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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.

  • p. 26 …with cogent scientific arguments, he said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968~ before the American Institute of…
  • p. 30 …D, Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitude Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences…
  • p. 32 …24, 1959, by American aud United Airlines pilots. Akron, Obit', 1960. 22 p. Report includes statements…
  • p. 44 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 85 …New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 o. Reports from men and women…
  • p. 113 …with cogent scientific arguments, i1e said. Talk given Mar. 26, 1968, before the American Institute of…
  • p. 123 …Salisbury, New York, Signet Books, The New American Library, 1967. 213 p. Reports from men and…
  • p. 136 …All relia.bly reported UFO incidents can be fully explained when sufficient scientific data are provided…
  • p. 137 …the greatest scientific problem of our times," delivered at the convention of the American Society of…
  • p. 144 …1-5, 1968, meeting of American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C, , under title "Psychological Problems of…
  • p. 181 …Project is supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Serious flaws in AF Special Report…
  • p. 184 …Author reports on his imprei:sions of trends--motivations and theories--in American ·ufology. Vall~e…
  • p. 209 …24, 1959, an American Airlines OC-6 piloted by Cavt. Peter Killian sighted three UFOs. Crew…
  • p. 236 …What is the unidentified Hying object situation these days? American engineer, Mar. 1967: 55. Two new…
  • p. 239 …Dogmatism Scale, Rokeach, 1960) and the Scientific Attitudes Survey (Sprinkle, 1962). Results showed significant differences (P…
  • p. 253 …Summar; ot current scientific data on the possibility of intelligent life on other planets in our…
  • p. 292 …Scientific American, v. 202, Jan. 1960: 45-51. The ''-'~1-id's largest steerable telescope, under…
  • p. 304 …Is man alone in space? Scientific American, v. 189, July 1953: 80-82, 84, 86. The…
  • p. 342 …Survey of "quasi-scientific" theories. Chapters are included on the flat and hollow earth theories; Fortean…
  • p. 364 …A collection of essays selected from those submitted in the Scientific American's prize competition. M…
  • p. 395 …Raymond E. Engineer involvemeut in UFO investigations. American engineer, May 1968: 29-31. The Massachusetts Investigating…
  • p. 398 …Article contains reprint of William Dunbar's report in Transactions of the American Philosopical Society (v…
The truth about the book "The report on unidentifJ~d flying objects" by Edward J.
Ruppelt. Flying saucers, Dec. 1958: 35-42, 56.
Ruppelt's ''report" is challenged, specifically his statement that the Maury
Island incident was "the dirtiest book in UFO history" and was perpetrated by
Ray Palmer.
UFO: an objective look at unidentified flying objects. Science & mechanics, v. 37,
Dec. 1966: 30-39, 57-58, 62-76.
Illustrated directory of all major sightings through December 1966. Detailed
case histories of the 12 most mysterious UFO sightilgs.
Vallee, Jacques. How to classify and codify sa\!cer sightings. Flying saucer re-
view, v. 9, Sept.-Oct. 1963: 9-12.
Article sets forth briefly 1'rinciples which can be used in the classification and
coding of flying saucer sightings.
----- How to select significant UFO reports. Flying saucer review, v. 11, Sept. -
Oct. 1965: 15-18.
Auther believes that the scientific way to process UFO data is to divide the prob-
lem into two parts: (1) consider all the reports from all available sources, try-
ing to explain them in terms of conventional objects; (2) when all identified cases
have been eliminated, the residue must contain reference to the UFO phenome-
non if it exists as an unconventional, objective agent in the generation of reports.
----- UFO research in the U.S. A. Flying saucer review, v. 12, Jan. -Feb. 1966:
6-11.
Author reports on his impressions of trends--motivations and theories--in
Ameril'!an ufology.
Vallee, Jacques, and Aleksandr Kasantsev. What is it that is flying in our skies?
Flying saucer review, v. 13, Nov. -Dec. 1967: 11-12.
General discussion of theories relating to the UFO phenomenon. ''Classic"
UFO sighting cases are cited.
Vallee, Jacques and Janine Vallee. Astronomers' verdict: flying saucers are real.
Fate, v. 20, Apr. 1967: 62-72.
An objective review of major hypotheses on origin of UFOs leads author to con-
clude that (1) all sightings cannot be attributed to conventional causes; (2) ex-
istence of alien i'ltelligence must be considered; (3) extreme caution must be
used in developing latter hypothesis because of phenomenon's complexity. Ex-
cerpted from Challenge to Science: UFO Enigma, published in Chicago by
H. Regnery Co., 1966,
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