A Biological Guide To Extraterrestrials

A Classification Based On Contact Accounts By Gary Opit garyopit@bigpond.com, 9-12-3 Introduction For over 100 years, researchers have received detailed descriptions of intelligent, tool-using, extraterrestrial species, visiting this planet in their vehicles (Huyghe 1996). From these eyewitness reports, a classification of these species can be attempted using the same methodology used to classify species naturally occurring on this planet. Even though terrestrial and extraterrestrial species are unrelated, the chemical interactions that makes up the genetic code that in turn determines the appearance and makeup of all living things will fit together in precisely the same way anywhere in the universe. The chemistry of the compounds making up the genetic code demand that terrestrial and extraterrestrial species will be chemically similar. The evolution of life on this planet was greatly influenced by periodic catastrophic asteroid impact, which exterminated large numbers of species and opened up opportunities for other species. Long periods of stable conditions lasting scores of millions of years have been punctuated by planet-wide devastation that were primarily responsible for the extermination of dominant biota such as the mammal-like reptiles at the end of the Permian epoch 245 million years ago and the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous epoch 65 million years ago. The gravity of giant gas planets such as Jupiter and Saturn sweep up dangerous asteroids and comets and greatly lessen the chance of such destructive bodies striking our planet. Consequently, their existence is vital in determining the history of the evolution of life on Earth. The majority of solar systems neighbouring our own contain giant gas planets very many times larger than Jupiter and Saturn. These are usually much closer to their star than Jupiter and Saturn and lie within the habitable zone. Because of
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the close orbit of such enormous gas planets in those solar systems, Earthsized planets within the habitable zone are unlikely to exist. If an enormous gas planet, many times larger than our Jupiter, where to orbit somewhere near the orbit of Jupiter, then an Earth-sized rocky planet could orbit within the habitable zone. If any Earth-sized rocky planets were to orbit within the habitable zone of such a solar system the gravitational pull of the giant gas planet may destroy every dangerous asteroid and comet and periodic catastrophic impacts may not occur. If life evolved on such a rocky planet within the habitable zone and no catastrophic impacts occurred, the history of the evolution of life on that planet would be quite different to that of Earth. Such a solar system was recently discovered by the Anglo Australian Planet Search Team of U.S., UK, and Australian astronomers uses powerful telescopes in California, Hawaii, and Australia. This, the 100th "extrasolar" planet discovered, orbits the star Tau Gruis, 100 light years from Earth, in the southern hemisphere's constellation Grus (the crane). The 100th planet is located at a distance from Tau Gruis equal to that between the asteroid belt and the sun in our solar system?2.5 Astronomical Units (AU). One AU refers to the distance of Earth to our sun, and is considered the "habitable zone?. As an example of the major changes that could occur on a living planet if enormous gas planets eliminated the possibility of collisions with asteroids and comets, imagine what may have happened here on Earth. Without the catastrophic asteroid impact at the end of the Permian epoch 245 million years ago the dinosaurs may never have had the opportunity to rule the planet for 170 million years and the mammal-like reptiles may have adapted and evolved to produce modern mammals and possibly even human-like intelligent species scores of millions of years earlier. Without the dinosaurs evolving over scores of millions of years there would be no birds and so flying mammals such as bats may have dominated the skies. However, without the catastrophic asteroid impact at the end of the Cretaceous epoch 65 million years ago the dinosaurs may have very likely continued to rule the planet and perhaps intelligent dinosaurs, or perhaps intelligent birds, would have eventually evolved instead of intelligent mammals such as ourselves. There would be other effects as well. For instance, if an enormous gas planet was close enough its gravitational pull may keep the molten mantle more active, perhaps producing a warmer, wetter climate. In such a scenario reptiles, adapted to drier conditions, may
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never have evolved and invertebrates such as insects or perhaps amphibians may have continued as the dominant life forms to eventually develop intelligent species. From eyewitness reports the descriptions of extraterrestrial species include, mammal-like, reptile-like, bird-like, amphibian-like and even insect-like and amoeba-like intelligent species. Their existence, if the reports can be believed, may relate to the occurrence and position of different sized gas planets in their solar systems. Therefore, if extraterrestrial species are chemically similar to those on this planet, with a similar genetic code, the primary difference between ourselves and species from other planets may simply be the size and position of giant gas planets varying their evolutionary history. On this planet, life forms have been classified using a standardised international system for labelling particular categories and the names are usually Latinised names of classical Greek or Latin words, or of modern words. The basic unit of biological classification is the species, which has a specific name, and defined as a group of organisms in which the individuals are free to breed and produce normal, fertile offspring. They do not normally breed with individuals of another species. Closely related species are grouped into a genus, which is identified by a generic name. A combination of specific and generic names together make up the binomial system which is the basis of biological nomenclature. All species have a first name that identifies the relationship it has with other species and a second name that directly identifies it. The first name is the generic name whose first letter is always capitalised. The second name is the specific name whose first letter is never capitalised. Both names are italicised. Groups of related genera are grouped into families, groups of families into orders, groups of orders into classes, groups of classes into phylums and finally into kingdoms. Humans are classified as a member of the Animalia Kingdom, the Chordata (backboned) Phylum, the Mammalia (warm blooded, haired, milk secreting) Class, the Primate (lemurs, monkeys, apes, human) Order, the Hominid Family, the Homo Genus and the sapiens Species. To be able to better understand extraterrestrial species we have to classify them using the same biological nomenclature. However, because these species are unrelated to species naturally occurring on this planet, we have
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to modify the classificatory names. This already occurs with species naturally occurring on this planet that may look similar but which come from different subclasses with completely different evolutionary histories. For example some of the Australian marsupials look at first glance to be very similar to dogs, ferrets, flying squirrels and mice. Latin and Greek words such as ides, akin to, eides, resembling, pseudes, false and anti, equivalent to, are added to show that although one life form may resemble another, they are not actually related. Therefore we are perfectly entitled to classify extraterrestrial species in a similar way. In fact we are forced to do so because the generally agreed upon names for the known species are imperfect, confusing and changeable common names such as greys, reptoids, humanoids, dwarfs, insectoids, named after their general appearance or Alpha-draconians, Altairians, Pleiadeans, Reticulans and Sirians after the names of stellar systems from which it is believed that they originate from. Patrick Huyghe in his book The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, (Avon Books, 1996) developed a classification table and divided these undescribed species into Classes, Types and Variants. The Classes are Humanoid, Animalian, Robotic and Exotic. Each Class has a Type and the Humanoids are classified into ?Human? with 6 variants, Short Grey with 3 variants, Short Non-Grey with 8 variants, Giant with 4 variants and Nonclassic with 4 variants. Animalians are classified into Hairy Mammalian with 5 variants, Reptilian with 3 variants, Amphibian with 2 variants, Insectoid with 2 variants and Avian with 1 variant. Robotics are classified into Metalic with 3 variants and Fleshy with 4 variants. Exotics are classified as Physical and Apparitional and both have 2 variants. Patrick Huyghe states that without actual specimens to examine and consequently no knowledge of their genetic makeup or their breeding capabilities, it is impossible to assign these creatures to any true classification system (Huyghe 1996). As far as extraterrestrials go, we are in a worse situation than Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus was in when he developed his System Naturae to classify the then-known animals. It wasn?t until the 10th edition of his work published in 1758 that it was accepted by international consent and even today the process is still not finished. I believe that it is also important to try to classify the extraterrestrial species according to their phenotype, the observable physical characteristics of these intelligent animals. We have no idea how long it will be before we
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have actual specimens to examine in our public scientific institutions so it is important to make a start to try to allay the confusion in the minds of those attempting to study this interesting subject. Because these species appear to have greater intelligence than our own and certainly a more highly developed technology, it is foolish for us to not try to classify and understand them. It does not matter that much of the general public has little understanding of the existence of extraterrestrial species. That is the normal state of affairs in any new endeavour. Nor does it matter if this classification is not widely accepted. We are still in the earliest stages of identifying and classifying extraterrestrial species and many changes and adjustments can be expected. At least we will have begun the process and as a classificatory system comes together there will in time be more consensus and a wider understanding of extraterrestrial species. To begin then, I propose that we classify all these intelligent, tool-using, extraterrestrial animal species in the Kingdom Animalides, resembling or akin to animals, from the Latin word ides, akin to or resembling. These can be further classified into Phylums such as Chordatides, Classes such as Mammalides, Orders such as Primatides and Families such as Hominides. This classification is based on the individual species complied by Patrick Huyghe from many sources and published in his book The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, (Avon Books, 1996). Species in each phylum or class are listed according to the date of the observation and report. Thirty species are classified here and the world-wide UFO literature provides evidence that there are other species that need to be added. Many reports of similar species, for instance, tall Grays and short Grays, may refer to different races of particular species, as occurs with humans. Major revisions will need to be undertaken if we obtain further information as to their evolutionary history. As yet we have little proof that any of these species actually exist. This classification should be regarded as an intellectual exercise to help those grappling with the UFO / extraterrestrial phenomenon. A Classification of Extraterrestrials Based On Contact Accounts. Kingdom; Animalides, Phylum; Chordatides, Class; Mammalides, Order; Primatides Family: Hominides.

