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On 12 September 1977, William Spaulding and Ground Saucer Watch (“GSW”) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in the US District Court, Eastern District of New York against the CIA requesting all UFO documents in CIA's possession.

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 GSW v CIA lawsuit see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1980

Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Bill in their “The Roswell Incident“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 7-8 (in the Introduction), 138-140 (in Chapter 8) of the Granada hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Granada paperback edition).

5

1996

Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 79-80 (in Chapter 4) of the Parragon hardback edition.

2

1984

Evans, Hilary in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 52 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Picking Up The Pieces”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

1

1994

Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 112-113 (in Chapter 8) of the Spectrum softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”).

2

1991

Friedman, Stanton in an interview in “UFOs And The Alien Presence: Six Viewpoints” (1991) (Edited by Michael Lindemann) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29-30 (in Chapter 1) of the 2002 Group softcover edition.

2

1987

Good, Timothy in his “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 322-323 (in Chapter 14) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition).

2

1996

Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 388-389 (in Chapter 16) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition).

2

1997

Haines, Gerald K (National Reconnaissance Office historian) at the references to footnotes 81-89 in his study entitled “A Die-Hard Issue : CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90” in “Studies in Intelligence”, Issue 1997 Vol. 1, No. 1 (the text of the study is available online on various websites, including the CIA’s: http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/97unclass/ufo.html#ft81 )

1

1987

Kinder, Gary in his “Light Years” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 176 (in Chapter 8) of the Viking hardback edition.

1

1998

King, Jon in his “Cosmic Top Secret” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72-74 (in the chapter entitled “Document 03”, “File 08”) of the NEL paperback edition.

3

1983

Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-12 (in Chapter 1) of the Prometheus softback edition.

5

1986

Klass, Philip J in “Science Confronts the Paranormal” (1986) (edited by Kendrick Frazier) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 246-247, 249 (in Chapter 26) of the Prometheus softcover edition.

3

1997

Klass, Philip J in his “The Real Roswell Crashed-Saucer Coverup” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 46-47 (in Chapter 6) of the Prometheus Books hardback edition.

2

2002

Moseley, James and Pflock, Karl in their “Shockingly Close to the Truth!” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 243 (in Chapter 11) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

1

1984

Randles, Jenny in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60-61 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “UFOs: The Right to Know”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

2

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 132 (in an entry entitled “Ground Saucer Watch (GSW)”) of the Corgi softback edition.

1

1980

Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 140-142 (in Chapter 14) of the Prometheus softback edition.

3

1998

Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 185-187 (in Chapter 13) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

3

1984

Spaulding, William H in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 38-40 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Agents of Confusion”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

3

1984

Spaulding, William H in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 32, 33-36 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “UFOs: the case for a cover up”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

5

1984

Spaulding, William H in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39-41 (in unnumbered chapter entitled“Agents of Confusion”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

3

1984

Spaulding, William H in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33, 34-37 (in unnumbered chapter entitled “UFOs: the case for a cover up”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

5

1979

Trench, Brinsley Le Poer (i.e. Lord Clancarty) in John Michell’s “House of Lords UFO Debate” (1979) at page 8 (in the Preface) of the Pentacle softcover edition.

1

1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66-68 (in Chapter 4) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

3

Other Material

GSW v. CIA Civil Action Case 78-859

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