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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
Ho.·owitz, Norman. Is there life on other planets? Engin£c!'ing and science, v. 24, March 1961: 11-15. Possible existence on Mars and VP.nus of terrestrial form of living matter based on proteins and nucleic ac~ds is discussed. Huang, Su-shu. Some astronomical aspects of life in the univer,se. SKy and telescope, v. 21, June 1961: 312-31'3. Stellar life histories are briefly discussed as well as prerequisites for a life-supporting planet. It is suggested that mo.st single stars of the main sequence between F5 and K5 could probably support life of an advanced form on the planets revolving around them. Temperature and atmosphere of Mars and Venus are discussed in detail and speculations made as to ~xis tence of life there. Maney, Charles A. ls Venus inhabited? Flying saucer review, v. 11, Sept. - Oct. 1965: 6-8. It is <:ltated that U. S. ~cientists, as v;ell as astrophysic:ists from the U.S. S. R., have found atomic oxygen and nitrogen ia the dark light of Venus, providing evidence that the atmosphere of Venus is quite liKe that of earth. The author speculates thJ.i Venus may ther 'ore be inhabited by human beings not too unlike the people on earth. No chance of life on Venus; scientific data from Mariner II. Business week, Dec. 29, 1962: 22. Oparin, Aleksa.ndr I. and V. Fesenkov. Life in the universe. New YorK, Tv.ayne Publishers, Inc., 19136. 245 p. On basis of most recent information in natur<J.l science, author discusses probability of universal existence of life-bearing planets, with special at- tention to Mn.rs and Venus. Translation of Zhizn' vo veselerrno'i (Moscow, 1956). Serviss, Garrett P. Curiosities of the sky. New YorK, Harper & Bros .. 1909. 268 p. A brliU.d general view of the chief mysteries and problems of astronomy iE given; possibility of life and intelligence on thl' moon and on Mars L; d~&cussed. Shapley, Harlow. The probable e.wironment 01'1 other planets. In Pirit.?. N. W., ed. Tl,e biology of space travel. London, The Institute of 13iology, 1961. p. 107-116. Discussion topics include: ozone barrierb, the lunar surface and atmos- phere, cosmochemistr~·--the local sampling, the Venus greenh0use and Martian deserts, the origia of life as one step in cosmic evolution, and life on the Lilliputian stars. 253
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