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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.
“Condon”15 pages
Author says that from what ''hard" information he has, the U. s. S. R. may have been studying the UFO phenomenon with dispassiraate thoroughness for years; the U. S. is only now beginning to consider treating the problem seriously. He outlines wtiat he believes to be a thorough and e[ficient way to obtain scientific knowledgt: !lf UFOs. Hynek, J. Allen. UFOs merit scientific study. Science, Oct. 21, 1966: 329. In an open letter, the author states that he "cannot dismiss the UFO phenomenon with a shrug" and urges that the Air Force "ask physical and social scientists of stature to make a respectable, scholarly study of the UFO phenomenon. " ----- Unusual aeria! phenomena. Journal of the Optical Society of America, v. 43, Apr. 1953: 311-314. Author report!': that several hundred serious reports of "unidentified aerial ob- jects" have been studied in detail in an attempt to get a inttern classification. It appears to him that reported phenomena which do not admit of a ready and obvious explanation exhiuit fairly well-defined intterns and that these are worthy of further study. One inttcrn in particular, that of a hovering nocturnal light, does not appear to him to be readily explainable on an astronomical basis or by mirages, balloons, or by conventional aircraft. Is the U. s. Government expecting invaders from space? Flying saucers from other worlds, Aug. 1957: 16-21. Presents "factua.l" though circumstantial evidence to support theory that USAF knows that some of the unidentified objects observed are from other worlds and is taking measures to repulse an extraterrestrial invasion force. Jones, Harold S. The flying saucer myth. The spectator, Dec. 15, 1950: 686-687. Author, the British astronomer royal, says that flying saucers are "improbable" and the extraterrestrial hypothesis "the strongest possible demonstration that the whole thing is a myth. " Jones, R. V. The natural philosophy of flying saucers. Physics bulletin, July 1968: 225-230. Prominent British physicist examines the UFO evidence. Although commending genuine scientific inquiry into the subject, he retains his skepticism of flying saucers. Kaempffert, Waldemar. Expert sees flying object--saucer or balloon. Science digest, v. 31, Feb. 1952: 74. Account of Charles B. Moore's sighting of UFO while tracking a Skyhook bal- loon with a theodolite, Moore was project engineer for Project Skyhook; UFO sightings have often been explained as Skyhook balloons. Keel, John A. Secret UFO bases across the U.S. Saga, v. 36, Apr. 1968: 30-33, 86, 89-90, 92-94, 96. 27
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.