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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.

  • p. 26 …with cogent scientific arguments, he said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968~ before the American Institute of…
  • p. 30 …D, Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitude Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences…
  • p. 32 …24, 1959, by American aud United Airlines pilots. Akron, Obit', 1960. 22 p. Report includes statements…
  • p. 44 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 85 …New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 o. Reports from men and women…
  • p. 113 …with cogent scientific arguments, i1e said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968, before the American Institute of…
  • p. 123 …Salisbury, New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 p. Reports from men and…
  • p. 136 …All relia.bly reported UFO incidents can be fully explained when sufficient scientific data are provided…
  • p. 137 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 144 …1-5, 1968, meeting of American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C, , under title "Psychological Problems of…
  • p. 181 …Project is supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Serious flaws in AF Special Report…
  • p. 184 …Author reports on his imprei:sions of trends--motivations and theories--in American ·ufology. Vall~e…
  • p. 209 …24, 1959, an American Airlines OC-6 piloted by Cavt. Peter Killian sighted three UFOs. Crew…
  • p. 236 …What is the unidentified Hying object situation these days? American engineer, Mar. 1967: 55. Two new…
  • p. 239 …Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitudes Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences (P…
  • p. 253 …Summar; ot current scientific data on the possibility of intelligent life on other planets in our…
  • p. 292 …Scientific American, v. 202, Jan. 1960: 45-51. The ''-'~1-id's largest steerable telescope, under…
  • p. 304 …Is man alone in space? Scientific American, v. 189, July 1953: 80-82, 84, 86. The…
  • p. 342 …Survey of "quasi-scientific" theories. Chapters are included on the flat and hollow earth theories; Fortean…
  • p. 364 …A collection of essays selected from those submitted in the Scientific American's prize competition. M…
  • p. 395 …Raymond E. Engineer involvemeut in UFO investigations. American engineer, May 1968: 29-31. The Massachusetts Investigating…
  • p. 398 …Article contains reprint of William Dunbar's report in Transactions of the American Philosopical Society (v…
Author believes that the scient.ific way to process UFO data is to divide the prob-
lem into two parts: (1) consider all the reports from all available sources, try-
ing to explain them in terms of conventional objects; (2) when all identified cases
have been eliminated, the residue must contain reference to the UFO phenome-
non if it exists as an unconventional, objective agent in the generation of reports.
Vallee, Jacques. A survey of French UFO research groups. Flying saucer review,
v. 13, Sept. -Oct. 1967: 22-24.
Evaluation of the five major French publications devoted to UFO research:
Ouranos (Commission Internationale d' Enqu~tes Scientifiques Ouranos); GEPA
Bulletin (GroupemE>ct d' Etude de PMnomen~s Aeriens); lllnieres dans la"""N\i'it;
Letaurier Interplanetaire; and the CEREIC Bulletin (Centred' Etude et de
Recherche d' Elements Inconnus de Civilization).
----- A ten point research proposal. Flying saucer review, v. 12, Sept. -Oct.
1966: 12-14.
Author suggests thJ.t UFO research is an ordinary field of science and lists ten
problems which can be resolved by applying conventional scientific techniques
(i.e., problems which do not require t~~ development of new methods and do
not pre-suppose new discoveries in other fields of knowledge).
----- UFO research in the U.S. A. Flying saucer review, v. 11, Nov. -Dec. 1965:
~2-36.
Author lists civilian groups rictive in UFO research and attempts to assess their
reliability.
----- UFO research in the U.S. A. Flying saucer review, v. 12, Jan. -Feb. 1966:
6-11.
Author reports on his imprei:sions of trends--motivations and theories--in
American ·ufology.
Vall~e, Jacques and Janine Vallee. Les ph~nomenes insolites de l 'esp?..ce; le dos-
sier des mysterieux objets celestes. Paris, La Table Rond, 1966. 321 p.
Part I (Chapters 3-5) is devoted to a discussion of whether the location of sight-
ings foHows a precise law; Part II (Chapters 7-10) discusses variations in the
frequency of sighting reports and their possible correlation with known phe-
nomena; Part lil (Chapters 11-13) is an attempt to establish as accurate a clas-
sification categories as possible for different types of sighting reports and
descriptions or the physical characteristics of the objects sighted.
Veit, Karl L. Erforschung ausserirdischer Weltraumschiffe -- ein wissenschaft-
liches Anliegen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Wiesbaden-Schierstein, Yentl.a-Verlag,
1963. 95 p.
Discussion of ideas on the current state of European astronomy is followed by
a report on UFO's by Ruppelt, by statements of scientists on life in the uni-
verse, a report on UFO research activities in the USA, reports of UFO land1ngs
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