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Gallup Poll
During 1978, a Gallup poll includes questions on UFOs for the fifth time. The results indicate 57% of adult Americans believe that UFOs are “real”.

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1986

Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 250 (in Chapter 7) of the Llewellyn softcover edition, at page 284 of the Llewellyn paperback edition.

1

1987

Baird, John C in his “The Inner Limits of Outer Space” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 33 (in Chapter 3) of the Dartmouth hardback edition.

1

2003

Barkun, Michael in his “A Culture of Conspiracy : Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80, 81 (in Chapter 5) of the California hardback edition.

2

1998

Bartholomew, Robert E and Howard, George S in their “UFOs and Alien Contact” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 195 (in Chapter 9) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

1

1990

Clarke, David and Roberts, Andy in their “Phantoms of the Sky: UFOs – A Modern Myth?” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 67-68 (in Chapter 4) of the Hale hardback edition.

2

2009

Clarke, David in his “The UFO Files : The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings” (2009) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 94 (in Chapter 4) of the National Archives softcover edition.

1

1998

Dean, Jodi in her “Aliens in America” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-207 (in the Notes) of the Cornell University softcover edition.

2

1997

Durant, Robert in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 236 of the John Brown hardback edition (section entitled “Aspects”, unnumbered chapter entitled “Public Opinion Polls and UFOs”).

1

1998

Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 69 (in Section 2) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition.

1

1979

Fowler, Raymond in his “The Andreasson Affair” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in Chapter 1) of the Prentice Hall hardback edition.

1

2008

Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-208 (in Chapter 8) of the New Page softcover edition.

3

1978

Friedman, Stanton T in “Worlds Beyond” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (edited by Larry Geis and Fabrice Florin) at page 204 (in Sequence 21 entitled “Flying Saucers Are Real”) of the And/Or softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Perennial Library paperback edition published under the title “Moving Into Space: The Myths and Realities of Extraterrestrial Life”).

1

1966

Fuller, John G in his “The Interrupted Journey” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at at pages 337-338 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Epilog to New Edition”) of the revised Corgi paperback edition.

2

1999

Glenday, Craig in his “The UFO Investigator’s Handbook” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 109 (in Chapter 5) of the Running Press softcover edition.

1

1988

Hall, Richard in his “Uninvited Guests” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 221 (in Chapter 14) of the Aurora Press paperback edition.

1

1979

Harold, Clive in his “The Uninvited“ (1979) at page 168 (in the Epilogue) of the Star paperback edition.

1

1979

Hendry, Allan in his “The UFO Handbook” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 1 (in Chapter 1) of the Sphere softback edition.

1

1980

Jacobs, David Michael in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) edited by Ronald Story (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 147 of the NEL hardback edition in an entry entitled “Gallup Polls on UFOs”.

1

1983

Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3 and 259-260 of the Prometheus softback edition (in the Introduction and in Chapter 28).

3

1997

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ in their “Faces of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 103-107 (in Part 2) of the Fireside softcover edition.

5

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 254 (in an entry entitled “Polls”) of the Corgi softback edition.

1

1982

Sheaffer, Robert in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in Chapter 3) of the Cambridge softcover second edition.

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Other Material

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