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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. 26 …with cogent scientific arguments, he said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968~ before the American Institute of…
  • p. 30 …D, Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitude Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences…
  • p. 32 …24, 1959, by American aud United Airlines pilots. Akron, Obit', 1960. 22 p. Report includes statements…
  • p. 44 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 85 …New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 o. Reports from men and women…
  • p. 113 …with cogent scientific arguments, i1e said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968, before the American Institute of…
  • p. 123 …Salisbury, New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 p. Reports from men and…
  • p. 136 …All relia.bly reported UFO incidents can be fully explained when sufficient scientific data are provided…
  • p. 137 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 144 …1-5, 1968, meeting of American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C, , under title "Psychological Problems of…
  • p. 181 …Project is supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Serious flaws in AF Special Report…
  • p. 184 …Author reports on his imprei:sions of trends--motivations and theories--in American ·ufology. Vall~e…
  • p. 209 …24, 1959, an American Airlines OC-6 piloted by Cavt. Peter Killian sighted three UFOs. Crew…
  • p. 236 …What is the unidentified Hying object situation these days? American engineer, Mar. 1967: 55. Two new…
  • p. 239 …Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitudes Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences (P…
  • p. 253 …Summar; ot current scientific data on the possibility of intelligent life on other planets in our…
  • p. 292 …Scientific American, v. 202, Jan. 1960: 45-51. The ''-'~1-id's largest steerable telescope, under…
  • p. 304 …Is man alone in space? Scientific American, v. 189, July 1953: 80-82, 84, 86. The…
  • p. 342 …Survey of "quasi-scientific" theories. Chapters are included on the flat and hollow earth theories; Fortean…
  • p. 364 …A collection of essays selected from those submitted in the Scientific American's prize competition. M…
  • p. 395 …Raymond E. Engineer involvemeut in UFO investigations. American engineer, May 1968: 29-31. The Massachusetts Investigating…
  • p. 398 …Article contains reprint of William Dunbar's report in Transactions of the American Philosopical Society (v…
The following questions are considered: (1) What makes scientists so sure
today that there is intelligent life in space? (2) Where do we locate such living
beings? (3) Are they mor~ int~lligen•, just as, or less intelligent than we are 'i
(4) How can we commuuicate with them, considering that they are likely to be
completely differrnt from us, have a comp1.E>tely different kind of language,
:and c\•en completely differ~nt patterns of t' ght 't
Fuhs, Allen E. Visual sf'nsitivity or residents of other planets. ARS Journal, v. 30,
Ju1'~ 196(1: 577.
Visual sensitivity of hypothe~ized intelligent beings outside our solar syste&n is
discussed.
Fuller, B. A. G. Flying saucers. The journal of philosophy, v. 49, Aug. 14, 1952:
545-559.
Postulating that int~'lligent hfe exists in forms quite different from ours and is
dispersed throughout the universe, the J.Uthor speculates on proceedings of a
"cosmic Congress·· induding all kinds of "Saucerians. '' Delegates of every
imaginable aspect--"not to speak of others defying terrestrial biological
classification'' - -would compare their religious, moral, social, economic, and
political ways of life. He P.xpresses hope that once the myth of a superior race
was exploded, constants would appear in the various ways of life and points of
view and all planetary thinking would become interplanetary in scope and scale.
Gatland, Kenneth W. and Den·" D. Dempster. The inhabited universe. London,
Alan Wingate, 1957. 182 p.
The theme throughout the book is that evolution is constantly bringing new forms
of life into existence and that creation is a continuous process. Man is depicted
as the product, not merely !lf a limited biological development, but of an in-
herent facet of cosnnc evolution.
Gauroy, Pierre. Les mondes du ciel: terrc>s vivantes on cimetieres? Paris,
Librarie Artheme Fayard, 1960. 303 p.
Inquiry into whether intelligent life could exist on 'Jther planets in our solar
system based on current scientific data.
Greenstein, Jesse L. Speculation on man and 1.he universe. Pasadena, Calif., The
Author, 1967. 11 p.
Speculating that organic evolution throughout the uni'.'erse would lead to life first
in the water and then on land, the author suggests the common later develop-
ment of mi11d everywhere, because of the inevitable growth of organic complex-
ity. We have to be ready to accept the emotional impact on our scheme of val-
ues of accepting an odd extraterrestrial form of life as brother or sister. The
green, three-eyed creatures of some di.slant world may have lived civilized
lives for billions of years longer than there has been life on earth. If all are
part of the common, natural evolution which concentrates into mind, we must
expect them to be probably like ourselves, yet unimaginabiy differ~nt.
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