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On 12 November 1959, the first untethered flight of AVRO Aircraft Ltd’s VZ-9 took place. (Commonly referred to as “the Avrocar”).

 

 

 

Sections below

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 the Avrocar see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1993

Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrial Friends and Foes” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 50 (in Chapter 1) of the Illuminet Press softcover edition.

1

1998

Baker, Alan in his “Destination Earth” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in Chapter 8) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

2001

Berliner, Don in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 622 (in Section 15) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition.

1

1980

Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Bill in their “The Roswell Incident“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 136-137 (in Chapter 8) of the Granada hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Granada paperback edition).

2

2004

Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in an entry entitled “AVRO”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition.

1

1997

Blake, William in “The UFO Invasion” (1997) (edited by Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr and Joe Nickell) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60-64 of the Prometheus hardback edition (Chapter 5 generally, “The AVRO VZ-9 ‘Flying Saucer’”). The relevant chapter is a reprint of an article in the Skeptical Inquirer 16 (Spring 1992).

5

1978

Briazack, Norman and Mennick, Simon in their “The UFO Guidebook” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-42 (in the entry entitled “Avro”) of the Citadel softcover edition.

2

1998

Campagna, Palmiro in his “The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 59 (in Chapter 4), 61-77 (in Chapter 5 generally), 155 (in Chapter 11) of the Stoddart softcover edition.

19

2001

Cook, Nick in his “The Hunt for Zero Point” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-77 (in Chapter 6), 226, 227 (in Chapter 22) of the Century hardback edition.

7

1995

Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 76 (in Chapter 3) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

1

1968

Cowles and UPI (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers : Twenty-One Years of UFOs” (1968) at pages 126-127.

2

1954

Cramp, Leonard G in his “Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer” (1954) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51-53 (in Chapter 4) of the Werner Laurie hardback edition.

3

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Avrocar”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Avrocar.html

1

1999

Glenday, Craig in his “The UFO Investigator’s Handbook” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 32, 33 (in Chapter 1) of the Running Press softcover edition.

2

1956

Guieu, Jimmy in his “Flying Saucers Come From Another World” (1956) (edited by Ronald Story) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-163 (in Chapter 7) of the Hutchinson hardback edition.

2

1984

Harbinson, W A in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 113 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The UFO goes to war”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained” , Volume 3, page 749.

1

1984

Harbinson, W A in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in unnumbered chapter entitled “The UFO goes to war”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained” , Volume 3, page 749.

1

1995

Harbinson, W A in his “Projekt Saucer” (1995) at pages 77, 78, 79 (in Chapter 4), 113, 119-123 (in Chapter 7), 207 (in Chapter 11), 246, 247 (in Chapter 13) of the Box Tree hardback edition.

12

1980

Harbinson, W A in his “Projekt Saucer : The Case for Man-Made Flying Saucers“ (1980) at page 606 (in the Author’s Note) of the Coprgi paperback edition.

1

1991

Harbinson, W A in his “Inception : Projekt Saucer Book 1” (1991) at page xi (in the Author’s Note) of the Dell paperback edition.

1

1995

Hill, Paul R in his “Unconventional Flying Objects : A Scientific Analysis” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 165 (in Chapter 11) of the Hampton Roads softcover edition.

1

2001

Hyland, Gary in his “Blue Fires: The Lost Secrets of Nazi Technology” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-100 (in Chapter 4), 185-190 (in Chapter 8) of the Headline hardback edition.

8

1997

Kanon, Gregory in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 24-25, 26 (in Chapter 3) of the Galde Press softcover edition.

3

1994

Keith, Jim in his “Casebook on Alternative 3” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-44 (in Chapter 5) of the I-Net softcover edition.

2

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 98-99 (in Chapter 7) of the Signet paperback edition, pages 117-118 of the Panther paperback edition.

2

1953

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Flying Saucers from Outer Space” (1953) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 213-214 (in Chapter 12) of the Henry Holt hardback edition, page 212 of the Tandem paperback edition.

2

1960

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Flying Saucers: Top Secret” (1960) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 238 (in Chapter 18) of the G P Putnam hardback edition.

1

1962

Manas, John H in his “Flying Saucers and Space Men” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25, 26, 27 (in Chapter 1) of the Zavallis softcover edition.

3

1997

Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 77-78 (in Chapter 3) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

2

1997

Marvels and Mysteries (Editors Of) in “Marvels and Mysteries: UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66, 67, 69 of the Parrallel softcover edition.

