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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.
“Condon”15 pages
Author defends doctrine of plurality of inhabited worlds by citing current astro- r.or; ical discoveries and by analyzing and refuting objections. Briggs, Michael H. Other astronomers in the universe? Southern str.rs, v. 18, Sept. 1960: 147-151. Author con:dder~ problems raised by the hypothesis that some cosmic radio signals :i.re im.ellige1~tly produced. ----- Superior galactic communities. Spaceflight, v. 3, May l!l61: 109-110. Author suggests that if there are intelligent extraterrestrials on pl&.nets in this galaxy, they may be sc:entifically and technolof!:ically advanced enough to know of both earth and of man as ari intelligent life form. Attempt by them to es- tablish contact might be by radio transmissions, space probes, and emission of radiation in the far infrared. ----- Terrestrial and extraterrestdal life. Spaceflight, v. 2, Oct. 1959: 120-121. Hypothesis for origin of life on earth is given based on three assumptions: (1) intelligent life existed somewhere in t' , universe prior to the beginning of life on earth; (2) interplanetary flight is possible by these inte::lligences; and (3) life- less earth was visited by extraterrestrials who either deliberately and accident- ally left microbes behind when they departed. Variations oI and objections to hypothesis are given. Cade, C. Maxwell. Are we alone in space'i Discovery, v. 24. Apr. 20, 1963: 27-29. ----- A long, cool ll)()k at alien intelligences: Part I -- the non-uniqueness of man. Flying saucer review, v. 13, Mar. -Apr. 1967: 24-25. Author states that while there is a high probability for the existence of intelli- gences ii' other parts vf the universe, it does not follow that they must bear any resemblance to ourselves. H man is non-unique, it is because he is one of many intelligent races, not because he is one of many humanoid, or even biolo~cal species. ----- A long, cool look at alien intelligences: Part II -- the forms of intelligent organisms. Flying saucer review, v. 13, May-June 1967: 13-15, 19. Three classes of possible intelligent organism are consldered in detail: (1) humanoid or non-humanoid biological organisms; (2) mechanical intelligences such as self-programming computers; and (3) stable intelligent plasmoids. ----- Other worlds than ours. Lonc'.on, Museum Press, 1966. 248 p. Consideration of possibility and implications of other worlds in space and other worlds in time. 284
Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 419 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.