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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. 1 …The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference…
  • p. 16 …Force on UFOs. New Yvrk, Dell Pub. Co., 1967. l57 p. "From the files of the…
  • p. 23 …Documented report containing 746 UFO sighting cases selected from NICAP files and covering NICAP's investigations…
  • p. 27 …ln the files d. NICAP. Summarizes current theories and expla'lations of UFO phenomena. Translation of…
  • p. 28 …National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966. Washington, D…
  • p. 40 …Presence of port- holes would then preclude a meteoric or other "natural'' explanation for a UFO…
  • p. 139 …information in the files of NICAP. Summarizes current theories and explanations of UFO phenomena. Miller, R…
  • p. 155 …This man knows UFOs. Canadian magazine, May 25, 1968: 9, 11. On July 6, 1967, Warren…
  • p. 160 …Two more facts for the UFO file. Flying saucer review, v. 8, July-Aug. 1962: 14…
  • p. 177 In setting up a scientific im·esti~ation into the UFO phenomenon, it is suggested that…
  • p. 192 …National Investigations Committee o,, Aerial Phenomena. NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966. Washington, D…
  • p. 201 …Documented report containing 746 UFO sighting cases selected from NICAP filE:s and covering NICAP's…
  • p. 204 …in the files of NICAP. Summari?.es current theories and explana~ ions of UFO phenomena. Translation…
  • p. 205 National Investlgations Committee on Aerial Pheno1:1ena. (NICAP Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966j. Wasbington…
  • p. 219 Documented report c0ntaining 746 UFO sighting cases selected f.r<•m NICAP files and covering NICAP…
  • p. 222 …National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. NICA P Headquarters UFO Newspaper Clipping File, 1947-1966 . Washington…
----- 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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