Elegant Humanoid Pseudohomo concinnus (Elegant False Man) Recorded 25 November 1896 at Lodi, California, USA by Colonel H.G. Shaw and Camille Spooner. A 2m tall lightweight humanoid with a narrow, elegant body, a large head, large eyes, small nose, mouth and ears, delicate 5 fingered hands, all portions of the head and body covered with a soft, downy, neat fur and a warbling voice. Technology included a hovering cigar-shaped craft, bright egg-shaped hand-held lamps and a bag with a nozzle frequently applied to the nose as if to help with breathing. Three individuals observed swaying back and forth trying unsuccessfully to pick up the witnesses before floating into a door on the side of their craft and departing. Roswell Humanoid Homoides roswellii (Roswell Resembling Man) Recorded 4 July 1947 at Roswell, New Mexico, USA by W. Curry Holden, archaeologist and Glen Dennis, mortician, among others. A 1.5 m tall humanoid with a large bald head, small, sunken eyes, small concave nose with 2 nostrils, thin lipless mouth devoid of teeth but with tough gums and an ear hole on each side of the head with a tiny lob. The longest part of the arm is between the elbow and the wrist and the hand has 4 long slender fingers with a small hollow at the tip of each creating a suction pad. At 11.30 pm an aircraft of this species was observed to crash and 3 bodies obtained, a female of which was dissected by medical experts and the film of the autopsy shown publicly 50 years later. Mac Brazel, ranch manager also found debris from the crash on the J.B. Foster Ranch. Little Green Humanoid Viridenanus octodactylus (Eight-fingered Green Dwarf) Recorded 14 August 1947 at on the Chiarso River near Villa Santina, Friuli,
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Italy, by Professor Rapuzzi Johannis, Geologist and anthropologist. A 90 centimetre tall humanoid with a large hairless, earthy-green skinned head, large yellow-green hemispherical, protruding eyes with vertical pupils, no eyebrows or eye lashes and ring-like yellow-green eyelids at the base of the eye. The face is dominated by a large long, geometrically-cut, straight nose and the mouth is a slit, shaped like a circumflex accent and which continually opens and closes fish-like. The chest quivers during breathing and the hands each have 8 opposable jointless green digits. Two individuals were observed wearing dark brown tight fitting caps, dark blue translucent clothing with red collar, cuffs, footware and belt. They were standing on a rocky riverbank adjacent a red lens-shaped craft ten metres wide and six metres high with a low central cupola without apertures at the tip of which rose a shiny metallic, telescopic antenna. Insect-Eyed Grey Canutus cuteoculus (Insect-eyed Grey) Recorded 15 May 1951 at Salzburg, Austria. A 1.5-metre tall white-skinned Grey-like humanoid with a large-skulled, cylindrical, hairless head with a very high forehead and large compound eyes similar to that of an insect. The ears and nose are small holes and the mouth a small slit. Technology includes a 45-metre wide saucer-shaped craft, a pencil-shaped paralysing devise that makes a clicking sound when activated and an antigravity square black plate that can be strapped on. Red Giant Rufogigus peregrinus (Strange Red Giant) Recorded 12 September 1952 at Flatwoods, West Virginia, USA by Kathleen, Eddy and Fred May, Gene Lemon, Neil Nunley, Ronnie Shaver and Tommy Hyer. A 4-metre tall humanoid with a blood-red face, large greenish-orange eyes and three-fingered hands.
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Dwarf Humanoid Homonanus denticulatus (Finely-toothed Dwarf Man) Recorded 1 November 1954 at Cennina, Arezzo, Italy by Rosa Lotti. A 1metre tall dwarf humanoid very much like a pygmy human with normal features including short white teeth. Two individuals wearing gray clothing, leather-like helmets and standing adjacent a spindle-shaped 2-metre high craft of leather-coloured metal with a glass-like door with 2 small seats and controls visible within. Hairy Dwarf Dasypumilus saetosus (Bristly Hairy Dwarf) Recorded 28 November 1954 at Caracas, Venezuela by Gustavo Gonzales and Jose Ponce. A 1-metre tall dwarf animalian that does not wear clothes, is completely covered in stiff bristly hair and has three-clawed hands and feet. Technology includes a 3-metre wide spherical craft with an opening in the side and a small tube that emits a laser-like light. Three individuals observed carrying rocks or lumps of dirt to their vehicle. Gustavo Gonzales picked up one of the hairy dwarfs and found it to be very lightweight but with a very hard strong body and was tossed aside by the dwarf. Sharp-chinned Humanoid Decorhomo acutomaxilla (Sharp-jawed Beautiful Man) Recorded 15 October 1957 at Sao Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais, Brazil by Antonio Villas-Boas, farmer. A 1.5-metre tall human-like humanoid with a wide face, blond hair, blue eyes that are longer than they are wide and slanted outward, a straight nose, high cheeks and a pointed chin. Five individuals observed, four of which communicated among themselves with slowly emitted growls and barks.
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These wore very tight-fitting, soft, thick, gray, unevenly-striped spacesuits including gloves, thick-soled shoes and a helmet with lens-like windows and three tubes extended from the top down to the ribcage Their uniform included a belt with a breast strap and a breast badge. Technology included an egg-shaped craft 10.5 metres long by 7 metres wide with a rotating cupola and tripod legs. Gray Polioderma gigusoculus (Big-eyed Grey Skin) Recorded 19 September 1961 at Lancaster, New Hampshire, USA by Betty and Barney Hill. A 1.5 metre tall hairless, gray-skinned humanoid with a broad forehead, a round face that tapers towards the chin and large black, wrap-around eyes. The species has two slits for nostrils and a horizontal slit for a mouth. The lips have no muscles, they are slightly parted when communicating and within the mouth there is a membrane that flutters that helps to produce the humming, mumbling sound that is their voice. This species appears to have several races including short Grays and tall Grays and interact with humans more often than the other species, particularly during the last couple of decades. The Grays that abducted Betty and Barney Hill wore dark coloured uniforms consisting of trousers and short jackets without zippers or buttons, and low, slip-on boots. The leader wore a cap and a black scarf over his shoulder. Other reports include naked Grays and individuals wearing cloaks and hoods. Technology includes discs, spheres, egg-shaped and cigar-shaped craft. Cyclops Macrohomo unuoculus (One-eyed Giant Man) Recorded 28 August 1963 at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil by Fernando and Ronaldo Eustaquio Gualberto and Jose Marcos Gomes Vidal. A 3-metre tall single eyed giant humanoid. The large, dark round eye has
