UFOs and Related Subjects (Lynn Catoe, 1969)

Article suggests that in the days before flying mr,chines were considered
posslble, the rationalization employed to accomodate the inexplicable took
an occult form. Old legends are examined to determine whether the form
in which they now appea.t· is really the result of such a fanciful embroidery
of an actual UFO sighting i11 the remote past.
Lesli~, De~::io1'd and George Adarr.ski. Flying saucers have landed. London,
Werner Laurie, 1953. 232 p.
Account of contact by Adamski with a landed extraterrestrial spacecraft
and a meeting with a man from Venus on Nov. 20, 1952, near Desert
Center, Calif. Photographs of spacecraft. Review of material from old
manuscripts referring to sightings of unidenti!ie~ objects flying through
the air.
J...ovitch, A. UFOs--science or sorcery? Engineering digest, v. 61, Feb. 1967:
29-34.
Historical reports of strange aerial phenomena from 45, 000 B. C. to
1952 are cited. Postulating that centuries of recorded reports must
reflect response to unknown phenomena that deserve scientific study,
the author discusses feasibility of flying saucers from proIXJlsion,
structural, and biological tolerance points of view.
Michell, John F. The flying saucer vision: the holy grail restor~. London,
Sidgewick & Jackson, 1967. 176 p.
Establishes the existence in the }.llSt of a ilying saucer cult and examines
its origins. Suggests some of the ways in which the current revival of our
belief in these objects is likely to affect us in the years to come. Postulates
that it is essential that the true basis of mythology be recognized and the
origins of our civilization examined in the light of what we can now suspect
of extraterrestrial influences in the past.
Miller, Max B. Flying saucers, fact or fiction? Los Angeles, Trend Books,
1957. 12 8 p.
Survey of references to UFOs in literature from earliest written records
t" 1957 and state-of-the-art review of research relating to subject.
Non-technical.
Misraki, Paul. Les extraterrestres, par Paul Thomas 1 pseud. 1• Paris, Plan,
1962. 224 p.
Develops hypothesis that from earliest antiquity to modern times, extra-
terrestrial beings have kept earth under surveillance, have at times visited
this planet, and have frequently modified the course of history by means of
spectacular appearances, Cites biblical p:;issages and ancient manuscripts.
First English edition translated by Gavin Gibbons and published unde.r title
Flying Saucers Through the Ages (London, Neville Spearman, 1965).
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