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Pioneer 10 plaque
On 3 March 1972, Pioneer 10 was launched, with a with a message (devised by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake) on a gold-anodized aluminium plaque fixed to the antenna support to any extraterrestrials that may recover the probe in the future.

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 Pioneer 10 and the Pioneer plaque see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1976

Abell, George in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 61 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Search for Life Beyond Earth : A Scientific Update”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition.

1

1999

Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 92-94 (in Chapter 8), 278 (in Chapter 28) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition.

4

1980

Adler, Alfred in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 225 (in Chapter 41) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Behold the Stars”, Atlantic Monthly, 234 (1974.1000), pages 109ff.

1

1986

Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in Chapter 3) of the Llewellyn softcover edition, at page 101 of the Llewellyn paperback edition.

2

1985

Angelo, Joseph A in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: Man’s Search for Life in Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68 (in the entry entitled “Interstellar Communication“), 131-133 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer plaque”), 133-134 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer 10, 11), 160 (in the entry entitled “robotics in space”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition.

7

1989

Ashpole, Edward in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 77 (in Chapter 4) of the Blandford softcover edition.

1

1997

Ashpole, Edward in his “Where is Everybody?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in Chapter 6) of the Sigma Press softcover edition.

1

1976

Asimov, Isaac in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Of Life Beyond : Man’s Age-Old Speculations”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition.

1

1979

Asimov, Isaac in his “Extraterrestrial Civilizations” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 245-248 (in Chapter 13) of the Crown hardback edition, at pages 277-280 of the Pan paperback edition.

4

1987

Baird, John C in his “The Inner Limits of Outer Space” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 94-95 (in Chapter 6) of the Dartmouth hardback edition.

2

1976

Baxter, John and Aktins, Thomas in their “The Fire Came By” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 140-141 (in Chapter 11) of the Futura paperback edition.

2

2003

Benjamin, Marina in her “Rocket Dreams” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 27 (in Chapter 1), 206-210 (in Chapter 6) of the Chatto & Windus hardback edition.

6

1980

Berry, Adrian in his “From Apes to Astronauts” (1980) at page 73 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “… And how to communicate with them”) of the Daily Telegraph paperback edition.

1

1999

Berry, Adrian in his “The Giant Leap” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26-27 (in Chapter 2) of the revised Headline softcover edition.

2

1974

Berry, Adrian in his “The Next Ten Thousand Years” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (in Chapter 3) of the Coronet paperback edition.

1

2004

Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 249 (in an entry entitled “Pioneer 10”) of the Pocket Books softcover 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 201 (in Chapter 17), 209 (in Chapter 18) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition).

2

1996

Blundell, Nigel in his “World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 of the Select softcover edition.

1

1997

Brin, David in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in Section 3) of the Morrow hardback edition.

1

1977

Collins, Jim in his “Unidentified Flying Objects” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 47-48 (in Chapter 6) of the Raintree hardback edition.

2

1982

Crawford, Ian A in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 50-51 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. The relevant chapter is a revised and abridged version of an article published under the title “Interstellar Travel: A Review for Astronomers” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 31 (1990) at pages 377-400. The text of that article is available free online at: http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~iac/isflight/isflight.html

2

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 327-328 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer 10”), 328-329 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer plaque”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

2

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entries entitled “Pioneer 10” and “Pioneer Plaque”. The relevant entries are available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pioneer10.html

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pioneerplaque.html

1

1999

Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 163 (in Chapter 6), 198-199 (in Chapter 7), 210 (in Chapter 8), 241, 242-243 (in Chapter 9), 303, 307 (in Chapter 11), 458-459 (in the Notes) of the Wiley softcover edition.

10

1995

Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 37 (in Chapter 3) of the Penguin paperback edition.

1

1991

Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174-180 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition.

7

1998

Druyan, Anne in Carl Sagan’s “Billions and Billions” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 229 (in the Epilogue) of the Headline softcover edition.

1

1978

Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in Chapter 8 and first page of photographic insert), 126-128 (in Chapter 10) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter).

2

1978

Edelson, Robert E in “Worlds Beyond” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (edited by Larry Geis and Fabrice Florin) at pages 158, 160 (in Sequence 17) 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”).

2

1975

Fairley, Peter in his “Is there Life in Outer Space?” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120-121 (in Chapter 8) of the Look-In softcover 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

1977

Gallant, Roy A in “Beyond Earth : The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-164 (in Chapter 12) of the Four Winds hardback edition.

3

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 page ix (in the Introduction) of the Walker & Co hardback edition.

1

1980

Goldsmith, Donald and Owen, Tobias in their “The Search for Life in the Universe” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124-125 (in Chapter 7), 378-379 (in Chapter 19) of the Benjamin Cummings softcover edition, at pages 142-143 (in Chapter 6), 446-447 (in Chapter 18) of the 1992 Addison Wesley softcover revised second edition.

4

1987

Grossinger, Richard in Richard Hoagland’s “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xxxiv (in the Publisher’s Foreword) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition.

1

1985

Haining, Peter in his “Eyewitness to the Galaxy: Britain's contribution to research in space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 218, 221 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Uranus and Neptune : The Ends of the Galaxy”) of the WH Allen hardback edition.

2

1997

Halpern, Paul in his “The Quest For Alien Planets” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249-250 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

2

1997

Harrison, Albert A in his “After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 38 (in Chapter 2), 201 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

2

1999

Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 129, 131 (in Chapter 12) of the Tempus hardback edition.

