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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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Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. Flying saucers. The queen, v. 202, Nov. 17, 1954: 64. A discussion by the well-known aeronautical his~orian of the UFO phenomenon. He states that one can rule out UFOs as being foreign aircraft and secret wea- pons and speculates that techniques may have been achieved in some other civ- ilization in the universe th~~ surmount matter and time as we know them-- techniques no more startling for- such a civilization than flying and radio appear ta our civilization on earth. Goble, H. C. Did Jones chart an unknown world? Fate, v. 10, Apr. 1957: 68-70. Analysis cf the 700-page observations of Zodiacal Light made Apr. 4, 1853 to Feb. 3, 1855, by Rev. Jones, Chaplain of Commodore Perry's experituon to Japan, seems to indicate that some components of the '1ight" were artificially- propelled luminous objects with behavior identical to that of UFOs. Gray, Grattan. The town that believes in flying saucers. MacJean's, v. 80, Mar. 1967: 4. Describes projected $14,000 landing pad for flying saucers to be erected for centennial celebration of St. Paul, Alberta, Canada. A hard look at "flying saucers." U.S. news & world report, v. 60, Apr. 11, 1966: 14-15. Summary of opinion about the reality of the UFO phenomenon. Harney, John and Alan W. Sharp. Report on a visit to Warminster. Flying saucer review, v. 13, Sept. -Oct. 1967: 3-4. Report in investigation of alleged UFO incidents at Warminster, England. Re- printed from July 1967 MUFORG Bulletin of the Merseyside UFO Research Group. Heavenly bogies. Time, v. 88, Sept. 2, 1966: 81-82. Reviews of Frank Edwards' Flying Saucers -- Serious Business and John G. Fuller's Incident at Exeter. Hynek, J. Allen. Are flying saucers real? The Saturday evening post, v. 239, Dec. 17, 1966: 17-21. Hynek, chairman of the department of astronomy at Northwestern lJniv. and consultant to USAF's Project Blue Book, states that of the 15,000 cases of UFO sightings that have come to his attention, "several hundred are puzzling, and some of the puzzling incidents, perhaps one in 25 are bewildering." He cites illustrative examples and urges a serious inquiry into the nature of the phenomenon. ----- The UFO gap. Playboy, v. 14, Dec. 1967: 144-146, 267, 269-271. 26
Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 419 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.