Papers concerning UFOs, 1952-1976.

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Papers concerning UFOs, 1952-1976.

This collection includes correspondence, articles, newsclippings, photographs, and recordings, concerning Menzel's documentation of UFOs as natural phenomena explainable in scientific terms. One can find material on the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Project Blue Book, the Velikovsky controversy, and a card file of meteor activity, 1946-1961.

ca. 12,000 items (12 linear ft.).

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Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996

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Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extra...

Klass, Philip J.

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Philip J. Klass has published widely in the field of scientific explanation of UFOs. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1965-1982]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122474135 American author of science and fantasy fiction; b. 1919. From the description of Philip J. Klass collection, 1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968410 Philip J. Klass was born in Des Moines, Iowa on November 8, 1919 to Raymon...

Boyd, Lyle Gifford, 1907-....

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National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena.

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Botley, Cicely M.

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Markowitz, William

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Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974

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Physicist. Major affiliations include: Princeton University, 1930-1937; Westinghouse Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-1945; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC, 1945-1951; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1956-1963; and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, Boulder, CO from 1963. From the description of Public relations file on Condon, mostly pertaining to the attack on his loyalty by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1948-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Quintanella, Hector.

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Wellman, Wade

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Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard,), 1901-1976.

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Menzel died in 1976. From the description of Autobiography, 1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80630339 Donald Howard Menzel was an astrophysicist. From the description of Papers concerning UFOs, 1952-1976. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523365 From the description of Autobiography, September 1974. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624215 From the guide to the Papers concerning U...

Schreibsten, Norman.

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Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979

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Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen), 1910-1986

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Astronomer J. Allen Hynek led Northwestern’s Astronomy Department into the Space Age and became the nation’s foremost expert on unidentified flying objects (UFOs). He oversaw the significant expansion of Northwestern’s Astronomy Department and made important contributions to his field, most notably by successfully incorporating television technology into telescopes for the first time. However, he was best known for his work on UFOs. First as an Air Force investigator and then as a l...

Project Blue Book.

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Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward), 1897-

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Maney, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1891-

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