3

1999

Matthews, Tim in his “UFO Revelation” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75-79 (in Chapter 6) of the Blandford softcover edition.

5

1997

Michaels, Susan in her “Sightings: UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 34-35 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Flying Saucers are Real”) of the Fireside softcover edition.

2

1997

Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26, 55 of the General Publishing softcover edition.

2

2001

Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 408 (in Chapter 7) of the Robinson softcover edition.

1

1953

Project Blue Book Status Report Number 11 (1953.0531) at pages 3-4 (in Section 2). Complete images of relevant report included on the redacted National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 85 (“Administrative Files: Box 1”), at the link below from the page with the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB85-844 (page 844 of 915) to the page with the PID of NARA-PBB85-881 (page 881 of 915). Complete images of relevant report included on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base microfilm roll number 30,362, at the link below from the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-815 (page 815 of 1537) to the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-851 (page 851 of 1537). Images of complete text of relevant report available free online as a downloadable pdf file from the download section of the website at the link below.

http://www.bluebookarchive.org

2

1953

Project Blue Book Status Report Number 12 (1953.0930) at pages 3-5 (in Section 2). Complete images of relevant report included on the redacted National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 85 (“Administrative Files: Box 1”), at the link below from the page with the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB85-882 (page 882 of 915) to the page with the PID of NARA-PBB85-915 (page 915 of 915). Complete images of relevant report included on the unredacted Maxwell Air Force Base microfilm roll number 30,362, at the link below from the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-852 (page 852 of 1537) to the page with the PID of MAXW-PBB1-885 (page 885 of 1537). Images of complete text of relevant report available free online as a downloadable pdf file from the download section of the website at the link below.

http://www.bluebookarchive.org

3

1985

Randles, Jenny and Warrington, Peter in their “Science and the UFOs " (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 134 (in Chapter 10) of the Blackwell hardback edition.

1

2003

Redfern, Nicholas and Roberts, Andy in their “Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84-85 (in Chapter 5) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition.

2

1998

Redfern, Nicholas in his “The FBI Files” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 209 (in Chapter 9) of the Simon & Schuster softcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

 

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in an entry entitled “AVRO”) of the MJF hardback edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26 (in an entry entitled “Avro-Car”), 187 (in an entry entitled “Man-Made Flying Saucers”) of the Corgi softback edition.

2

1991

Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29-30 (in an entry entitled “AVRO Devices”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 34-35 of the Headline paperback edition.

2

1978

Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 145 (in Chapter 7) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

1

1993

Stone, Reuben in his “UFO Investigation” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72-73 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Ultimate Conspiracy”) of the Blitz Editions hardback edition.

2

1967

United Press International and Cowles Communications Inc (the editors of ) in “Flying Saucers: A Look Special” (1967) at pages 50-51.

2

1966

Vallee, Jacques and Vallee, Janine in their “Challenge to Science – The UFO Enigma” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 217 (in Chapter 10) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition, at page 188 of the Tandem paperback 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 252-255, 257-269, 278-279 (in Chapter 8) of the AUP softcover edition.

19

1971

Vesco, Renato in his “Intercept Ufo” (Formerly published as “Intercept - But Don't Shoot”) (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-255, 257-262, 269 (in Chapter 8) of the Zebra paperback edition.

13

1954

Wilkins, Harold in his “Flying Saucers on the Moon” (1954) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 112 (in Chapter 6) of the Peter Owen hardback edition, at pages 106 of the Ace paperback edition published under the title “Flying Saucers on the Attack”.

1

1988

Wilson, Clifford in his “The Alien Agenda” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33-34 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1974

Wilson, Clifford in his “UFOs and Their Mission Impossible” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33-34 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition.

2

1967

Young, Mort in his “UFO Top Secret” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 122 (in Chapter 8) of the Essandess softcover edition.

1

 

Other Material

Images of various documents relating to the Avrocar included on the redacted US National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) microfilm records of Project Blue Book, released to the National Archives in 1975 – see National Archives Microfilm Publication T1206 roll number 87 (“Administrative Files: Box 4”). Images of the relevant pages are at the link below from the page with the unique Page ID (“PID”) of NARA-PBB87-640 (page 640 of 977) to the page with the PID of NARA-PBB87-650 (page 650 of 977).

http://www.bluebookarchive.org

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