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Marconi and other worlds

SETI: On 20 January 1919, the New York Times prints an article entitled “Radio to Stars, Marconi’s Hope” in which Guglielmo Marconi is reported to have stated that “… communication with intelligences on other stars … may some day be possible” and that he had received unexplained signals which might have originated from the stars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 Marconi’s claims see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1965

Allen, Tom in his “The Quest: A Report on Extraterrestrial life " (1965) at pages 43-44, 45, 47, 48 (in Chapter 3) of the Chilton hardback edition.

5

1995

Beckley, Timothy Green in “Other Voices” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (by George Hunt Williamson with Alfred Bailey) at pages 10-14 (in the Introduction) of the Abeldard softcover edition.

5

1999

Clark, Andrew J H and Clark, David H in their “Aliens“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in the Prologue) of the Fromm hardback edition.

1

1986

Crowe, Michael J in his “The Extraterrestrial Life Debate, 1750-1900” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 399 (in Chapter 8) of the 1999 Dover softcover edition.

1

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84 (in the entry entitled “communication, with the Moon and planets”), 252 (in the entry entitled “Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

2

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “communication, with the Moon and planets” and in the entry entitled “Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)”. The relevant entries are available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/commMoon.html

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Marconi.html

2

2004

Davis, Erik in his “TechGnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in Chapter 2) of the Serpents Tail softcover edition.

1

1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 201 (in Chapter 7) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

1

1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 402-406 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

5

1991

Drake, Frank and Dava Sobel in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 173 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition.

1

1975

Drake, W Raymond in his “Gods and Spacemen Throughout History” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Sphere paperback edition.

1

1964

Drake, W Raymond in his “Messengers From the Stars” (1964) (Formerly “Gods or Spacemen?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80-81 (in Chapter 5) of the Sphere paperback edition.

2

1966

Edwards, Frank in his “Flying Saucers – Serious Business” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 6) of the Bantam paperback edition, at page 81 of the Mayflower-Dell paperback edition.

1

1962

Edwards, Frank in his “Strangest of All” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Signals from Space”) of the Ace paperback edition.

1

1967

Greenfield, Irving A in his “The UFO Report” (1967) at page 60-61 (in Chapter 6) of the Lancer paperback edition.

2

1999

Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98, 100 (in Chapter 10) of the Tempus hardback edition.

2

1990

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 407 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Paul Horowitz”) of the Arizona hardback edition.

1

1971

Keel, John A in his “Our Haunted Planet” (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-180 (in Chapter 14) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

2

1975

Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39 (in Chapter 4), 177 (in Chapter 20) of the Panther paperback edition.

2

1975

Keel, John A in his “The Cosmic Question” (1975) (formerly “The Eighth Tower”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 4) of the Panther paperback edition.

1

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition, page 75 of the Panther paperback edition.

1

2000

Koerner, David and LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 161 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition.

1

2001

Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 15 (in Chapter 1) of the Routledge softcover edition.

1

1998

Lemonick, Michael in his “Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39-40 (in Chapter 1), 49 (in Chapter 2) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover edition).

3

2001

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 page 75 (in Chapter 6) of the O’Reilly hardback edition.

1

1999

McDonough, Thomas R in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84-85 (in Chapter 2) of the ibooks softcover edition.

2

1990

McDonough, Thomas R in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-67 (in Chapter 2) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 86 of the Headline paperback edition.

2

1987

McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28-29 (in Chapter 2) of the Wiley softcover edition.

2

1999

Morris, Peter J in his “Aliens Amongst Us: A Beginner’s Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 78 (in Chapter 7) of the Hodder & Stoughton softcover edition.

1

1980

New York Times 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 80 (in Chapter 15) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint from New York Times (1922.0616) at page 19.

1

2003

Pillinger, Colin in his “Beagle” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59-60 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Is there Life on Mars?”) of the Faber and Faber hardback edition.

2

1994

Randles, Jenny in her “The Unexplained: Great Mysteries of the 20th Century” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1920-1929”) of the Index hardback edition.

1

1975

Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at page 131 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”.

1

1987

Ross, Daniel in his “UFOs and the Complete Evidence from Space: The Truth About Venus, Mars and the Moon” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-66 (in Chapter 4) of the Pintado softcover edition.

2

1973

Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”), 98-99 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A Challenge to Science”) of the Berkley paperback edition.

3

1996

Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 225 (in Chapter 7) of the Frog softcover edition.

1

1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 151 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

1

1964

Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 180-181 (in Chapter 13) of the Signet paperback revised editions.

2

1990

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 page 6 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition.

1

1994

Vesco, Renato and Childress, David Hatcher in their “Man Made UFOs 1944-1994 – 50 Years of Suppression” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 361-362 (in Chapter 11) of the AUP softcover edition.

2

1953

Williamson, George Hunt in his “Other Tongues, Other Flesh” (1953) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26-27 (in Chapter 1) of the 1990 BE Books softcover edition.

2

1995

Williamson, George Hunt with Bailey, Alfred in their “Other Voices” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (a reisussed and expanded version of their “The Saucers Speak” (1954)) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 3) of the Abeldard softcover edition.

2

 

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