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what appears to be an eyebrow above it. The face has a reddish tint. Four individuals wearing space suits and clear helmets, each seated on onelegged stools, observed within a 3-metre wide transparent spherical craft. One had long, pulled back blond hair and appeared to be female. Three individuals were bald and appeared to be males. One male approached the witnesses and spoke in a loud incomprehensible voice. Wrinkle-faced Humanoid Antipygmaes verrucafrons (Wrinkle-faced Equivalent to a Pygmy) Recorded 2 November 1967 at Ririe, Idaho, USA by Guy Tossie and Will Begay. A 1-metre tall humanoid with a distinctive wrinkled, creased, heavily pitted face, small round eyes and large ears high on a hairless head. There is no noticeable nose and the mouth is a small slit. Technology includes a domed disc-shaped craft 2.5 metres in diameter. Big Head Humanoid Capitohomo amplumentum (Large-chinned Big-headed Man) Recorded 28 August 1972 at Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina by Eduardo Fernando Dedeu, motor mechanic. A 2-metre tall humanoid of robust build with an elongated chin that almost reaches the middle of the chest. Sightings of this species in connection with UFOs continued for 7 months in Argentina and then the species was recorded in the United States in 1994. Large-eared Hairy Humanoid Pilosahomo auritus (Large-eared Hairy Man) Recorded December 1974 at Frederic, Wisconsin, USA by William Bosak.
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A 1.8-metre tall humanoid with large, calf-like ears protruding horizontally from the head. The slender body and head is covered with reddish-brown fur except for the flat hairless face which has human-like, though protruding, eyes, nostrils and mouth. A single individual within a 2-metre wide disc-shaped craft with a curved glass-like front. Nordic Speciosahomo flavus (Blond-haired Attractive Man) Recorded 1975 at La Junta, Colarado, USA. A 2-metre humanoid with a Scandinavian / Nordic appearance though with very white, almost translucent skin, long blond hair and blond eyelashes. There may be several races of this species. Very human-like species dominated contact reports up to and including the 1940?s, 1950?s, 1960?s and the 1970?s. Black Gray Capitogriseus moros (Big-headed Grey Son of the Night) Recorded 8 August 1993 at Belgrave, Victoria, Australia by Kelly Cahill. A 2-metres tall humanoid with gray-black skin, large head, long thin arms and a bulging abdomen. There is a recording of this species from Leicester, England in the summer of 1928. Kingdom; Animalides, Phylum; Chordatides, Class; Mammalides, Order and Family not yet classifiable. Goblin Pygmaeus mirus (Extraordinary Pygmy) Recorded 21 August 1955 at Kelly, Kentucky by Billy Ray Taylor, Lucky
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Sutton and family. A 1-metre tall goblin-like animalian that does not wear clothes, stands on its hind legs and drops to all fours when it runs. It has a round, oversized bald, head with very large elephantine ears, large yellow eyes set halfway around the side of its face and a slit-like mouth that extends from ear to ear. The arms are almost twice as long as the legs and almost reach the ground. The hands have 4 claw-like elongated digits and the foot has 3 toes. There is almost no neck and the skin is silver in colour. Octolimb Octiartus proselytus (Strange Eight-limbed) Recorded 22 August 1955 at Riverside, California by Kermit Douglas and seven other children. A 1-metre tall exotic species with two forearms emerging at the elbow of each arm and four legs protruding from the hips. The eyes and mouth are large and red in colour and between them are four diamond-shaped nostrils. Technology includes silver disc-like craft. Mothman Papiliohomo volucer (Flying Creature Moth Man) Recorded 16 November 1963 at Hythe, Kent, England by John Flaxton and Mervyn Hutchinson. A 1.5-metre high winged animalian with a small head and webbed feet. Footprints measured 610 mm by 230 mm (2 feet by 9 inches). Three years later further observations were made of this species in the Ohio River Valley, USA where newsmen named it ?mothman?. One observer stated that it has red eyes. Kingdom; Animalides, Phylum; Chordatides, Class; Reptilides, Order and Family not yet classifiable. Spiny Reptoid Basiliscus spinacalva
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(Spiny-skull Snake-lizard) Recorded 6 December 1978 at Marzano, Genoa, Italy by Fortunato Zanfretta, nightwatchman. A 3-metre tall dark green reptoid with a 610 mm (2 feet) wide face with two large triangular yellow eyes, their outer corners inclined upwards and a large mouth. On either side of the head are 2 large horns, possibly ears, and the sides of the head are ornamented with large spines. The forehead has luminous irregular wrinkles that may be a third eye. The body is a mass of dark grey horizontal folds. Technology includes a huge triangular craft. Lizard Man Reptilishomo viridis (Green Lizard Man) Recorded July 1983 at Mount Vernon, Missouri, USA by Ron and Paula Watson, farmers. A 2-metre tall green-skinned reptoid with large eyes with vertical pupils. The feet and hands are webbed. Technology included a cone-shaped craft with a mirror-like surface that reflected its surroundings so that it was almost invisible. Along with two silver-suited beings that were abducting a cow was a big-foot like creature with yellow vertical slits in round green eyes. Kingdom; Animalides, Phylum; Chordatides, Class; Amphibides, Order and Family not yet classifiable.

