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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.
ComeHa, Thomas M. Why the real saucer is interplanetary, Fate, v. 8, Dec. 1955: 17-23. Postulating that the maneuvers and speeds of the "saucers" reported by reliable witnesses are proof that thef operate ''by some totally revolutionary process which outdates rocket and jet propulsion;• the author reviews "evidence" in sup- port of the extraterrestrial-origin hypothesis. Confusion in the sky. Fate, v. 8, Mar. 1955: 24-29. Article asserts that contradictory statements of the "experts" are responsible for confusion in the public's mind about the UFO phenomenon. Cort, David. Saucery and flying saucers. The nation, v. 189, Nov. 7, 1959: 331- 332, 340. Compares pract~ce of alchemy with belief in flying saucers, postulating that both are based on ''the event for which there are no data. " Crum, Norman J. Flying saucers and book selection. Library journal, v. 79, Oct. 1, 1954: 1719-1722. Survey of library experiences and policies in adding fJ.y!ng saucer books to the .!ollections. Current comment: What goesonup there? America, v. 87, Aug. 23, 1952: 489. Article states reported USAF position on flying sauce:·s: they are not space- craft from distant planets; they are not secret enemy weapons. L<t.genis, Arleigh J. Do you believe in flying saucers? Michigan technic, Jan. 1960: 16-17, 50-51. Author summarizes details of June 1947 sighting by J<:enneth Arnold of flying disc-shaped objects; the January 1958 crash of Cai. t. \r1antell while chasing a UFO; and the June 1952 appearance of mysterious object':l over the White House a11d Capitol. He reviews the various explanatory theories. Daniel-Rops. Une enigme sous nosycm:. France illustration, v. 7, May 5, 1951: 490. Day, Langston. Flying saucers: fact or fiction? Chambers's journal, Nov. 1950: 688-670. Edwards, Frank. An a&tronomer reports on UFOs. Fate, v. 12, Mar. 1959: 34- 41. Astronomer Frank Halst0ad, former curator of Darling Observatory, Univer- sity of Minnesota, states his belief that UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft and describes circumstances under which he personally made a sighting. 21
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.