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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.
“Scientific American”22 pages
McDonald, James E. UFOs--an international scientific p!'oblem. Tucson, Ariz., The Author, 1968. 40 p. Summarizing his position, the author states. (1) the UFO problem seems to be a matter of great scientific intt:rest; (2) machine-like objects--possibly t:xtrater't"e'-~"ial ir. origin--have been repeatedly seen, often by observers of VP.i"J high c·~aubility; (3) UFO observatinns are being made on a global scale indicating an international scientific problem; (4) there hc>s never been a thorough scientific investigation cf UFOs; (5) there is no convincing evidence o~ U. S. cover-up conspiracy operating to conceal true nature of UFO problem; (6) Condon Committee's lack of scientific vigor in conducting USA'F · sponsored UFO study is disappointing; (7) UFO study programs by scientifir, groups are needed U:roughout the world to systematically appraise con- ceivable hypotheses to account for UFO phenomena. Speech given Mar. 12, 1968, at the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute Astronautics Symposium, Montreal, Canada. ----- UFOs--extraterrestrial probes? Astron~utics & aeronautics, v. 5, Aug. HHi7: 19-20. Author states his belief that the extraterrestrial-ox·igin hypothesis for the UFO phenomenon must be given sei"ious scientific attention. Re points out that most arguments against feasibility of interstellar travel are couched in terms of present-day scientific knowledge a.nci technology. Markowitz, William. The physics and metaphysics of unid~ntified flying objects. Science, v. 157, Sept. 15, 1967: 1274-1279. Reported UFOs cannot be under extrfl.terrestrial control if the laws of physics are valid, the author a:.;serts. He adds that the data published do not justify the holding of investig•ltions of tht::! t>~.enomian•Jn. The new saucer epidemic. New republic, v. 127, Aug. 18, 195:!: 7 Commentary on increased reports of UFO sigJttings. Opinions of scientists (including Donald H. Menzel and Noel Scott) who believe it unlikely that flying saucers come from another planet are given. Posin, Dan Q, An eye on space. Popular mechanics, v. 113, Feb. 1960: 103. Commentary on reports of "hair-raising sights in the sky. " Unitamed scientist is quoted as saying that while it is not probable that extraterrestrial spacecraft have visited earth, ''they can come and they might come -- any day." Professor Hermann Oberth defends the flying saucer. Flying saucer review, v. 8, Seit. -Oct. 1962; 15-16. In an interview in Barcelona by Antonio Ribera during the Second Congr~ss of Aeronautical and Space Medicine, Dr. Oberth qaid that in his opinion, the higher forms of life in our planetary system are to be found only on earth. If we are to seek the place of origin of the flying saucers, we must look to 216
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