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UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

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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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  • p. 6 …under the direction of Dr. Edward U. Condon on unidentified flying objects. The research began 1…
  • p. 15 …flying saucer things." 395 "Stay calm, Dr. Condon -- Just tell them you don't believe in…
  • p. 27 …conceal true nature of UFO problem; (6) Condon Committee's lack of scientific vigor in ::onducting…
  • p. 40 …researchers, and (2) establish- ment of the Condon ,roject at the University of Colorado to study…
  • p. 50 …of Colorado, headed by Dr. Edward U. Condon. Smith, E. R. UFOs and artificial satellites. F1y…
  • p. 177 …researchers, and (2) establish- ment of the Condon Project at the University GI Cul orado to…
  • p. 181 …111. Interview with physicist Dr. Erlward U. Condon about procedures and techniques planned in UFO investigation…
  • p. 182 …Air Force had enlisted Dr. Edward U. Condon of the University of Colorado to head a…
  • p. 233 …cover-up conspiracy operating to conceal true nature of UFO problem; (6) Condon Committee's lack…
  • p. 235 …UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDY Condon to head UFO study. Science, v. 154, Oct. 14, 1966: 244…
  • p. 236 …of Colorado, headed by Dr. Edward U. Condon. Findings would be released in Fall 1!168…
  • p. 237 …would be headed by Dr. Edward U. Condon. UFO-watche~ watc)ler. Newsweek, 'I. 69, JI…
  • p. 394 …study of UFOs directed by Edward U. Condon. Calkins, Ken. America has closed the credulity gap…
  • p. 398 …UFOs? yes~, where the Condon Committee went wrong. New York, Signet Books, 1968. 256 p. Bias…
  • p. 413 . .;:;; "Stay calm, Dr. Condon -- Ju3t tell them you don't believe in them~ " -- The Denver Post…
Menzel, Donald H. Do flying saucers move in straight lines? Flying saucer
review, v. IO, Mar. -Apr. 1964: 3-7.
It is contended that orthoteny (occurrence of UFO sightings from places that
lie on the same "straight line"), l!.s discovered by Aime Michel, is invalid
because it is based on questionable statistics.
----- Global orthoteny. Flying saucer review, v. IO, July-Ang. 1964: 3-4.
Author attacki:: Aime Michel's claim that local orthotenic alignment discovered
during UFO sightings could be extended to constitute great world circle lines
and also critifizes claims of further developments in orthotenic research by
Jacques Vallee.
----- Orthoteny -- a lost cause. Parts I and II. Flying saucer review, v. 11,
May-June 1965: 9-11; July-Aug. 1965: 26-28.
Critique of orthoteny. Author suggests Aime Michel's straight lines are
only accidental alignments of randomly clispersed points and that his
statistics are incorrect. (Michel had theorized that UFO sighting points
could be joined together by straight lines all radiating from the point where
a "cigar-shaped" mother-ship had been seen. )
Michel, Aime'. Flying saucers and the straight-line mystery. Pref. by L. M.
Chassin. New York, Criterion Books, 1958. 285 p.
Author discusses his discovery that UFO sightings of a single day during
late Summer and early Fall 1954, even though they might occur as far
a[Ql't as England, France, and northern Italy, fell clearly and precisely
along straight lines forming highly charactf!ristic patterns suggesting
systematic aerial exploration. Translated from _Myst~rieux obiets ce'lestes
and edited by the Research Division c;f Civilian Saucer Intelligence of
New York. Appendix on latest U. s. sightings by Alexander D. Mebane.
----- Global orthoteny. Flying saucer review, v. 9, May-June 1963: ~-7.
Michel announces that "local" orthotenic alignments previously discovered in
UFO sightings can be extended to constitute great world circle lines.
----- New thoughts on orthoteny. Flying saucer review, v. 12, Jan. -Feb. 1966:
19.
Michel speculates that his presumed discovery of an underlying order in
manifestations of UFO phenomena on a planetary scale--orthoteny--was but
a false trail.
----- Reflecti'lns of an honest liar. Flying saucer review, v, 11, May-June
1965: 11-14.
Author points out discrepancies in Dr. Men.:i:el' ..;; analyses of orthotenic
statisdcs.
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