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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
Discusses sky phenomena, including meteors, fireballs, mirages, and things that fall from the heavens. Cites cases of reportt!d extraterrestrial visitations and advances theory with supporting arbruments that non- terrestrial intelligences are coming to, or emerging from other dimen- sions into, earth's atmosphere. American et.I. (New York, Citadel Press) published 1957. Creighton, Gordon W. Foo fighters. Flying saucer review, v. 8, Mar. -Apr. 1962: 11-15. Author relates what is known about strange balls of fire that dogged tne paths of allied pilots on operation over enemy territory during Wo:rld War II. Evenson, K. M. Ball lightning research at Hignland Looi<out, Montana. Santa Monica, Calif. , Douglas Airc1·aft Co. , 1968. 16 p. Report on site survey of possible locations where ball lightning activit)· might be high enough to guarantee some success ii. ma.ting physical meascre- ments. Gaddis, Vincent H. Mysterious lights and fires. New York. David McKay co., 1967. 2eo p. In three secUons, ''Earth's Glowing Ghosts," "Electro-Dynamic Man,'· and "Premature Cremations, " the book deals with the enigmatic aspects of fires and lights. UFOs are treated in the first section. Agreeing that some of these objects appear to be metallic craft piloted by humanoid beings, the author points out that many reported sightings could be what he calls ''electro-animals"-- a form of upper-·atmospheric life perhaps feeding on pure energy. Firefalls, ball lightnin~, fireballs ar1d similar phenomena are also treated in the first section. Gaddis, Vincent H. UFO mystery: fire bolts from space. Saga, v. 34, May 1967: 25-27, 78-80; 82, 84, 86. It is suggested that fireballs and fire falls that seemin61Y drop from unKnown heights as spheroids or masses of illur.1inated gas or condensed energy re- gardless of weather conditions might be generated in the Van Allen radiation belts and might account for some of the world's most disastrous fires. Galus, Henry S. The mystery of the crawling fireballs. Fate, v. 5, Feb. - Mar. 1952: 37-40. Incidents in France involving "crawling fireballs" between 1898 and the early 1900's. Hunt, Richard. Canadian fireballs. Flying saucer review, v. 12, Mar. -Apr. 1966: 33-34. 314
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.