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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.
“International UFO Reporter”18 pages
Rogers, Warren. Flying saucers. Look, v. 31, Mar. 21, 1967: 76-80.
Background information on the USAF-sponsorei:t study of the UFO phenomenon
by the University of Colorado- -what it hop{'S to accom1;iish and how.
Ruppelt, Edward F. Inside story of the sauce:s. Science digest, \'. 39. Apr. 1956:
35-41.
Condensed frcm a chapter of the book, '_fhe Report on Unidentified_ _fJiing Ob_:
jects, published in New York by Doubleday, 1956. Author describes his activ-
ities as head of USAF's Project Blue Book, 1951-!953. He states that while
balloons, airplanes, stars, and many other common objects have been report-
ed as UFOs, there are hundreds of other UFO reports which crirry the verdict,
"Conclusion Unknown."
----- What our Air Force found out about fly!ng saucers. True, May 1954: 19-20,
22, 24, 26, 30, 124-134.
Ruppelt, in charge of USAF's Project Blue Book from 1951 to 1953, reports
what he learned about flying saucers during this period. He states his opinion
that the saucers a~e either interplanetary or cto not exist.
Science and space: UFO-watcher watcher. Newsweek, \'. 69, Mar. 20, 1967: 111.
Interview with physicist Dr. Erlward U. Condon about procedures and techniques
planned in UFO investigation he heads at the University of Colorado. Project
is supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Serious flaws in AF Special Report 14 revealed by NICAP analysis. The UFO inves-
tigator, v. 1, Jan. 1958: 16-16.
Analysis of the main points of USAF Project Blue Book report.
Sharp, Peter F. The truth: some suggestions for the inve~tigator. Flying sau<'er
review, v. 9, Nov. -Dec. 1963: 7-&.
Advice to UFO researchers: (1) the investigator should always bear in mind
the scarcity factor, i.e., his normal reaction is to become increasingly scepti-
cal as the unusualness of the case increases; (2) theories must only be huilt on
wide experience and documentation.
Snuldiner, Herbert. The great UFO probe. Popular science, v. 191, Oct. 1967:
120-123.
Report on the objectives of a $313,000 USAF-sponsored study of the UFO phe-
nomenon at the University of Colorado, headed by Dr. Edward U. Condon.
Findings would be released in Fall 1968.
Simons, Howard. American newsletter. New scientist, v. 32, Oct. 27, 1966: 174.
164 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.