UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

Announcement that the Air Force had enlisted Dr. Edward U. Condon of the
University of Colorado to head a 15-month study of unidentified flying objects
(UFOs) under~ :t313,000 grant.
Sprinkle, R. Leo. Patterns of UFO reports. Laramie, Wyoming, The Author,
1967. 15p.
References are cited which survey the literature on UFO reports, including ex-
planatory hypotheses. Results of various investigators are summarized, with
emphasis on evidence indicating that UFOs are spacecraft controUed by intelli-
gent beings who are conducting an intensive survey of the earth. Suggestions
are offered with regard to psychological procedures ~nd techniG_ues for investi-
gating UFO reports, with emphasis on hypnotic !echniques and the pendulum
technique for comparing the reliaLility of conscious and subconsdous informa-
tion from UFO observers. Speech given at Sept. 1-5, 1968, meeting of Ameri-
can Psychological Association, Washington, D. C., under title "Psychological
Problems of Gathering UFO Data.''
----- Some uses of hypnosis iri ~JFO r£Jt.arch. Laramie, Wyoming, The Author,
19GIL 18 p.
A brief review of UFO literature is presented. Examples are described in the
use of hypnotic techniques in investigation of persons who have observed UFO
phenomena. Advantages an,· disadvantages of hypnosis are discussed in regard
to obtaining more detailed information from UFO observers. Speculations are
offered regarding possible relationships of paranormal or ESP processes and
observations of UFO phenomena. Cases are described which indicate possible
relationship;; of hypnotic and psychic experiences of UFO observers. Sugges-
tions are presented for further investigation of UFO phenomena through use of
hypnotic and parapsychological procedures. Speech delivered May 9, 1968, at
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Meeting.
Szachnowski, Antoni. The necessity of a global international federation of UFO
groups. BUFORA journal and bulletin, v. 1, Spring 1965: 5-9.
L•?cture at the Southern Region UFO Research Groups Conference, Oxford,
England, May 8, 1965.
Tacker, Lawrence J. Flying saucers and the U.S. Air Fc;.·ce. Princeton, N. J.,
Van Nostrand, 1960. 164 p.
Author, a former USAF public information officer on UFOs, discusses UFO
sightings reported to Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (Project Blue
Book), Wright Patterson Air Force Base, from Summer 1947 through Summer
1960 in attempt to demonstrate that, in general, they were misinterpretations
of known objects. He also gives history of USAF's research effort into UFO
!)henomena, including Project Saucer and Project Grudge.
UFOs again. Ordnance, v. 51, Mar. -Apr. 1967: 450
Announcement that USAF had awarded a~313,000 contract to the University of
Colorado for scientific evaluation of UFOphenomenon. Project would be head-
ed by Dr. Edward U. Condon.
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