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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…
Volkman, Frank. Mystery lights over the orient. Fate, v. e, Dec. 1955: 13-16.
Report of a weit·d, lJrilliant light with a 1·evolving, rlisc-shaped nucleus seen
over northern .Tapan on March 29, 1952, over Singapore on Ap.ril 29, 1952, and
over west Korea on Oct. 19, 1952.
Wa!ling, Theodore L. Saucer sighting. !'~ate, v. 9, Dec. 1956: 35-37.
An enormons glowing object allegedly floated noiseles.:ly past the author's
house near Berkeley, Calif. , on Sept. 20, 1955.
Washington's blips. Life, v. 33, Aug. 4 1 1952: 39-40.
Report on J 1.1ly 20 and 26, 1952, incide~ts involving mysterious obji:cts in the
sky over Washington, D. C., recorded simultaneously by ground observers,
by pilots in airplanes, and on radar screens. They were also chasecl by
jet aircraft.
Webster, Rob~rt N. Let's get up to date on the flying s;mcer. Fate, v. 5, Jan.
1952: 4-8.
Reports of strange aerial phenomena viewed between August 25 and October 9,
1951.
Wilkins, Harold T. Flying saucers uncensored. New York, Citadel Press, 1955.
255 p.
Author catalogues UFO sightings and incidents over U. K., Western Europe,
U. S. , and Australia from 1947 through 1955 and speculates that extraterrestrial
visitants are possibly established in bases on moon and other planets; a cosmic
general staff m?y receive reports on terrestrial affairs as well as biological
and ecological samples from earth for purposes of study and experimentation.
Publi!;lhed also in British edition (London, A::-co, 1956), and in paperback edition
by Pyramid Pubns., Inc. (Tl6Sl), New York.
Wilrnn, Harlan. The saucer that made tracks. Fate, v. 11, Feb. 1958: 44-47.
15-yPar-old Canadian Jack Stevens claims he watched a UFO for 45 minutes
on July 30, 1957, as it hovered over a cornfield near Galt, Ontario, Canada.
Subsequent investigation revealed a 35-foot-diameter circle burned into the
field and 18-inch-long "footprints. "
----- There are meteors after ail. Fate, v. 7, May 1954: 40-43.
Report of aerial objects sighted during the last months of 1953 that seem to
be meteors.
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