Frogman Pseudorana tridactylos (Three toed False Frog) Recorded 24 September 1951 at Orland Park, Illinois by Harrison E. Bailey, Steelworker. A half-metre tall bipedal frog-like amphibian with smooth, brown, striped
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skin. The prominent eyes curve around the side of the head, there are three digits on hands and feet and the individuals communicate with high-pitched wild duck-like calls. A large number of these intelligent walking animals accompanied by numerous 25mm long black beetle-like companions clustered around the witness, jumping up to touch his hips and upper body. Within their bus-sized craft were two individuals 1.7 metres tall with bizarre flattened faces wearing green-tinted face shields. Bailey was revisited by this species in 1977 and 1978.

Kingdom; Animalides, Phylum, Class, Order and Family not yet classifiable.

Mantis Doctagryllus tegimen (Armoured Clever Cricket) Recorded in 1973 at Cookville, Maryland, USA by Mike Shea, lawyer. A 2-metre tall preying mantis-like species that some researchers believe to be an insectoid whilst others believe it to be a mammal-like species that has evolved a tall preying mantis-like shape. Mike shea?s description of this species is that they looked like grasshoppers with long arms and bowed legs, dressed in black, plastic-like armour, with a black face and wearing a black helmet with a line down the middle that came to a point. If it is insectoid the armour and helmet may be its exoskeleton. This species has been observed associating with other species such as Grays and involved with abductions. Abductees report that this species makes a distinctive clicking with its fingers Blob Amoebagigas deformis (Shapeless Giant Amoeba) Recorded 20 December 1958 at Domesten, Kristianstad, Sweden by Stig Rydberg and Hans Gustafsson. A 1-metre tall intelligent giant amoeba-like exotic species, blue-grey in colour with two black dot-like eyes and filled
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with what looks like blood corpuscles. This species does not possess limbs and moves by bouncing, the outer surface has a powerful suction-like ability which it uses to grasp objects. A distinctive odour is noticeable and has been described as a combination of ether and burnt sausage meat. Technology includes a disc-shaped craft 3.5 metres across and 1 metre high resting on a tripod. References Huyghe, P. & Trumbore, H. 1996 The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, Avon Books, NY, USA Disclaimer Email This Article

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Summary: A selection of popular UFO books and documents. Privately produced briefing documents aiming to familiarize high government officials with the UFO evidence e.g. French COMETA Report, Rockefeller UFO Briefing Document, The UFO Enigma Congressional Research Report, NICAP/R.H.Hall The UFO Evidence. Various declassified government UFO files (Brazil, Canada, France, Denmark, Russia, UK, USA) Note: Titles in bold are highly recommended reading. Freely downloadable material (either public domain or copyright has expired).

Crop-out of the Kelsey Bay, Vancouver Island BC, Canada Oct-1981 UFO seems to depict a disk with a dome (this crop-out is grainy due to max magnification from 2nd generation negatives -uncropped photo) Story: During a family vacation, Mrs McRoberts saw "a cloud over a mountaintop, suggestive of a smoking volcano" and snapped a photo of it. She didn't notice the UFO at the time the photo was taken, it was captured by chance. More case details at ufobc, ufoevidence. Higherresolution versions of the photo: full uncropped, magnified cropout). APRO, Dr.Harder and Dr.Haines (a retired NASA scientist, who in 2000 established NARCAP - compiled a database of over 3000 UFO sightings by pilots - see documentary "Pilot UFO sightings") took an interest in the photo. An analysis of the Kelsey Bay UFO photo (.PDF)is published in the scientific report of the Sturrock Panel 1997 (.PDF), funded by billionaire Laurance Rockefeller. Dr.Haines considered the possibility that it was just a small frisbee near the camera, and argued that a frisbee wouldn't fly well if it had a dome on its top -as the Vancouver object apparently has- nor would it show up sharp in the photo due to its quick movement. Related: This domed disk resembles the object in theWilliam Herrmann, Charleston USA, Apr-1980 UFO photos and possibly the Prince George, Canada Jun-1998 UFO photos. Also the case Pilot's Car Engine Suddenly Stops; Spots 4 UFOs (Discs) Nov-1957 AISS (FOIA). Reports of very close sightings of discoid UFOs with transparent domes, with "human-looking" UFOoccupants, include Mrs.Roestenberg,16 age 29 at the time, and her two sons over her home near Ranton, Staffordshire, England in Oct-1954 - sketch (ref: various video

