauga, the angel who gave itto St. John." Flying saucers are said to be the spacecraft of "perfected beings'' who ru:e "progressed to a four dimensional ~tate of reality" and who are "preparing earth for the second coming of Jesus. " Finds saucers exist solely in imagination. Science digest, v. 37, J at;. 1955: 24. Flying saucer controversy; meteorological balloons, and weather conditions which may provide explanations of the phenomenon. Illustrated T...ondon news, v. 223, Dec. 5, 1953: 936-937. The flying saucer mystery. Science news letter, v. 57, Mar. 25, 1950: 188. The "most likely" explanations of reported flying saucers are reported as: (1) the planet Venus; (2) balloons; (3) meb•ors; (4) secretly tested aircraft; (5) mass hallucinations; (6) secret disc-like devices being tested by the armed forces. Flying saucers. The engineer, v. 191, Mar. 30, 1951: 416-417. Office of Naval Research's official announcement that flying saucers are Skyhook balloons prompted speculation as to why, if this is true, so much time and effort were lavished on "Project Saucer." Flying saucers. Public opinion quarterly, v. 14, Fall 1950: 597-598. Results of poll in which question was asked: What do you think flying saucers are? Asked of 94% of a national sample who had heard or read of UFOs. 23o/r believed they were Army or Navy experiments or new weapons; 16% thought them to be an optical illusion or hoax; 5% said they were comets, shooting stars, or something from another planet. Fouere, Rene. Leurres et realites. Phenomenes spatiaux, Mar. 1967: 13-17, Phenomena often mistaken for UFOs are discussed. ----- Meteors ahublots. Phenomenes spatiaux, Feb. 1965: 7-9. Meteors and atmospheric phetiomena have often been mistaken for flying saucers. Plasmas resembling flying saucers have been synthesized in the laboratory. However, none of these phenomena have features that even remotely resemble the "portholes" described in many alleged sightings. Presence of portholes would then preclude a meteoric or other "natural" explanation for a UFO sighting. 113
Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 419 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.