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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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Author states that prevailing cosmological theory and laboratory experiments support the hypothesis that life exists outside earth's solar system. Electro- magnetic signaling seems to be the only means now at our disposal for attempt- ing to communicate with any extraterrestrial intelligence that may ~xist. Meth- ods for communicating and receiving such signals, and speculation as to the type of message an extraterrestrial might transmit are reviewed. Ross, John C. A scientist looks at life on other worlds. Fate, v. 12, APr. 1959: 86-89. Nobel prize winner Dr. ME'lvin Calvin asserts that life is inevitable on other worlds throughout the universe and that we may e:...1Ject to find life forms more intellectually developed than man. Sagan, Carl. Direct contact among galactic civilizations by relativistic interstellar spaceflight. Planetary and space science, v. 11, May 1963: 485-498. Author postulates that there exists in the galaxy a loosely integrated community of diverse civilizations, cooperating in the exploration and sampling of astro- nomical objects and their inhabitants. There is therefore the likelihood that earth was visited at least once during historical times by an advanced civilization. ----- The quest for life beyond the earth. In Smithsonian Institution. Annual re- port of the board of regents for the yearending June 30, 1964. Washington, D. C., U.S. GLvt. Print. Off., 1965. p. 297-306. Questions on the possibility of extraterrestrial life and the origin of life are dis- cussed and alternative interpretations of available data given. Saunders, Alex. Alien life contemplation. Flying saucers, Oct. 1966: 21-22. Speculates on the possibility of sentient life on other planets and on the implica- tions for man of contact with such beings. Schatzman, Evry. La vie existe-t-elle sur les autres planetes? [Paris, Universite de Paris, Palais de la D~couverte, 1963] 15 p. Argument favoring hypothesis of intelligent life on planets throughout the galaxy. Schiaparelii, G. V. M;i.rs den gadefulde planet. Randers [Oversat af E. Slej] Denmark, UFO-NYTs Forlag, 1965. 73 p. Surface features of Mars, especially its ''canals, " are discussed as possible indications of intelligent life on that planet. Translation of 11rticle entitled "Ueber die beobachteten Erscheinungen auf der Oberflache des Planeten Mars,·· in Himmel und Erde, v. 1, 1888: 85-102, 147-159. Serviss, Garrett P. Curiosities of the sky. New York, Harper & Bros., 1909. 268 p. 296
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.