UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

Reeve, Bryant and Helen Reeve. Flying saucer pilgrimmage. Amherst,
Wis., Amherst Press, 1957. :104 p.
Account of two-year private research by authors into UFO phenomenon
which involved 23,000 miles of travel to interview individuals claiming
contact with extraterrestrial beings. Religious, philosophic, and
prophetic implications of UFO appearances are also discussed.
Ribera, Antonio. What happened at Fatima? Flying saucer review, v. 10,
Mar. -Apr. 1964: 12-14.
Resum~ of the miracle at Fatima. north of Lisbon, Portugal, which ex-
tended from May 13 to Oct. 7, 1917, in context of the UFO phenomenon.
Author suggests that UFO occupants may present themselves in terms
familiar to "contactees, " usually as divine manifestations.
The saucer question. The Catholic digest, v. 16, Oct. 1952: 121.
Father Francis J. Connell, dean of Catholic University's School of Sacred
Theology, summarizes the Church's position on the question of invaaers
from outer space. Theologically speaking, outer space dwellers might
fall into four principal classes: (1) they might have received a super-
natural destiny from God; (2) God could have created them with a natural
but eternal destiny; (3) they might be rational beings who si1U1ed against
God but were never given the .:hance to regain grace; and (4) they might
have received supernatural gifts and kept them, leading the paradisical
existence of Adam and Eve before they ate the forbidden fruit.
The theology of saucers. Time, v. 60, Aug. 18, 1952: 62.
Fatlter Francis J. Connell, dean of Catholic University's School of
Sacred Theology, summarized his church's position on the question of
invaders from outer space. He noted that ''the principles of [Catholic J
faith are entirely reconcilable with even the most astounding possibilities
regarding life on other planets. "
Viney, Basil. Invasion ..·om space. The contemporary review, v. i.;,J, Oct. 1255:
257-260.
After briefly reviewing what is known and what is speculated about flying
saucers, the author says it does not appear that interplanetary or inter-
stellar or j1!ter-galaxial communication could ha\'e any effect on the genuine
religious fundamentals. He believes the vision o! the being of God would be
magnified and that the prospect of human brotherhood on a cosmic scale
never before conceived would uplift us from all petty world-parochial
qllarrels.
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