Brief comments to be added on this group.
As noted in Part 3 of Isaac Koi’s “Best UFO Cases” article (i.e. in the Part entitled Existing lists by various individuals), Jacques Vallee’s book “Challenge to Science : The UFO Enigma” (1966) included a list of 5 cases nominated by NICAP as being the best (see Footnote 3.12). Those cases were:
(1) Nash and Fortenberry (Case 44 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article),
(2) Red Bluff (Case 93 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article),
(3) Captain Sperry,
(4) Southwest, 1957,
(5) Socorro (Case 5 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article).
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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 NICAP see the following:
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Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-171 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)”) of the Virgin hardback edition. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 228 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 411-414 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena”) of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 259-261 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition : Volume 2:L-Z” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 668-671 (in an entry entitled “National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomenon”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Condon Report (“Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects”, Edward U Condon (Director) and Daniel S Gillmor (Editor) (1969)) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in Section 2 “Summary of the Study”, by Edward U Condon) of the uncorrected version submitted to the Air Force (with the same page numbering in the 3 volume paperbound edition distributed by the National Technical Information Service, US Department of Commerce) at pages 13-14 of the Vision hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Bantam paperback edition). The first of these editions has the same page numbering as the edition available free online at the following links: http://www.project1947.com/shg/condon/contents.html |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the |
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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 pages 270-274 (in Chapter 6) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 190-194 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition. |
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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 87-93, 98-100, 106 (in Chapter 5), 141 (in Chapter 7), 223-224 (in Chapter 9), 450, 453-475 (in Chapter 17) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-208 (in Chapter 13), 231-234 (in Appendix A) of the Spectrum softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”). |
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Flammonde, Paris in his “Ufo Exist!” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 7 (in Chapter 1) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 6-7 (in Chapter 1), 57-62 (in Chapter 6) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Fuller, John G in his “Incident at Exeter” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 2) of the |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 242-244 (in Chapter 6), 274-275, 299 (in Chapter 7) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Hall, Richard in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 386-388 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 377-378 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Hall, Richard in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 468-469 (in an entry entitled “National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Hall, Richard in his article entitled “The Quest For The Truth About UFOs: A Personal Perspective On The Role Of NICAP” (1994) in the 1994 MUFON Symposium Proceedings at pages 185-201. Article available free online at: http://www.nicap.org/papers/hall-IUR1994.htm |
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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 pages 180-181 (in Chapter 5) of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 193-194 (in Chapter 7) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition. |
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Hynek, J Allen in his “The UFO Experience” (1972) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (in Chapter 11) at page 189 of the Henry Regnery hardback edition (with same page numbering in the Abelard-Schuman hardback edition) at page 214 of the various Ballantine paperback editions, at page 235-236 of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-150 (in Chapter 6) of the |
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Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Flying Saucers: Top Secret” (1960) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 20-21 (in Chapter 1), 43-45, 48-49 (in Chapter 2), 148 (in Chapter 10), 190-191 (in Chapter 14), 208-209 (in Chapter 16) of the G P Putnam hardback edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in his “UFOs – Identified” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 61-62, 65-68 (in Chapter 8) of the Random House hardback edition. |
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Maney, Charles And Hall, Richard in “Challenge of Unidentified Flying Objects” (1961) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 83-85 (in Part 2, Chapter 8, by Charles Maney) of the privately published hardback edition. |
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Menzel, Donald and Boyd, Lyle in their “The World of Flying Saucers” (1963) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 276-278 (Chapter XIII) of the Doubleday hardback edition. |
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Moseley, James and Pflock, Karl in their “Shockingly Close to the Truth!” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 129-131 (in Chapter 6), 191-192 (in Chapter 8) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Peebles, Curtis in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-117 of the Smithsonian hardback edition, pages 137-141 of the Berkley paperback edition (Chapter 8, “The Rise of NICAP”, in a section entitled “The National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomenon”). NICAP discussed generally in Chapter 10, entitled “NICAP’s |
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Quintanilla, Hector (Major) in his unpublished manuscript entitled “UFOs: An Air Force Dilemma” (copyright 1974) at pages 41-42, 44-47 of the manuscript, at pages 54-55, 57-60 of the NIDS pdf version available free on-line on various websites, including at the following link: http://www.projectbluebook.us/UFOs%20An%20Air%20Force%20Dilemma%20By%20Quintanilla.pdf http://www.nidsci.org/pdf/quintanilla.pdf
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Randle, Kevin and Estes, Russ in their “Spaceships of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 253-254 (in Part 5) of the Fireside softcover edition. |
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Redfern, Nicholas in his “On the Trail of the Saucer Spies : UFOs and Government Surveillance” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90-93 (in Chapter 5) of the Anomalist Books softcover edition. |
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Ruppelt, Edward J in his “The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects” (1956) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 251-253 (in Chapter 18) of the 1959 revised Doubleday 20 chapter hardback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 213 (in an entry entitled “National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)”) of the Corgi softback edition |
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Saunders, David R and Harkins, R Roger in their “UFOs? Yes!” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 62-63 (in Chapter 5) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “The UFO Verdict” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 15-16 (Chapter 3) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Sheaffer, Robert in his “UFO Sightings: The Evidence” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 (Chapter 3) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Smith, Marcia S in her “The UFO Enigma: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, UG 633, 76-52 SP” (1976) at page 82 (in Chapter 5) of the Congressional Research Service stapled edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 20 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1947-1957”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 226 (in an entry entitled “NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon)”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at pages 264-265 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Vallee, Jacques in his “Anatomy of a Phenomenon” (1965) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 117-118 (in Chapter 5) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Tandem paperback edition), pages 126-127 of the Ballantine Books paperback edition, pages 161-162 of the 1966 revised and enlarged Ace Star paperback edition. |
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White, Dale in his “Is Something Up There?” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44-47 (in Chapter 4) of the Scholastic Book Services paperback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 238-239 (in Chapter 12) of the |
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