2

1987

Hoagland, Richard in his “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95-101 (in Chapter 6), 206 (in Chapter 12) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition.

7

1984

Hyams, Ron in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Where do the aliens live”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

1

1973

Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 238-239 (in Chapter 15) of the Signet paperback edition, page 267-268 of the Panther paperback edition.

2

2000

Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174, 177 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition.

2

2001

Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13, 14 (in Chapter 1) of the Routledge softcover edition.

2

1976

Landsburg, Alan in his “In Search of Extraterrestrials” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91-92 (in Chapter 7) of the Corgi paperback edition.

2

1989

Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5, 6 (in Chapter 1) of the Wiley hardback edition.

2

2001

McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 137 (in Chapter 8) of the O’Reilly hardback edition.

1

1999

McDonough, Thomas R in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 87 (in Chapter 2) of the ibooks softcover edition.

1

1990

McDonough, Thomas R in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68-69 (in Chapter 2) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 89-90 of the Headline paperback edition.

2

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 pages 120-122, 125 (in Chapter 8) of the Wiley softcover edition.

4

1999

Michaud, Michael in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 276 (in Chapter 6) of the ibooks softcover edition.

1

1990

Michaud, Michael in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 254 (in Chapter 8) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 276 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1976

Moore, Patrick in his “The Next Fifty Years in Space” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84 (in Chapter 6), 120 (in Chapter 10) of the William Luscombe hardback edition.

2

1973

Morrison, Philip in NASA Special Publication 328 (NASA SP-328) entitled “Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man” (1973) (edited by Richard Berendzen) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 85-86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Questions”) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration softcover edition.

2

1988

Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 196, 201 (in Chapter 11) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

1999

Papagiannis, Michael in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 206 (in Chapter 5) of the ibooks softcover edition.

1

1990

Papagiannis, Michael in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 182 (in Chapter 5) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 233 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1998

Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 10) of the Plenum Trade hardback 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 pages 36, 37 (in Chapter 2) of the John Knox hardback edition.

2

1999

Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-135 (in the chapter entitled “Ithaca 1968-76”) of the Owl Books softcover edition.

3

1981

Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14 (in Chapter 1), 25 (in Chapter 2) of the Warner paperback edition.

2

1983

Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 112, 113 (in Chapter 9) of the Granada hardback edition.

2

1978

Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11 (in Chapter 1), 98 (in Chapter 6), 131-132, 133 (in Chapter 8) of the Fontana paperback edition.

5

1975

Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 138-139 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at pages 143-146 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”.

2

1973

Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-2 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Pioneering New Horizons”), 51-55 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”) of the Berkley paperback edition.

7

1977

Sachs, Margaret and Jahn, Ernest in their “Celestial Passengers – UFOs & Space Travel” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 74 (in Chapter 9) of the Penguin paperback edition.

1

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 250 (an entry entitled “Pioneers 10 and 11”) of the Corgi softback edition in.

1

1980

Sagan, Carl and Sagan, Linda Salzman and Drake, Frank in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 274-277 (in Chapter 54) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “A Message From Earth”, Science, Volume 175 (1972), pages 881ff.

4

1979

Sagan, Carl in his “Broca’s Brain” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81 (in Chapter 6), 275 (in Chapter 17) of the Coronet paperback edition.

2

1973

Sagan, Carl in his “The Cosmic Connection” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 16-20 (Chapter 3 generally), 21-33 (Chapter 4 generally), 40 (in Chapter 6), 163 (in Chapter 23), 215-216, 218 (in Chapter 30), 222 (in Chapter 31) of the Double Day hardcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Coronet softcover edition.

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1977

Sagan, Carl in his “The Dragons of Eden” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 235 (in Chapter 1) of the Coronet paperback edition.

1

1973

Sagan, Carl in NASA Special Publication 328 (NASA SP-328) entitled “Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man” (1973) (edited by Richard Berendzen) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 12, 13, 14 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sagan”), 55-56 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Discussion”), 84-86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Questions”) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration softcover edition.

8

1997

Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 158 (in Chapter 8) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition.

1

1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 142-144 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

1

1974

Spencer, John Wallace in his “No Earthly Explanation” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-161 (in Chapter 8) of the Corgi paperback edition.

2

1978

Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249-250, 251 (in Chapter 13) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

3

1975

Stern, Donald K in “Cultures beyond the Earth : The Role of Anthropology in Outer Space” (1975) (edited by Magoroh Maruyama and Arthur Harkins) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36-38 (in Chapter 2) of the Vintage paperback edition.

3

1974

Stoneley, Jack and Lawton, A T in their “Is Anyone Out There?” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-220 (in Chapter 13) of the Star Books paperback edition.

5

1976

Story, Ronald in his “The Space Gods Revealed” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105, 106 (in Chapter 12) of the New English Library paperback edition.

2

1990

Swift, David W in his “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 14 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition.

1

1987

Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124, 126 (in Chapter 5) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition.

2

1977

Von Daniken, Erich in his “According to the evidence” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-26 (in Chapter 2) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition.

2

1973

Von Daniken, Erich in his “In Search of Ancient Gods” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-163 of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

1972

Von Daniken, Erich in his “The Gold of the Gods” (1972) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 156-160 (in Chapter 6) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition.

5

1990

White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 61-62 (in Chapter 5) of the Walker hardback edition.

2

1998

White, Michael in his “Life Out There” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-105 (in Chapter 5), 190 (in Chapter 10) of the Little, Brown & Co hardback edition.

3

1997

Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 4) of the Monarch softcover edition.

1

1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 197 (in Chapter 10) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

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