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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. 18 …Discussion of activities of and reports of UFO sightings made to International Flying Saucer Bureau, organized…
  • p. 27 ----- :UFOs--an international scientific problem. Tucson, Ariz., The Author, 1968. 40 p. Summarizing his position, the…
  • p. 30 …Surveys UFO sighting reports and discusses current explanatory hypotheses. Includes a chapter on 'What to Do…
  • p. 31 …author's home a ''UFO reporting post," and CRIFO was lmown internation- ally as a "civilian…
  • p. 32 …Report includes statements reporting simultaneous U.tu sightings by ground obs'";rvers. United Press International. Flying…
  • p. 44 Review of UFO sighting reports, especially in the U.S. A., a.nd of theorie::> ad…
  • p. 52 …Proceedings of the 7th International UFO Congress, Mainz, Germany, Nov. 3-6, 1967. Vonkeviczky e gli…
  • p. 105 Discussion of activities of and reports of UFO sightings made to International Flying Saucer Bureau, organized…
  • p. 144 References are cited which f'.lXVey the liter2.ture en UFO reports, including explanatory hypotheses. F…
  • p. 146 …State-of-the-art report on theories and research relating to the UFO phenomenon. Author concludes…
  • p. 156 …Proceedings of ~he 7th International UFO Congress, Mainz, Germany, Nov. 3-6, 1967. Zinsstag, Lou. Conversations…
  • p. 179 …A need for un international study of UFOs. Flying saucer review, v. 14, Mar. -Apr. 1968…
  • p. 182 …Author, a former USAF public information officer on UFOs, discusses UFO sightings reported to Aerospace Technical…
  • p. 197 …Discussion of activities of and reports of UFO :::ightb1gs made to International Flying Saucer Bureau, organized…
  • p. 198 …Scientists were participating in 2nd International Geophysical Year 1956-58 exp2dition. Report supplied by UFO Chile…
  • p. 230 …Thant urging international COOPf}ration in studying the UFO phenomenon. Edwards, Frank. Arthur C. Clarke looks…
  • p. 233 …UFOs--an international scientific p!'oblem. Tucson, Ariz., The Author, 1968. 40 p. Summarizing his position…
  • p. 293 …Feature article en UFO reports in which there was alleged communication with the occupants or crew…
Fawcett, George D. UFO repet~tions. Flying saucers, Aug. 1966: 28.
IJsts aspects of UFO sightings that are repeatedl; reported.
Flick, Dav~d. Tripe for the public. Library jcurnal, v. 80, Feb. 1: 1955: :ro2,
204.
Commenting on the "thought processes and the strange logic" employed by li-
brarians responsible for book selection, thE' author says that no amowit cf
rationalizing about "future historical importance;• "balanc~d collections,'' and
"public demand" can justify their expenditure of tax dollars for books about
Dying saucers "whose purpose seems to satisfy a jaded taste for the bizarre
and the sensatiorud. "
Flying saucers. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, v. 11, Sept. 1952:
224·2213.
Conclusions in April 7, 1952, Life magazine feature on the UFO phenomenon
tending to support the reality of flying saucers are summarized. British
Interplanetary Society states its position of remaining unconvinced that earth
is already in contact with extraterrestrial forces and gives the reasons.
Flying saucers. Public opinion quarterly, v. 14, Fall 1950: 597-598.
Results of poll in which question was asked: What do you think flying sauce.:-s
are? Asked of 94% of a national sample who had heard or read of UFOs. 23%
believed they were Army or Navy experiments or new weapons; 16% thought
them to be an optical illusion or hoax; 5% said they were comets, shooting
stars, or something from another planet.
Fontes, Olavo T. Project Argus and the "anonymous'' satellite. Flying saucers,
Oct. 1959: 8-12.
Author suggests that the mission of nuclear missile launching Project Argus
may have been to destroy an unidentified satellite that circled the earth from
Aug. 16, 1959, until Argus' warheads were exploded in space Aug. 27, Aug. 30,
and Sept. 6. Satelllte may have been associated with UFOs, author speculates.
----- A suggested scientific investigation of the UFO phenomenon. Flying saucer
review, v. 13, Nov. -Dec. 1967: 22-24.
In setting up a scientific investigation into the UFO phenomenon, it is suggested
thatthe following steps be taken: (1) cancellation of unnecessary security restric-
tions; (2) a systematic rather than haphazard search for UFO appearances;
(3) use of the most effective detection methods available; (4) determination of
the best locations to set up detection instruments; (5) use of a convergent pro-
cedure to alert given areas of a possible UFO sighting; (6) distribution of avail-
able equipment and trained observers in reasonable proportions in different
areas (7) consideration of effect the search procedure might have on the search-
ed object.
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