Brief review to be added of Bracewell, Ronald's book “The Galactic Club” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK)
Web Resources
There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...
The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.
Book References
The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.
Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.
For discussion of Bracewell’s probes proposal and/or the “Galactic Club” see the following:
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[Bracewell, R N (1960), Nature, Volume 186, page 670 – reprinted in Cameron, A G W (1963) “The Search for Extraterrestrial Life”] |
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Allen, Tom in his “The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial life " (1965) at pages 25-27 (in Chapter 2) of the Chilton hardback edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 131-142 (in Chapter 8) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “The UFO Phenomena” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 46 (in Chapter 4) of the Headline hardback edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “Where is Everybody?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 137-146 (in Chapter 9) of the Sigma Press softcover edition. |
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Asimov, Isaac in his “Extraterrestrial Civilizations” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 232-233 (in Chapter 13) of the Crown hardback edition, at pages 263-264 of the Pan paperback edition. |
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Baird, John C in his “The Inner Limits of Outer Space” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28-32 (in Chapter 3) of the Dartmouth hardback edition. |
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Binder, Otto in his “Flying Saucers Are Watching Us” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 108 (in Chapter 10) of the Belmont paperback edition. |
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Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 86-89 (in Chapter 6) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at pages 78-80 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Bracewell, Ronald in “Interstellar Communication : A Collection of Reprints and Original Contributions” (1963) (edited by A G W Cameron) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 242-248 (in Chapter 25) of the W A Benjamin hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint from the article“Communications from Superior Galactic Communities”, R N Bracewell, Nature, Volume 186, pages 670-671 (1960). |
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Bracewell, Ronald in “Interstellar Communication : A Collection of Reprints and Original Contributions” (1963) (edited by A G W Cameron) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 238-242 (in Chapter 24) of the W A Benjamin hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint from the article “Life in the Galaxy” published in “A Journey through Space and the Atom” (edited by S T Butler and H Messel), Nuclear Research Foundation, Sydney, Australia, 1962. |
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Bracewell, Ronald in “Interstellar Communication : Scientific Perspectives” (1974) (edited by Cyril Ponnamperuma and A G W Cameron) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-116 (in Chapter 7) of the Houghton Mifflin softcover edition. |
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Bracewell, Ronald N in an interview in David W Swift’s “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 149-154 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Ronald N Bracewell”) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 52-53 (in the entry entitled “Bracewell probes”), 162 (in the entry entitled “Galactic Club”), 376 (in the entry entitled “sentinel hypothesis”), 449 (in the entry entitled “von Neumann probes”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Galactic Club”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/G/GalClub.html |
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Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 95 (in Appendix 1) of the Penguin paperback edition. |
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Deardorff, Jim in “Alien Update” (1993) (edited by Timothy Good) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 155-156 (in Chapter 10) of the Arrow paperback edition. (The relevant chapter is a reprint of the following article: J. W. Deardorff “Possible extraterrestrial strategy for Earth”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society , Volume 27 (1986), pages 94-101.) |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 213 (in Chapter 7) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 432-433 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 131-132 (in Chapter 6), 148 (in Chapter 7) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Drake, Frank in “Interstellar Communication : Scientific Perspectives” (1974) (edited by Cyril Ponnamperuma and A G W Cameron) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 121-123 (in Chapter 8) of the Houghton Mifflin softcover edition. |
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Earley, George W in “Encounters with Aliens” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 72 (in the introduction to “The Cave of History”) of the Charter House softcover edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 94-96, 98-99 (in Chapter 8) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Fairley, Peter in his “Is there Life in Outer Space?” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-67 (in Chapter 5) of the Look-In softcover edition. |
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Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 336-337, 350-351 (in Section 5) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition. |
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Goldsmith, Donald and Owen, Tobias in their “The Search for Life in the Universe” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 379 (in Chapter 19) of the Benjamin Cummings softcover edition, at page 448 (in Chapter 18) of the 1992 Addison Wesley softcover revised second edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 163 (in Chapter 6) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Hoagland, Richard in his “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 102 (in Chapter 6) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition. |
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Hobana, Ion and Weverbergh, Julien in their “UFO's from behind the iron curtain” (1974) at pages 51-52 (in Chapter 2) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Horowitz, Paul in an interview in David W Swift’s “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 409 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Paul Horowitz”) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 177-178 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 35-36 (in Chapter 1), 195 (in Chapter 8) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Landsburg, Alan in his “In Search of Extraterrestrials” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 87 (in Chapter 7) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Lunan, Duncan in Chris Boyce’s Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95 (in Chapter 7), 142-143 (in Chapter 11) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at pages 87, 132-133 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18-20 (in Chapter 1), 196-198 (in Chapter 11), 223 (in Chapter 12) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at pages 23-25, 245-249, 278 of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-68 (in Chapter 5) of the O’Reilly hardback edition. |
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Menzel, Donald and Taves, Ernest in their “The UFO Enigma“ (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-208 (in Chapter 15) of the Doubleday hardback edition. |
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Morrison, Philip in “Interstellar Communication : Scientific Perspectives” (1974) (edited by Cyril Ponnamperuma and A G W Cameron) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 169-171 (in Chapter 10) of the Houghton Mifflin softcover edition. |
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Oliver, Bernard and Billingham, John et al in “Project Cyclops: A Design Study of a System for Detecting Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life : NASA Contractor Report 114445 (“NASA CR |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 130-131 (in Chapter 15) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-152 (in Chapter 9) of the Fontana paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 158 (in Chapter 9) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at page 164 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 33 (in an entry entitled “Bracewell probe”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 69-70 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A Challenge to Science”) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 211 (in Chapter 38) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Direct Contact Among Galactic Civilizations by Relativistic Interstellar Spaceflight” Planetary and Space Science Volume 11 (1963), issue 11, pages 485-498. |
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Schwartzman, David W in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 264 (in Chapter 51) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “The Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth and the Prospects for CETI” in Icarus, Volume 23 (1977), pages 473ff. |
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Shklovskii, Iosef Shmuelovich and Sagan, Carl in their “Intelligent Life in the Universe” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 434-437 (in Chapter 31), 449-451 (in Chapter 33) of the Picador softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 40 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1957-1967”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Stoneley, Jack and Lawton, A T in their “Is Anyone Out There?” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18-19, 24, 26 (in the Introduction), 110 (in Chapter 6) of the Star Books paperback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 212 (in an entry entitled “Galactic Club, The”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 208 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 257 (in an entry entitled “Galactic Club, The”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 207-209 (in Chapter 15) of the Signet paperback revised editions. |
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Swift, David W in his “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Tipler, Frank in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 143 (in Part 4) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of Frank Tipler’s article “Extraterrestrial Intelligent Beings do not Exist” (1980), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 21, pages 267-281. |
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Tonnies, Mac in his “After the Martian Apocalypse” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 188-190 (in Chapter 9), 258-259 (in Chater 11) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Webb, Stephen in his “Where is Everybody?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 79-84 (in Chapter 4) of the Copernicus hardback edition. |
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Wolfe, John in “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : NASA Special Publication 419 (“NASA SP |
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