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Brookings Institute report
On 14 December 1960, the Brookings Research Institute in Washington releases a report prepared during 1960 for NASA entitled “Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs”, including a section entitled “Implications of a Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life”. (Commonly referred to as “the Brookings Institute report”.)

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 Brookings Institution report see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1998

Baker, Alan in his “Destination Earth” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 104 (in Chapter 5) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1997

Baker, Alan in his “Sci-Fi Channel: True Life Encounters: UFO Sightings” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 158-160 (in Chapter 5) of the Orion softcover edition.

3

1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in an entry entitled “Artefacts (Alien)”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

1

2004

Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-50 (in an entry entitled “Brookings Institution”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition.

3

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 291-292 (in the entry entitled “NASA-Brookings Study”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

2

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “NASA-Brookings Study”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/BrookingsStudy.html

1

1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 237, 240 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

2

1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 503-504, 507 (in Chapter 10) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

3

1997

DiGregorio, Barry E in “Mars: The Living Planet” (1997) (by Barry E DiGregorio with Gilbert V Levin and Patricia Ann Straat) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-251 (in Chapter 7) of the Frog hardback edition.

2

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 329 (in Chapter 6) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at page 245 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition.

1

1998

Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 19 (in Section 1), 341 (in Section 5) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition.

2

1990

Fowler, Raymond E in his “The Watchers“ (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 197 (in Chapter 10) of the Bantam paperback edition.

1

1974

Fowler, Raymond E in his “UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 302-306 (in Chapter 15) of the Exposition Banner hardback edition, at pages 292-296 of the Bantam paperback edition.

5

1966

Fuller, John G in his “Incident at Exeter” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28-29 (in Chapter 2) of the Berkley paperback editions.

2

1970

Gaddis, Vincent H in “Flying Saucers Have Arrived!” (1970) (edited by Jay David) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Flying Saucer Mystery”) of the World hardback edition. The relevant chapter is reprinted from “Mysterious Fires and Lights” by Vincent H Gaddis.

1

1967

Gaddis, Vincent in his “Mysterious Fire And Lights” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 (in Chapter 1) of the Dell hardback edition.

1

1990

Guthke, Karl S in his “The Last Frontier : Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction: Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in Chapter 1.1) of the Cornell University 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 629 (in Section 16) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition.

1

1998

Hancock, Graham in his “The Mars Mystery” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 123-124 (in Chapter 14) of the Crown hardback edition.

2

2000

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 page 53 (in Chapter 1) of the Xlibris softcover edition.

1

1975

Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 156-157 (in Chapter 5) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition.

2

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 62-63 (in Chapter 4) of the Signet paperback edition, pages 78-79 of the Panther paperback edition.

2

1962

Lorenzen, Coral E in her “The Great Flying Saucer Hoax” (1962) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 230 (in Chapter 14) of the APRO hardback edition.

1

1974

Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 199-200 (in Chapter 11) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at page 250 of the Corgi paperback edition.

2

1998

Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 264 (in Chapter 11) of the Evans hardback edition.

1

1997

Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in Chapter 1) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

1

1997

Michaels, Susan in her “Sightings: UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 240 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Life on Mars”) of the Fireside softcover edition.

1

1997

Missler, Chuck and Eastman, Mark in their “Alien Encounters: The Secret behind the UFO Phenomenon” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 192-193 (in Chapter 9) of the Koinonia House softcover edition.

2

1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 18 (in the Introduction) of the Frog softcover edition.

1

1997

Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 154-155 (in Chapter 8), 211 (in Chapter 12), 273, 278, 280 (in Chapter 16) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition.

6

1964

Sullivan, Walter in his “We Are Not Alone” (1964) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 271-273 (in Chapter 19) of the Signet paperback revised editions.

3

2004

Tonnies, Mac in his “After the Martian Apocalypse” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101, 102, 111-112, 113-114, 115-116 (in Chapter 4) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition.

8

1997

Tutt, Keith in his “True Life Encounters : Unexplained Natural Phenomena” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 217 (in Chapter 3) of the Millenium paperback edition.

1

1965

Vallee, Jacques in his “Anatomy of a Phenomenon” (1965) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 76 (in Chapter 2) of the 1966 revised and enlarged Ace Star paperback edition.

1

1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 49-51 (in Chapter 3), 72 (in Chapter 4) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

4

1967

Young, Mort in his “UFO Top Secret” (1967) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 77 (in Chapter 5) of the Essandess softcover edition.

1

 

Other Material

Michael, Donald N, ed. Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs by the Brookings Institution to the 87th U.S. Congress, report No. 242. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1961). Relevant material appears at pages 215 and 216 (with the relevant footnotes appearing on pages 225-226). Images of complete report available online at: http://www.gaiaguys.net/brookings.pdf

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