French COMETA Report "UFOs and Defense: What should we prepare for?" (1999) ("Les Ovni Et La Defense: A quoi doit-on se preparer?"). This is a document prepared by the COMETA group, an independent (nongovernment) association of French scientists and retired high-ranking military officers, most formerly associated with IHEDN (Institute of Higher Education for National Defense, roughly equivalent to other countries' War College) in France. The report is prefaced by General Bernard Norlain of the Air Force, former Director of IHEDN, and it begins with a preamble by Andre Lebeau, former President of the National Center for Space Studies (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales or CNES, the French equivalent of NASA). Contributors include JeanClaude Ribes, astrophysicist and former director of the Lyon's Observatory, and several top military officers of the French Airforce, Navy and Army. The COMETA document was not intended for the general public, and initially it was only sent to French President Jacques Chirac and to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, among other officials. However, some time later it was published in French weekly VSD, as according to General Letty "we felt that we had an information duty towards a mature public". It did not receive any official reactions and was largely ignored by the english-speaking media (US freelance journalist Leslie Kean encountered resistance when trying to publish an article about it in US media; a shorter version of her article appeared in the Boston Globe and was carried

by the New York Times Wire Service in May-2000), but was widely discussed in Internet circles. Note: Leslie Kean is currently Director of the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFI), a new organization based in Washington, DC. Impact: While the COMETA Report didn't offer any new insights, it did have some impact, because of the high stature of its contributors, and its conclusion that "the extraterrestrial explanation for UFOs is quite possible and cannot be ignored". Availability: Originally a 90-page long special published with French weekly magazine VSD. A version translated to English, but without the images of the printed edition, is available from FUFOR or on-line at: Part 1 (.pdf) and Part 2 (.pdf) or at archive.org. The COMETA Report was published again in 2003, in book form, with 222 pages of text plus 12 pages of pictures, by Editions du Rocher. It is also available in paperback, published by Editions J'Ai Lu in 2006. Further reading: ufologie, ufoevidence. Related: It is well known that France created an official organization for the study of UFOs under CNES, first called GEPAN in 1977 and later SEPRA in 1988 -see From GEPAN to SEPRA: Official UFO studies in France (.PDF 105K)-. In Mar-2007, at www.cnes-geipan.fr, CNES published parts of the French UFO sighting database with more than 100,000 pages of witness testimony, photographs, film footage and audiotapes of officially investigated cases, collected since 1954.

Rockefeller-sponsored "UFO Briefing Document - The best available evidence" (1995) by aviation writer Don Berliner, with Marie Galbraith (wife of banker Evan Griffith Galbraith 1928-2008, US Ambassador to France from 1981 to 1985 under Ronald Reagan and the Secretary of Defense Representative in Europe under Donald Rumsfeld from 2002 to 2007) and Chilean-American writer Antonio Huneeus. Chairman of the Fund for UFO Research Richard Hall also wrote a separate executive summary. It was endorsed by 3 historical UFO organizations in USA (CUFOS, MUFON, FUFOR). Financed by billionaire Laurance Rockefeller, roughly 1,000 copies of this 168-page document were delivered in 1995 to President Clinton, U.S. Congress, Heads of State and other potentially influencial people around the world. Download it as PDF, or read it online at HTML1 or at HTML2. It is also available as (rather poor quality) mass paperback edition from Amazon (Note: During the 1990s, billionaire philanthropist Laurance S. Rockefeller (1910-2004) sponsored several UFO-related projects. This has come to be known as the "Rockefeller UFO initiative" since in some cases they went beyond funding and included an actual lobbying effort to the Clinton White House, undertaken by Rockefeller himself and his lawyer Henry Diamond, in the early and mid-90s) The report is comprised of three parts: First is a brief Overview, discussing the general case for UFO reality and the problem of government secrecy. Part two, the most lengthy, details 18 major UFO cases from the "foo fighters" of 1944-45 to the 1989-90 sighting wave over Belgium. Cases illustrate some of the most intriguing aspects of the UFO mystery, including their being tracked on military radar, attempted intercepts by military airplanes, and landings which left physical traces.
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Various UFO experts may quibble over the inclusion or exclusion of some cases, but in general the selection is well thought out and impressive. Part three is comprised mainly of quotes from various world figures, including leading military and government officials, astronauts, and scientists from 17 countries, on the reality or possibility of UFOs and alien contact. They support the contention that UFOs are real, baffling and worth far more serious study than they have yet received. The point is made that the people of the world have a right to know more about this long-term scientific mystery.

"The UFO Enigma - Congressional Research Report" (1983) by Marcia S. Smith and George D. Havas, Science Policy Research Division. 143 pages.
Abstract: Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have been a source of concern, anxiety, and ridicule for more than three decades in the United States, and for centuries on a global scale. The question in the case of UFOs is not whether there is other intelligent life in the universe, but whether it has visited earth, and if not, then what accounts for the thousands of reports of strange lights and phenomena which seem to have no other explanation? This report is an updated edition of the 1976 CRS study by the same title, and adds material on what has happened since the mid-1970s in terms of U.S. government involvement in solving the UFO puzzle, and information that has been released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Related: Marcia Smith story by Canadian UFO researcher Grant Cameron, creator of the presidentialufo.com site Sources: Download as PDFs from konsulting, ED2K pdf (11.6MB)

"UFOs: What to Do?" (1968) was an unpublished internal document by RAND Corporation in USA (a global policy think-tank focusing on US national security, thought to be affiliated with the US military-industrial complex; RAND used to be very influential in defining US military strategy in the 1950s and 1960s). For a long time RAND denied its existence, probably because it took a distinct pro-UFO stance and at the same time several 3-letter agencies in USA were evidently busy with anti-UFO propaganda. In Jun-2000 it was released to the public. Get it from any of the following sources: rand.org (PDF 1.4MB), NICAP, ufologie "The UFO Evidence" (1964) compiled by Richard H. Hall on behalf of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), the most prominent civilian UFO organization of the 1950s and 1960s. Few people at that time were aware of the scope and consistency of UFO reports by credible witnesses such as scientists, professional pilots, police officers, and even U.S. Air Force personnel. When The UFO Evidence was released in July 1964, coinciding with a new wave of sightings after a lull of several years, it received national and international news coverage as well as serious attention in the U.S. Congress. According to its author R.H.Hall:
"[The UFO Evidence (1964)] played an important role in bringing about congressional hearings and later editions contained strong endorsements by various senators and representatives. House Majority Leader John McCormack (D-Mass.) requested two copies of the report, one for his Capitol Hill office and one for his state home office. Dozen of federal government agencies

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(including Department of Defense) and scientific and industrial organizations requested copies. Members of Congress were besieged with requests for hearings. (The correspondence files showing the influence of The UFO Evidence are still in my possession.) The upsurge in UFO sightings beginning in 1964 helped substantially, but it was NICAP's ability to gather and exploit this information that helped speed up the agenda, assisted by such valuable allies as James McDonald. Clearly, the pressure applied by NICAP, primarily though is documentary report, was centrally important in bringing about hearings in 1966 and again in 1968." -- src: IUR Vol. 26:1, Spring, 2001, pp. 13-16

Over 40 years of data since then have replicated many of its findings. Full text: nicap.

