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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. 168 …th01.1ght-controlled "thought form phenomena. '' Asimov, Isaac. UFOs--what I think. Science digest, v. 59…
  • p. 255 …Asimov, Isaac. The wellspriugs of life. New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1960, 233 p. In so vast…
  • p. 272 …by Isaac Asimov. New York, Crowell-Collier Press, 1963, 223 p. Soeculative consideration of what we…
  • p. 300 …Asimov, Isaac. Is anyc.ne there? Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday & Co., 1967. 320 p. Collection…
  • p. 303 …Dole, Stephen and :isaac Asimov. Planets for man. New York, Random House, 1964. 242 r. A…
  • p. 377 …Asimov, Isaac. The naked sun. New York, Doubleday & Co., 1957. 187 p. Science-fiction detective mystery…
  • p. 382 …In Breeds There a Man, Isaac Asimov suggests that extraterrestrial beings whose life span might be…
  • p. 397 …The rise of gravity in the 17th century; or a life in the day of Isaac…
  • p. 400 …233, 256 268, 283 268, 283 Asimov, Isaac 151, 212, 238, 283, 286, 360 Avenel, Antony…
----- 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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