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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. 1 …The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference…
  • p. 16 …Force on UFOs. New Yvrk, Dell Pub. Co., 1967. l57 p. "From the files of the…
  • p. 23 …Documented report containing 746 UFO sighting cases selected from NICAP files and covering NICAP's investigations…
  • p. 27 …ln the files d. NICAP. Summarizes current theories and expla'lations of UFO phenomena. Translation of…
  • p. 28 …National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966. Washington, D…
  • p. 40 …Presence of port- holes would then preclude a meteoric or other "natural'' explanation for a UFO…
  • p. 139 …information in the files of NICAP. Summarizes current theories and explanations of UFO phenomena. Miller, R…
  • p. 155 …This man knows UFOs. Canadian magazine, May 25, 1968: 9, 11. On July 6, 1967, Warren…
  • p. 160 …Two more facts for the UFO file. Flying saucer review, v. 8, July-Aug. 1962: 14…
  • p. 177 In setting up a scientific im·esti~ation into the UFO phenomenon, it is suggested that…
  • p. 192 …National Investigations Committee o,, Aerial Phenomena. NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966. Washington, D…
  • p. 201 …Documented report containing 746 UFO sighting cases selected from NICAP filE:s and covering NICAP's…
  • p. 204 …in the files of NICAP. Summari?.es current theories and explana~ ions of UFO phenomena. Translation…
  • p. 205 National Investlgations Committee on Aerial Pheno1:1ena. (NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966j. Wasbington…
  • p. 219 Documented report c0ntaining 746 UFO sighting cases selected f.r<•m NICAP files and covering NICAP…
  • p. 222 …National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. NICA P Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966 . Washington…
Pittenger, Norman W. Christianity and the man o:i l\t.ars. C!uistian century,
v. 73, June 20, 1956: 747-748.
Quiroga, R. A. La conquista de los grandes planetas. Revista Nacional de
Aeronautica Espacial, v. 21. Jan. 1961: 8-9.
Discussion of the atmospheric and other characteristics of Mars and V.!nus
which are of importance 'hilh respect to their habitability. The "population
explosion'' on earth is noted and the possibi!ity of colonizing other planets
is considered briefly, as is the possible existence there of living beings
resembling man.
Rea, D. G. Evidence for life on Mars. Nature, v. 200, Oct. 12, 1963:
114-116.
Author states that while observations of seasonal changes on Mars seem
to favor the probability of organic life, he [irefers an inoq~anir explana-
tion involving appropriate combinationG of volcanic ash, lava, and winds.
Rember, Winthrop A. Eighteen visits to Mars. New York. Vantage Press,
1956. 439 p.
Narrative of journeys to, and exploration of the planet Mars, Oct. 6,
1892-Sept. 16, 1894. Througn a phase of mediumship called ''semi-
automatism," discarnate spirits ciictate observations and expederwes.
Based on Sara Weiss' Journey to the Pianet Mars; or Our Mission to Ento,
Rochester, N. Y. , Austin Publishing Co. , 19()5.
Russian report: Is there life on Mars? Fate, v. 13, Apr. 1960: 27-33.
Theories and data are presented supporting the view that conditions favor-
able to carbon-based life might exist on Mars. G. A. Tikhov, correspond-
ing member of the U.S. S. R. Academy of Science, photographed Mars
through colored heliofilters, obs~rveci the changing colors through the seasons,
and concluded that they parallel the changing colors of the evergreen taiga in
Siberia. He also concluded that if vegetati...m exists on lV&ars it does nc;t show
presence of chloroJJhyll but !)hotographs white as do earth's Arctic plants.
Translate<J from A Guest from the Cosmos by Aleksandr l<azantsev, Moscow,
House of Geograμhical Littrature, 1958.
Sagan, Carl. Biological exploration of Mars. In Morgenthaler, George W..
ed. Exploration of Mars. Nortil Hollywood.Calif., WJstecn Periodicals
Co., 1963. p. 571-581 (Advances in the astronautical sciences. v. 15}
Present evidence strongly suggests, 00.t does not conclusively prove, that
life exists on Mars, the author states. He notes tnat intercomparison of
Martian and terrestrial organisms, botn on the biochemical and on t;ic
morphological levels, can provide a general perspective wi1ic11 is eurrently
laci{ing in biology because all the life forms known to date have probably
evolved from a sing~e instanc€' foe origin of life.
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