"The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects" (1956) by Captain (USAF) Edward J. Ruppelt who was in charge of the US Air Force's UFO Project "Blue Book" from 1951 until 1953 and later engineer at Northrop. This is a book written from a unique insider's point of view, who seems open-minded and mystified. Many long-time UFO researchers (e.g. Stanton Friedman, Jerome Clark) have credited this book for igniting their interest in the UFO subject, so it played a significant part in shaping UFO history. The first edition (Doubleday, NY, 1956) had ended with Chapter Seventeen, "What Are UFOs?" and Ruppelt's conclusion: "Only time will tell." However in 1959, four years after writing the first edition, Ruppelt seemed to have had a change of heart. A revised edition of the book appeared with three new skeptical chapters added, and the book now ended with "we're stuck with our Space Age Myth -- the UFO". Ruppelt died of a heart attack on September 15, 1960, at the age of 37. Some UFO researchers have suggested that Ruppelt was pressured to renege and that played a part in his early demise, e.g. Major USMC Don Keyhoe (founder of NICAP) in a late 1970s interview with Bob Pratt:
PRATT: I know Ruppelt's book mentioned that several officers in the Pentagon seemed to be believers but he didn't name anybody. KEYHOE: Yeah, well, too bad about Ruppelt. See, he came out with that book and it caused the Air Force a lot of trouble. He had made some statements in public, articles and so forth, and newspaper interviews, and they put the heat on him. Well, after he had gone on inactive, he got a job with an aerospace company, and the Air Force put the heat on him and also the company. If he didn't renege on some of these things he said, they were not going to have anything more to do with the company. So he added three new chapters to the (revised edition of the) book . . . and he completely reneged on the whole thing and said there was no evidence. It was a ridiculous thing and all that which crucified him. He died of a heart attack shortly after that, and I think that had a lot to do with it. In the three chapters he added, he takes a crack or two at me, and before that he'd been very carefully giving me inside information. He managed to get about 50 cases, really important cases, cleared for me right after that big (July 29, 1952) conference. (General) Samford, who tried to explain away the whole thing, must have been privately in favor of getting it out because shortly after that he allowed headquarters to release all these cases to me with a definite clearance and a statement they were all unexplained, unsolved...

Full-text: nicap or ufologie. The 1959 edition: gutenberg, amazon

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"Regional Encounters" The FC Files (1994) by Francis L. Ridge a 40-year veteran UFO researcher with NICAP, MUFON, and CUFOS. Covers the best UFO sightings in the six-state region, from Missouri to Ohio and Indiana to Tennessee, since the turn of the 20th century. Full text: (PDF) e-Book "Flying saucers are real" (1950) by Major (US Marine Corps) Donald Keyhoe 1950 classic book. Keyhoe headed NICAP, the biggest civilian UFO investigative organizations of the 1950s-1960s in USA. Full text: nicap, sacred-texts, esolibris "The Book of the Damned" (1919) by Charles Hoy Fort. Full-text: gutenberg [note: This book makes it quite obvious that the UFO-phenomenon is not a modern spaceage mythology invented by Hollywood or a product of "Cold War"-nerves, or some kind of WWII Nazi secret weapon etc, as UFO sightings go at least as far back as the 1800s] The title of the book referred to what Charles Fort termed the "damned" data - data which had been damned, or excluded, by modern Science because of its not conforming to accepted guidelines. The way Fort sees it, mainstream scientists are trend-followers who believe in what is accepted and popular, and never really look for a truth that may be contrary to what they believe. He also compares the closemindedness of many scientists to that of religious fundamentalists, implying that the supposed "battle" between science and religion is just a smokescreen for the fact that, in his view, science is, in essence, simply a de facto religion. This is a theme that Fort would develop more heavily in his later works, New Lands and Lo! particularly.

Interesting but non-essential reading material of questionable value, e.g. Aztec crash book by Scully, MJ12 docs

"UFOLOGY I - A Major Breakthrough in the Scientific Understanding of Unidentified Flying Objects" by James M. McCampbell (1973,1976). Full-text: nicap. [note: superseded by later, more elaborate studies. The author put out an update "UFOLOGY II: Some final answers" published in 1998. Paul R. Hill's book "Unconventional Flying Objects" published in 1995. Also refer to my 2008 UFO Technical Overview: What we think we know about UFOs webpage]. "Behind the Flying Saucers" (1950) by journalist Frank Scully. It deals with the alleged Aztec 1948 UFO crash. Full-text: .DOC (Word) full-text version. Scully's book on Aztec had big impact at the time it was published, but the incident had been been written off as a hoax by the UFO research community. However, interesting new aspects of the "Aztec UFO-crash" case were uncovered recently by Scott Ramsey. According to his Website:
Scott D. Ramsey has been researching the UFO Incident at Aztec since he first became aware of it back in 1988 while on a business trip to the Four Corners area. He has been aggressively tracking down witnesses and chasing any and all leads since 1990. He has traveled to 28 states in fourteen years, spent hundreds of hours in various archives, interviewed over 60 witnesses tied to the event.

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New material on the Aztec UFO case include: 1. Scott Ramsey's upcoming book
2. a video documentary on Ramsey's research by Canadian producer Paul Kimball, released in 2004. Below is Kimball introducing the documentary in a UFO conference (note: Kimball has since changed his mind and considers the Aztec case to be conclusively proven a hoax): 3. Ramsey discussed his work in the Paracast (homepage) in Sep-2007.

www.theblackvault.com archives of over 440.000 pages of declassified US government documents (scanned into .PDF files). Since Apr-2008 it also offers scanned past issues of MUFON Journal from 1970s until 2000. "Disclosure Project Briefing Document" (2001) by Steven M. Greer, M.D., Director and Theodore C. Loder III, Ph.D. Full text: HTML (!!!BIG DOCUMENT!!!). Book: scribd Note: Dr Greer is considered unreliable by many UFO researchers, due to dubious claims.

