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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.

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Hynek, J. Allen. UFOs and the numbers game. Natural history, v. 77, March
1968: 24, 25, 66' 70.
T\ro UFO books are revie,.;•ed: Uninvited Visitors, by Ivan T. Sanderson and
Fiying Saucers -- Here and Now! by Frank Edwards.
Jones, R. V. The natural j;..l.losophy of flying saucers. Physics bulletin, July
1968: 225-230.
Author reviews the "character of the evidence regarding flying saucers," and
concludes that if known natural phenomena are insufficient to explain every-
thing that has been genuinely seen, the alternative to the intelligently controlled
vehicles hypothesis is an as yet unrecognized phenomenon.
Keel, John A. New flying saucer crime wave they can't cover up. Male, v. 18,
December 1968: 28, 54, 56.
Cases throughout the world are reported (1953-1967) in which people have
allegedly been pursued, injured, kidnapped and killed by UFOs.
Konecci, Eugene B. Bioastronautics review - 1963. Washington, D. C., National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1963. 82 p.
Author notes interest of both U.S. and U.S. S. R. in phenomenon of electro-
magnetk communication between living organisms and possible applications in
space. He says: "To the Soviets, these applications mean a 'thought register,'
an 'electronic hypnotizer,' and 'thought transfer over di&tance'; and to Western
scientists and engineers the results of valid experimentation in energy and
information transfer could lend to new communications media and advanced
emergency techni'J.ues . . . Presented at 'he 14th lnh:rnational Astronautics
Federation meeting in Paris, September 26-0ctober 1, 1963. /}ome alleged
"contactees have claimed that communication with UFO occupants was by
thought transfer J
Langmuir, Irving. Pathological science. Transcribed and edited by R. N. Hall.
Schenectady, N. Y., General Electric Research and Development Center, 1968.
13 p. [Report no. G8-C-03~.
Transcript of talk given by author at G. E. Research Laboratory, Schenectady,
N. Y., on December 18, 1953. Examples are given of cases in which there was
no dishonesty involved, but where false conclusions were reached because the
!'e~earche~s did not understand the extent to which human beings can delude
themselves due to subjective effects, wishful thinking, or threshold interactions.
The Davis-Barnes experiment, Blondlot's N-rays, and Gurwitsch's mitogenetic
rays are discussed in this context.
McDonald, James E. Does Congress have a responsibility to investigate the UFO
problem? Tucson, Arizona, The Author, 1968. 4 p.
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