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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. 67 …Los Angeles, The Author, 1968, 30 p. The Great Pyramid architect incorporated geometrical and engineering designs…
  • p. 68 …Flying saucers, fact or fiction? Los Angeles, Trend Books, 1957. 12 8 p. Survey of references…
  • p. 89 …Los Angeles, Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, 1960. 18 p. Author relates his claim that…
  • p. 110 …Los Angeles, New Age Press, 1949. 175 p. An "invisible hierarchy" is postulated by the author…
  • p. 113 …26, 1968, before the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautir.s, Los Angeles, Calif. Marais, D…
  • p. 132 …Halsey, Wallace C, Cosmic end-time secrets. Los Angeles, Futura Press, 1965. 102 p. Contains collected…
  • p. 137 …26, 1968, before the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Los Angeles, Calif. ----- Science, technology, and…
  • p. 248 …Los Angeles. 1'he Aetherius Society, 1963. 200 p. Gives a concise account of man's…
  • p. 249 …Los Angeles, Baumgardt Publishing Co., 1905. 423 p. High attainments of the Atlanteans before engulfment of…
  • p. 259 …Los Angeles, The Planetary Space Center Wc>rking Committee, 1964. 152 p. 242
  • p. 291 …Los Angeles;-wescon, 1962. 15 p. {Paper no. 4. 4.) Estimate of the probability of communi…
  • p. 315 …Los Angel~s, The Author, 1945. 198 p. Histo:-y of the earth and planets from…
  • p. 318 …Cosmic end-time secrets. Los Angeles, Futura Press, 1965. 102 p. Contains collected writings, lect1.1res…
  • p. 321 …Los Angeles, DeVorss & Co., 1967. 32 p. Description of the topography of the plane~ Mercury, its…
  • p. 324 …Los Angeles, New Age Publishing Co., 1955. 76 p. Ora.Ke, W. Raymond. Gods or spacemc11…
  • p. 368 …Los Angeles, Baumgardt Publishing Co., 1905. 423 p. High attainments of the Atlanteans before engulfment of…
  • p. 384 …Los Angeles, Sherbourne Press, 1968. 181 p. UFO "thriller" based on "clasic" UFO sighting cases. Gibson…
Nollet, A. R. Flying saucers ... a hard looit. Marine corps gazette, v. 43,
Dec. 1959: 20-25.
States that hopes for a U.S. scientific breakthrough based on Apr. 29,
1959, article in U.S. News and World Report entitled "Flying Saucer Age
for the U.S. --It's Getting Nearer" were misplaced since the saucers
turned out to be Ground Effect Vehicles. Describes the different types of
GEV's 'Yorldwide and suggests military uses.
One man's flying saucer. Pace, v. 11, Aug. 1966: 62-63.
A flying-saucer-shaped personal commuter aircraft designed by Univ. of
California aerodynamics professor Pz.d Moller is discussed. Eignt feet,
in diameter, it weighs 400 lbs., will reach 5,000 ft. altitude, and attain
speed of 150 mph.
Russia claims "flying saucer.'' The UFO investigator, v. 2, Dec. -Jan. 196~-
1964: 1-2.
Krasnaya Zvezda is cited in article as having reported early in 1963 that
Soviet engineers had successfully tested a "flying saucer" aircraft. State-
ments fro&n U.S. S. R. on UFOs 1952-1961 are listed.
Saucer blue book. Time, v. 66, Nov. 7, 1955: 52.
Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles released information about
a vertically rising jet aircraft soon to be tested by Ryan Aeronautical Co.
that might be mistaken for a flying saucer. He also released a Project
Blue Book analysis of 4,965 reported flying saucer sightings.
Saucer-eyed dragons. Time, v. 55, Apr. 17, 1950: 52-54.
Discussion of controversy surrounding statement in U.S. News & World
Report (Apr_. 7, 1950) that the Navy had developed a revolutionary air-
craft, a combination of helicopter and jet plane, capable of outflying any
other. This plane was said to be "t11e flying saucer."
Stine, G. Harry. The prowling mfod of Henri Coanda. Flying, v. 80, "Mar.
1967: 64-68.
Among inventions of Henri Coanda was ?. lenticular aerodyne (flying saucer)
designed in 1935. Coanda effect (tendency of a moving jet of air or water
to adhere to an adjacent surface) would be used to create vertical lift without
forward motion and to control aircraft. Although aerodyne was never built,
tests on critical portions of it were made in France and results indicate it is
practical.
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