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25 December 1889 is one of several dates (depending upon the source) ascribed to the alleged disappearance of one Oliver Lerch (or, again depending upon the source, Oliver Larch or Oliver Thomas) whilst leaving footprints in snow when carrying a bucket to a well in Wales (or South Bend, Indiana).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1968

Binder, Otto in his “Flying Saucers Are Watching Us” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 3) of the Belmont paperback edition.

1

1967

Binder, Otto in his “What we really know about Flying Saucers” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 143-144 (in Chapter 13) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

2

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 1:A-K at page 509 (forming part of an entry entitled “Hoaxes” at pages 504-519) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1971

Keel, John A in his “Our Haunted Planet” (1971) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 203 (in Chapter 15) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

1

1999

Randle, Kevin in his “Scientific Ufology” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5-9 (in Chapter 1) of the Avon softcover edition.

5

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in an entry entitled “Larch incident, United States”) of the MJF hardback edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 84 (in an entry entitled “Disappearances”) of the Corgi softback edition.

1

1977

Smith, Susy in her “Strangers from Space” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 143-144 (in Chapter 17) of the Manor paperback edition.

2

1966

Steiger, Brad in his “Strangers from the Skies” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 33-35 (in Chapter 6) of the Award Books paperback edition.

3

1989

Strieber, Whitley in his “Majestic” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 46 (in Chapter 3) of the Futura paperback editions.

1

1988

Wilson, Clifford in his “The Alien Agenda” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 5) of the Signet paperback edition.

1

1974

Wilson, Clifford in his “UFOs and Their Mission Impossible” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 5) of the Signet paperback edition.

1

Other Material

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