bluebookarchive.org, (alt: footnote.com) USAF Project Blue Book Archive. Offers downloadable .PDFs of over 12.000 UFO reports submitted between 1947-1969, of which over 1.500 were listed as "unknown" i.e. "true UFO" -- see Comprehensive Catalog of 1500 Project Blue Book UFO Unknowns (.PDF). But keep in mind that after 1953 USAF Project Blue Book was essentially a public-relations scheme with a mission to "debunk" UFOs and convince the public there is nothing there. Also, as found more recently, General Carrol Bollender's 1969 memo "the BlueBook system excluded any UFO sightings which affect national security" (e.g. UFO visits to nuclear weapon storage and ICBM facilities). Of particular interest is "Blue Book Special Report 14" (1955), in which 21.5% of the sightings were classified as "unknowns". Disputed authenticity Majestic 12 Documents (a/k/a MJ12), which surfaced in mid1980s. The ones considered authentic by the core MJ12 researchers (Robert Wood, Ryan Wood, Stanton Friedman) are: 1. Truman-Forrestal Memo (TF) 24-Sep-1947 - sent on one roll of film from NM
2. Eisenhower Briefing Document (EBD) 18-Nov-1952 - [pdf 516KB] sent on one roll of film from NM

3. The Cutler-Twining Memo (CT) 14-Jun-1954 - found in a folder ("slipped in") at the National Archives after anonymous tip
4. SOM1-01: almost certainly a fake (although the Woods give it highest rating for authenticity), see Joint statement that SOM101 is hoaxed, is the "Special Operations Manual" SOM1-01: Extraterrestrial Entities and Technology, Recovery and Disposal, on film sent to Don Berliner from Wisconsin 21

and a host of others, which are demonstrably fraudulent, and often lumped together, to claim all are hoaxed. Mounting Evidence For Authenticity of MJ-12 Documents by the Woods (MUFON 2001 conference) However, many other UFO researchers (Brad Sparks, Robert Hastings, Kevin Randle, Jan Aldrich, Jerome Clark etc) consider the MJ12 documents fraudulent. To them, the only remaining question is whether MJ12 docs were created by USAF/OSI as part of a disinformation campaign, or inside the UFO community to catalyze disclosure and/or propel specific people into the spotlight. New MJ12 revelations by Brad Sparks (MUFON 2007 conference). Robert Hastings' 2009 series: Operation Bird Droppings: The MJ12 Saga continues, Update 1, Update 2 For those who don't know the background behind MJ12, it's claimed that in the aftermath of the crash of an extraterrestrial craft in Jul-1947, near Roswell in New Mexico USA, a small super-secret group known as Majestic-12 (or MJ-12) was formed in USA to handle the UFO issue. The first four Directors of Central Intelligence, the first Secretary of Defense, and several outstanding scientists and military leaders were allegedly part of the team. Robert M. Wood, Ph.D. began reconstructing the (MAJIC) Special Operations Manual SOM1-01 in 1995 (see occupants page). Here is what MJ12 proponents said recently: The fundamental story told by the MJ-12 documents is this: unconventional craft (UFOs) have maneuvered over the United States, causing enormous concern to our nation's security agencies, and some craft have faltered to earth where highly secret, and sometimes illegal, operations have recovered extraordinary technology and non-human creatures. All means were authorized to hide and discredit these phenomena. If you do not believe such events are possible, then you will reject the MJ-12 documents, and you will interpret other information through this same lens of denial. Conversely, if you suspect such events may have happened, you would expect to see some leaked documents like MJ- 12 from whistleblowers. Stanton Friedman counters MJ12 critics: "I compiled and published lists of many details that were in the EBD, CT and TF memos that were not known to be true prior to receipt of the documents, but that later investigation proved to be true. How did a hoaxer know? I located Flight logs for General Twining and his pilot substantiating his flight to New Mexico on July 7, 1947, as noted in the EBD, and other relevant flights. Twining's log had been in a classified box at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division for decades." Dr. Robert Wood, Stanton Friedman, and Ryan Wood introduce the Majestic Documents:

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Other videos about MJ12/MAJIC:

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Xcon 2005 - Ryan and Bob Wood - MJ12 documents: where do they lead? (55min) Xcon 2005 - Ryan & Bob Wood - MJ12 Documentation Authentication Workshop (1hr21min)

US Air Force Instruction 10-206, instructing pilots how to report UFOs (.PDF) (last

updated 2008, despite USAF claims that they no longer investigate UFO reports). Go to Chapter 5.6.3.3 of the USAF Operational System, and ask yourself why UFOs rate their own identify profile under Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings. (CIRVIS)
Ufopsi.com Library collection of UFO-related files coming from official sources,

released through the freedom of information laws.

Internet Sacred Text Archive (some good, many junk/hoaxes/urban legends etc)

documents about UFOs, posted long ago on a pre-Internet bulletin boards Official government positions (if any at all)

USA: US DoD (includes material from USAF, NASA, NSA, FBI) since 1969 Summary: no UFO has ever given any indication of threat to national security, no evidence that UFO represent technological developments or principles beyond the range of present-day scientific knowledge or that they are extraterrestrial vehicles. Roswell was a Mogul balloon. UK: Flying Saucer Working Party, Condign Report, UK MoD Files: 186 files in total, to be released to The National Archives (TNA). France Brazil Italy AF's UFO page
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The Operation Prato, carried out by the I Regional Air Command (COMAR) from September to December of 1977 The mass UFO-wave in May 1986 over the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo The Varginha Case 1996

Ireland Russia: SETKA: A Secret Soviet UFO Research Program Canada: National Archives of Canada UFO Files

Spain introduced limited releases of information during the 1970s, with the release of pictures on UFOs watching military flight operations over the Grand Canaries. Limited releases were also made by the Brazilian government (2004) revealing a flotilla of unknown
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space objects that passed over their airspace and industrial facilities in southern Brazil in 1986. In addition, Belgium, Russia and the United Kingdom have also made recent limited releases of declassified official documents. Freely downloadable from Edonkey2000 P2P network (if you're a total newbie, use the free Emule sw client -- you need to have P2P installed, as these are NOT http links)

ED2K C2C - 21-Jul-2004 - Stanton Friedman, Seth Shostak - The Great UFOlogy-SETI Debate.mp3, 108min edited (no-ads) "debate" between Stanton Friedman and SETI's Seth Shostak on C2C radio 21-Jul-2004 (50MB) ED2K The Disclosure Project Briefing Document (500 Pages Of testimonies) (2001).pdf (39MB)

