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Gallup Poll
On 28 November 1973, a Gallup Poll includes questions on UFOs for the fourth time. 51% of respondents indicated they considered UFOs to be “real”, with 46% believing there is intelligent life on other planets.

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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

Text of relevant Gallup press release included by Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 289-290 (in Appendix C) and discussed at page 26 (in Chapter 1) of the Henry Regnery hardback 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 this 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

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

1974

Blum, Ralph and Blum, Judy in their “Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 2-3 (in Chapter 1), 153-154 (in Chapter 13), 174 (in Chapter 15) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition).

5

1975

Clark, Jerome and Coleman, Loren in their “The Unidentified” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in the unnumbered section entitled “UFOland: Other Worlds and the Otherworld”, part 1) of the Warner paperback edition.

1

2001

Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 10 (in Chapter 1) of the California hardback edition.

1

1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in the Introduction) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

1

2000

Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 483 (in Chapter 9) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 384-385 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

1

1997

Durant, Robert in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy), with extracts from relevant press release, at pages 234-235 (section entitled “Aspects”, unnumbered chapter entitled “Public Opinion Polls and UFOs”) of the John Brown hardback edition.

2

1987

Evans, Hilary in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 2.3.1, entitled “UFOs as Global Phenomenon”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition.

1

1976

Flammonde, Paris in his “Ufo Exist!” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in Chapter 1) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition.

1

1981

Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 69-70 (in Chapter 7) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition.

2

1979

Fox, Phillis in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 24 (in Chapter 2) of the Scarebrow Press 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

1980

Gansberg, Alan and Gansberg, Judith in their “Direct Encounters: The Personal Histories of UFO Abductees” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages ix (in the Introduction), 170 (in Chapter 9) of the Walker & Co hardback edition.

2

1999

Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 312 (in Chapter 8) of the Galde Press softcover edition.

1

2001

Hall, Richard 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 17 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”) of the Scarecrow Press hardback 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 (in an entry entitled “Gallup Polls on UFOs”) of the NEL hardback edition.

1

1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 296 of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 263-264 of the Signet paperback edition (in Chapter 10).

1

1983

Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 57 (in Chapter 7) of the Prometheus softback 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 126 (in Chapter 5) of the Routledge softcover edition.

1

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 page 185 (in Chapter 14) of the Wiley softcover edition.

1

1974

McWane, Glenn & Graham, Davis in their “The New UFO Sightings” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in Chapter 1) of the Warner paperback edition.

1

1977

Peters, Ted in his “UFOs-God's Chariots?: Flying Saucers in Politics, Science & Religion” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in Chapter 1) of the John Knox hardback edition.

1

1998

Rhodes, Ron in his “Alien Obsession: What Lies Behind Abductions, Sightings and the Attraction to the Paranormal” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Harvest House softcover edition.

1

1975

Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11-12 (in the Introduction) of the Wildwood House softcover edition.

2

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 page 22 (in Chapter 2) of the Pintado softcover edition.

1

1981

Rutledge, Harley D in his “Project Identification” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 244 (in Chapter 20) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition.

1

1974

Salisbury, Frank in his “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologist’s Report” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 272-273 (in Appendix E) of the Devin Adair hardback edition.

2

1989

Schellhorn, G Cope in his “Extraterrestrials in Biblical Prophecy” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 350 (in Chapter 17) of the Horus softcover edition.

1

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 74 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1967-1977”) of the Boxtree hardback edition.

1

1974

Spencer, John Wallace in his “No Earthly Explanation” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in Chapter 1) of the Corgi paperback edition.

1

1977

Stringfield, Leonard H in his “Situation Red: The UFO Siege” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-171 (in Chapter 8) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

2

1979

Swift, David in Jacques Vallee’s “Messengers of Deception : UFO Contacts and Cults” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 252 (in the Epilogue, entitled “A Sociologist’s Reaction)) of the 1980 revised Bantam paperback edition.

1

1974

Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in his “Secret of the Ages: UFOs from Inside the Earth” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 31) of the Panther paperback edition.

1

1975

Weldon, John and Levitt, Zola in their “Encounters With UFOs“ (1975) (formerly “UFOs, What on Earth is Happening?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 5 (in Chapter 1) of the Harvest House paperback edition.

1

1979

Westrum, Ronald M in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 101-103 (in Chapter 5) of the Scarebrow Press hardback edition.

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Other Material

Gallup Poll-Index Report 103, released in January 1974.

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