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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. 11 …l!ld not have been compiled without the full and selfless cooperation of such collr-:ctors…
  • p. 32 …He urges international cooperation in a program to resolve the problem. ~ Vallee, Jacques. Anatomy of a…
  • p. 146 …He urge::s international cooperation in a program to resolve the i)roblem. U. s. space…
  • p. 302 …years to the planets of other suns. Cooper, John. Cities in the sky. Science diges!, v…
  • p. 313 …Author postulates that there exists in the galaxy a loosely integrated community of diverse civilizations, cooperating…
  • p. 327 …civilizati.:>ns, cooperating in the exploration and sampling of astrono:nical objects and their inhabitants. There…
  • p. 334 …Support Agency, Missile Electronic Warfare Division in cooperation with Technical Library Branch, White Sands Missile Range…
  • p. 401 …260 Cooper. John 285 Copland, Alexander Cordonnier, Gerard Corrall, Alice E. Cort, David 21 Coughlin, William…
----- Why the Air Force can't inves~te UFOs. Fate, v. 16, May 1963: 26-28.
Author postulates that there is sufficient proof to establish the actuality of
real, navigating space travel by intelligence from outer space.
Miller, Max B. Report on the UFO. Fate, v. 2, Dec. 1956: 31-34.
Review of Edward J. Ruppelt's book about the U.S. Air Force's UFO investi-
gations, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (New York, Doubleday,
1956).
Ogles, George W. What does the Air Force really know about flying saucers?
Washington, D. C., The Airman, 1967. 8 p.
Survey of the UFO controversy and statement of the Air Force position: the
Air Force has never denied the possibility of life on other planets; what
it does say is that no evidence has been received nor discovered which
proves the existence and intraspace mobility of extraterrestrial life. Some
widely publicized "sightings" are also discussed. {Reprinted from The Airman
v. 11, July 1967, p. 4-9; Aug. 1967, p. 26-31.)
Prytz, John. The Air Force opinion on UFOs. Flying saucers, Oct. 1966: 26-27.
Author states that although officially USAF disclaims the reality of flying
saucers, a high percentage of USAF personnel believe in the seriousness of
the phenomenon.
Quintanilla, Hector. Unidentified flying objects. Dayton, Ohio, The Author,
[196- ] 37 p.
Summary of UfiAF investigation of the UFO phenomenon.
Ruppelt, Edward J. Inside story of the saucers. Science digest, v. 39, Apr. 1956:
35-41.
Condensed from a chapter of the book, The Report on Unident1fied Flying
Objects, published in New York by Doubleday, 1956. Author describes his
activities as head of USAF's Project Blue Book, 1951-1953. He states
that while balloons, airplanes, stars, and many other common objects have
been reported as UFOs, there are hundreds of other UFO reports which
'~arry the verdict, "Conclusion Unknown. "
-----The report on unidentified flying objects. Garden City, New York, 1956.
315 p.
Author, a former chief of USAF's Project Blue Book, writes a factual account
of Air Force investigation of UFO sighting reports and discusses all aspects
of the UFO controversy. Published also in inperback edition by Ace Books
(G537), New York.
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