UFO books for buying

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UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record (2010) by Leslie Kean, foreworded by John Podesta. Leslie Kean is an investigative reporter who has studied UFOs since 1999, having developed an interest after reading the French COMETA Report of 1999. UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites (2008) by Robert Hastings, who has researched the subject since 1973. Website: ufohastings.com UFOs and Water: Physical Effects of UFOs on Water Through Accounts by Eyewitnesses (2010) by Carl W Feindt Strange Company: Military Encounters with UFOs in World War II (2007) by Keith Chester Haunted Skies - The encyclopedia of British UFOs - Vol.1 (2010) by expoliceman John Hanson and his wife Dawn Holloway GRASSROOTS UFOs: Case Reports from the Center for UFO Studies (2005, 2011) by Michael D. Swords. The volume is a collection of UFO sightings gathered over twenty years by John Timmerman. The Utah UFO Display: A Scientist's Report (first edition 1974, 2nd edition 2010) by Dr Frank B. Salisbury [note: A Mormon, seems to view certain aspects through his religion] Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times (2010) by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck A.D. After Disclosure: The People's Guide to Life After Contact (2010) by Richard M. Dolan and Bryce Zabel Shoot Them Down! - The Flying Saucer Air Wars Of 1952 (2007) by Frank Feschino Jr The Myth And Mystery Of UFOs (2010) by Thomas E. Bullard
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The UFO Encyclopedia - This is THE reference for UFO related information. Jerome Clark, board member of CUFOS (J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies) and editor of the CUFOS magazine the International UFO Reporter (IUR), has been following the UFO subject since the 1950s. In his UFO encyclopedia, J.Clark assembled the most comprehensive set of references on UFOs ever created, including an entry on abductions by T.E.Bullard, and an examination of the radar-visual evidence in the RB47 case by Brad Sparks (a case which may be the first instrumentally-documented demonstration of UFOs engaging in intelligent behavior). Expensive, but useful reference. UFOs and the National Security State, Vol. I - Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973 (2002) by Richard M. Dolan UFOs and the National Security State, Vol. II - The Cover-Up Exposed, 19731991 (2009) by Richard M. Dolan

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"Unconventional Flying Objects: A Scientific Analysis", excellent book about the possible science behind UFOs, written by Paul R. Hill (Senior NASA engineer who acted as an informal citizens' "clearinghouse" in USA for UFO related info for 2 decades) ISBN: 1571740279. The book also comes highly recommended in a Frontispiece by Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell, and in a Foreword by retired McDonnell Douglas R&D manager Dr Robert M. Wood. book review by Dr.Hal Puthoff, Extract on UFO illumination and performance Visitors From Time: The Secret of the UFOs by Marc Davenport Lost science series by Leonard G. Cramp, a former British Aerospace engineer and former Vice President of the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA), who has studied UFOs since the 1950s. He had the opportunity to meet with scientists, pilots and people from all walks of life in Britain, who had been involved in UFO close-encounters and gain access to information. Cramp accepted the Adamski contactee story, which is rejected by most UFO researchers. He nevertheless provides an interesting account of his conception of the use of gravity and anti-gravity effects in relation to the appearance, behavior and effects of UFOs.
1. Ufos & Anti-Gravity: Piece for a Jig Saw (1966 - republished 1997) 2. The Cosmic Matrix: Piece for a Jig Saw, Part 2 (Sep-1999) 3. The A.T. Factor Advanced Time - Piece for a Jig saw, Part 3 (Oct2001)

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Rho Sigma [Rolf Schaffranke] "Ether-Technology: A Rational Approach to Gravity Control" (.PDF, amazon)

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Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of Ufo Phenomena by Harley D. Rutledge (1982) [note: Harley Rutledge was chairman of South Eastern Missouri State University] To catch a flying star: A Scientific Theory of Ufos (1989) by John Ackerman John Ackerman, To catch a flying star: A Scientific Theory of Ufos [bunk?] Electrogravitics Systems: Reports on a New Propulsion Methodology and Electrogravitics II: Validating Reports on a New Propulsion Methodology by Thomas Valone [bunk] David Hatcher Childress books on anti-gravity

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Night siege: the Hudson Valley UFO sightings by Joseph Allen Hynek, Philip J. Imbrogno, Bob Pratt The Ufo Handbook: A Guide to Investigating, Evaluating, and Reporting Ufo Sightings by Alan Hendry, investigator for J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS). In mid-1970s CUFOS received funds allowing it a full time employee, and Allan Hendry, with a B.A. in astronomy and a friend of Dr Hynek, got the job. His main task was editing the CUFOS newsletter and answering the 'UFO Hot Line', a service operated via local police departments. Hendry personally investigated over 1300 UFO reports and wrote this book. Stanton Friedman's books
1. "Crash at Corona" a study of the alleged UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico in July-1947 2. "Top Secret/MAJIC" by Stanton Friedman, examines the documentary evidence for the existence of a clandestine government group called "Majestic-12", formed in 1947 to deal with the remains of a crashed flying saucer near Roswell, New Mexico USA.

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"The UFO enigma: A new review of the physical evidence" by Peter A. Sturrock (Prof.Emeritus of Physics at Stanford Univ) - also available online Invisible Residents: The Reality of Underwater UFOs by Ivan T. Sanderson. "Best UFO Cases - Europe", Illobrand von Ludwiger, ISBN 0-9666077-0-8 Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery by Aime Michel (1958). Suggests the idea of "orthoteny" i.e. that UFOs follow certain paths. Search your favorite online bookstore (Amazon etc) for books by: J.Allen Hynek, Jerome Clark, Richard Hall, Stanton Friedman, Timothy Good, Richard M. Dolan, Don Berliner, Kevin Randle, Budd Hopkins, John Mack, Peter Sturrock, Steven Greer, Jim Marrs, Jean-Jacques Velasco, Jaques Vallee. Or better, visit Anomalia.org's english-language UFO books or"Serious UFO Studies" or Guidebooks for an Amateur
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Ufologist collections of UFO-related books at Amazon and choose from those shortlists. Might be interesting, but haven't read them yet:
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Project Identification: The first Scientific Study of UFO Phenomena. PrenticeHall 1981 ISBN 0-13-730713-6 by Harley D. Rutledge, Ph.D. The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials The Roswell Legacy by Col. Marcel Jr (the son of Major Marcel who was the Intelligence Officer at Roswell in 1947) Socorro "Saucer" in a Pentagon Pantry by Ray Stanford. About the well known Soccoro / Officer Zamora sighting in 1976. At the Threshold : Ufos, Science, and the New Age by Charles F. Emmons, PhD. Treats from the perspective of the sociology of science

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