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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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Author suggests that ''while everyvne has been studying the skies, searching for a clue to the origin of the UFOs, the objects and their occupants may have been happily nesting almost in our very midst, quietly preparing for their 'D·Day'!" Keel, Jc!m A. UFOs--the statistical problem. Flying saucers, Aug. 1968: 18-19. Author states that random UFO sighting reports do not provide data of sufficient depth or ''keys to the many hidden factors" of the phenomenon. He suggests that UFO researchers revise their approach to the subject and "search for new and possibly illogiczl (by our standards) clues buried in the more controversial cases." Keyhoe, Donald E. Flying saucers--fact or fancy? The air line pilot, v. 22, Oct. 1953: 9-10. Major Keyhoe describesofficial statements from USAF's Air Technical Intel- ligence Center to refute Dr. Donald Menzel' s explanations that UFO sightings are attributable to natural atmospheric phenomena. He also cites "an official Air Force document" which states that an increasing number of officials linked with the investigation are convinced "that the saucers are interplanetary. " ----- Plying saucers: menace or myth? Argosy, v. 350, June 1960: 17, 80-83. Author states that for 13 years, USAF has maintained officially that reports of UFOs are the result of delusions and hoaxes, with no solid basis whatsoever. He purports to expose this cover-up policy by making public official USAF doc- uments, including Regulation 200-2 and a directive referring to UFOs as "seri- ous business. " Klemin, Alexander. Tl>' flying saucer. Aero digest, v. 32, Mar. 1950: 129-130. Author examines "flying saucer stories'' from point of view of aerodynamic feasibility and practicality and concludes there is "nothing in them." Kor, Peter. Perspective: flying saucers- -physical or psychic? Saucer news, v. 13, Fall 1966: 10-12. Inquiry into the language and concepts that have been used to determine the nature of the UFO phenomenon. ----- UFOs from the critic's corner: the myth of the flying saucer mystery. Fly- ing saucers, Dec. 1959: 48-53. Author, a non-believer in UFOs, gives reasons for his non-belief and critically analyzes current UFO "research." Lang, Daniel. Ils livrent combat aux soucoupes volantes. Constellation, v. 79, Nov. 1954: 133-154. 28
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.