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Ball's “Zoo hypothesis”
During 1973, the “Zoo hypothesis” was advanced by Professor John Ball.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Article available online at:

http://www.aeiveos.com/~bradbury/ETI/Authors/Ball-JA/TZH.html

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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

Complete text of article reprinted 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 241-242 (in Chapter 45) of the University Science Books 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 the Zoo Hypothesis see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 245-246 (in Chapter 24) of the Simon and Schuster hardback 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 77-78 (in the entry entitled “Laboratory hypothesis”), 224 (in the entry entitled “Zoo hypothesis”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition.

2

1995

Ashpole, Edward in his “The UFO Phenomena” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 49-50 (in Chapter 4) of the Headline hardback edition.

2

1987

Baird, John C in his “The Inner Limits of Outer Space” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 100 (in Chapter 6), 204 (in Chapter 12) of the Dartmouth hardback edition.

2

2001

Baxter, Stephen in his “Deep Future” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 182 (in Chapter 22) of the Gollancz 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 172-173 (in Chapter 15) of the Fawcett paperback edition.

2

1999

Brin, David 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 143 (in Chapter 3, essay entitled “Mystery of the Great Silence”) of the ibooks softcover edition.

1

1990

Brin, David in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 124 (in Chapter 3, essay entitled “Mystery of the Great Silence”) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 162 of the Headline paperback edition.

1

1997

Brin, David in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 232 (in Section 3) of the Morrow hardback edition.

1

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 471 (in the entry entitled “zoo hypothesis”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

1

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Zoo Hypothesis”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/Z/zoohypoth.html

1

1993

Deardorff, Jim in “Alien Update” (1993) (edited by Timothy Good) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-163 (in Chapter 10) of the Arrow paperback edition. (The relevant chapter is a reprint of the following article: J. W. Deardorff “Possible extraterrestrial strategy for Earth”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society , Volume 27 (1986), pages 94-101.)

11

2001

Goodwin, Simon with John Gribbin in their “XTL” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 146 (in Chapter 4.1) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson softcover edition.

1

1982

Gott, J Richard in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 181 (in Chapter 19) of the Cambridge softcover second edition.

1

1982

Hart, Michael in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 4, 5 (in Chapter 1) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. (The relevant chapter is a reprint of Hart, Michael “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 16 (1975), pages 128-135).

2

1980

Hart, Michael 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 230 (in Chapter 42) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth”, in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 16, pages 128-135 (1975).

1

1980

Kuiper, Thomas B H and Morris, Mark 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 175 (in Chapter 34) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Searching for Extraterrestrial Civilizations” Science, Volume 196, pages 616-621 (1977).

1

2001

Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 171-174, 177 (in Chapter 6), 196 (in Chapter 8) of the Routledge softcover edition.

5

1998

Lemonick, Michael in his “Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 243-244 (in Chapter 13) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Simon & Schuster softcover 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 pages 64, 65 (in Chapter 5) of the O’Reilly hardback 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 193, 202-203 (in Chapter 15) of the Wiley softcover edition.

3

1988

Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 208-209 (in Chapter 11) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

1998

Pickover, Clifford in his “The Science of Aliens” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 174 (in Chapter 8) of the Basic Books hardback edition.

1

1999

Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 274 (in the chapter entitled “Los Angeles 1978-81”) of the Owl Books softcover edition.

1

1975

Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 126-127 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition.

2

1980

Rood, Robert and Trefil, James in their “Are We Alone?“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 248-249 (in Chapter 17) of the Scribners hardback edition.

2

1985

Sagan, Carl in his “Contact” (1985) at pages 57-58 (in Chapter 3) of the Legend paperback edition.

2

1980

Schwartzman, David W 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 264 (in Chapter 51) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “The Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth and the Prospects for CETI” in Icarus, Volume 23 (1977), pages 473ff.

1

1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 128-129 (in Chapter 6) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

2

1974

Stoneley, Jack and Lawton, A T in their “Is Anyone Out There?” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 72 (in Chapter 4) of the Star Books paperback edition.

1

1985

Tipler, Frank in “Extraterrestrials: Science and alien intelligence” (1985) (edited by Edward Regis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 146 (in Part 4) of the Cambridge University Press softcover edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of Frank Tipler’s article “Extraterrestrial Intelligent Beings do not Exist” (1980), Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 21, pages 267-281.

1

2002

Webb, Stephen in his “Where is Everybody?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 46-55 (in Chapter 3) of the Copernicus hardback edition.

9

1990

White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 99-100 (in Chapter 7) of the Walker hardback edition.

2

1997

Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 79-80 (in Chapter 5) of the Monarch softcover edition.

2

1982

Zuckerman, Ben in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 44 (in Chapter 6) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. (Reprinted from the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 26 (1985), pages 56-59).

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Other Material

Ball, John A., “The Zoo Hypothesis”, Icarus, volume 19 (1973), pages 347-349.

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