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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.
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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. 24
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.