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Wilbert B Smith memo
On 21 November 1950, a memo written by Wilbert B(rockhouse) Smith refers to “discreet enquiries through the Canadian Embassy staff in Washington” which allegedly obtained information that “flying saucers exist” and that “the matter is the most highly classified subject in the United States, rating higher even than the H-bomb”

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Memo available online at:

http://www.cufon.org/cufon/foia_006.htm

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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

Image of the relevant memo presented by Timothy Good in his “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 460-462 (in the Appendix) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition).

Image of memo presented by Stone, Clifford E in his “UFOs are Real“ (1997) as Document 1-8a to 1-8c on the unnumbered pages after page 10 (in Chapter 1) of the SPI softcover edition.

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 Wilbert Smith’s memo see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1996

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 169-170 (in the Epilogue) of the Parragon hardback edition.

2

2003

Druffel, Ann in her “Firestorm : Dr James E McDonald's Fight for UFO Science” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 377-378 (in Chapter 14) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

2

1994

Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages xiii-xiv (in the Preface) of the Spectrum softcover edition (at pages xv-xvii in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”).

2

2000

Hansen, Terry in his “The Missing Times : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover-Up : News Media Complicity in the UFO Cover -Up” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 55 (in Chapter 1) of the Xlibris softcover edition.

1

1997

Hesemann, Michael and Mantle, Philip in their “Beyond Roswell” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 81 (in Chapter 6) of the Michael O’Mara hardback edition.

1

1994

Horn, Arthur and Horn, Lynette M in their “Humanity's Extraterrestrial Origins” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 194 (in Chapter 12) of the Silberschnur softcover edition.

1

1987

Kinder, Gary in his “Light Years” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 8) of the Viking hardback edition.

1

2000

Maccabee, Bruce in his “UFO-FBI Connection” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 184-186 (in Chapter 17) of the Llewellyn softcover edition.

3

1997

Redfern, Nicholas in his “A Covert Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-207 (in Chapter 14) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.

2

1997

Stanton T. Friedman in his “Top Secret – MAJIC” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 24 (in Chapter 1), 123 (in Chapter 7) of the Michael O’ Mara hardback edition.

2

1986

Steinman, William and Stevens, Wendelle in their “UFO Crash at Aztec” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 305-307 of the Wendelle Stevens hardback edition.

3

 

Other Material

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