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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.
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"UFOs"--they're back in new sizes, shapes, colors. U.S. news & world report,
v. 61, Aug. 22, 1966: SS-60.
Of 1966 UFO sightings, USAF officials say: (1) more variety in sizes and
shapes is reported; (2) there are lights v! all kinds concomitant with
sightings; (3) UFOs seem to be noisier than in the past; (4) appearance of
objects allegt!d!y seen during daylight hours is invariabiy that o! some
light-colored metal; (5) movement o{ reported UFOs continues to be
erratic; (5) no "little green men" have appeared; (7) sightings have been
concentrated mort: in the northeastern u. S. tha11 in the ~st; and (8) objects
exhibit apparent tenC:.ency to follow power lines.
Waithman, Robert. These flying saucers. The spectator, v. 184, Apr. 14, 1950:
489-490.
C ·Jmmentary on the flying saucer controversy.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO STUDY
Condon to head UFO study. Science, v. 154, Oct. 14, 1966: 244.
Fuller, Curtis. Air Force grants $313, 000 to study UFOs. Fate, Ft:i,. 1967: 32-39.
Df::tails of University of Colorado contract for 15-month sbidy of UFOs.
Fuller, .Tohn G. Flying saucer fiasco. Look, v. 32, May 14, 19138: 58, 60-64.
Incidents in the University of Colorado's UFO study leadine; to dismissal of
Drs. Norman Levine and David Saunders and the resignation of the project's
administrative assistant are discussed.
Lear, John. Research in America: University of Colorado study of UFOs.
Saturday Review, v. 49, Dec. 3, 1966: 87-89.
Dr. Edward U. Condon, head of the USAF-financed independent study of
the UFO phenomenon by the University of Colorado, describes his projected
general plan of operation in long-distancf' tdephone conversation with
SR's science eciitor.
Libel suit may develop f:to!!l UFO hassle. Scientific research, v. 3, May 13, 1968:
11-!2.
Article re1:x>rts that David R. Saunders and Norman E. Levine may sue
Edward U. Condon for allegedly calling them "incompetent" when he fired
them from the Air Force-sponsor~d University of Colorado UFO investi-
gation. Events leading to the firings are detailed.
218 Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 419 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.