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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…
Creighton, Gordon. The extraordinary happenings at Casa Blanc;:i.. Flying saucer
review, v. 13, Sept. -Oct. 1967: 16-18.
On Aug. 22, 1955, a group of children pl.aying in the garden of a home in
Casa Blanca, California, allegedly first sighted silvery, spinning discs and
later 3-ft. -tall transparent beings who emerged from lanJed craft. Author
considers accounts of incident by Coral Lorenzen in Flying Saucer Review's The
Humanoids and by Winona Cromwell in a 1955 issue of the Journal of the --
Borderland Sciences Research Association.
----- UFOs in the South Atlantic. Flying saucer review, v. 14, Jan. -Feb. 1968: 13.
During the summer of 1952, "disc-shaped machims" were seen hovering a
meter or so above the south Atlantic off the coast of Itenhaem, Brazil. From
Os Discos Voadores-Fantasia e Realidad by Auriphebo Simoes (~o Paulo,
Livr~ia .Eaart,. 1957. p. 375-376).
Cruttwell, Norman E. G. Flying saucers over Papua in 1959; points out general
characteristics of series; and discusses their possible nature, origin,
and pu1·post:!, UFO activity at Boianai, Papua, June 26-27, 1959, where
humanoids were observed in hovering spacecraft by Anglican Mission director
Father William B. Gill is given particular attention.
----- What happened in Papua in 1959? Flying saucer review, v. 6, Nov. -Dec.
1960: 3-7.
Details and an:ilysis of sighting on June 26-27, 1959, at Boianai Mission~ Papua,
of UFO apparently manned by humanoids.
Dagenis, Arleigh J. Do you believe in flying saucers? Michigan technic, Jan. 1960:
16-17' 50-51.
Author summarizes details of June 1947 sighting by Kenneth Arnold of flying
disc-shaped objects; the January 1948 crash of Capt. Mantell while chasing
a UFO; and the June 19 52 appearances of mysterious objects over the White
House and Capitol. He reviews the various explanatory theories.
Dixon, William A. Saucers or illusions? Air facts, v. 14, Sept. 1, 1951: 37-43.
Report by TWA pilot Capt. Art Shutts of UFO sighting on Dec. 27, 1950
(Flight 361) near Bradford, Illinois. Crew me1.1bers Capt. Robert Kaddock
and hostess Mary Lind also saw object.
Dowling, J. Flying saucer over Durban. Outspan, v. 1449, Dec. 3, 1954: 14-17.
Edwards, Frank. Flying saucer:> over Brazil. Fate, v. 13, Sept. 1960: 42-49.
Reports UFO sightings in Brazil 1953-1958.
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