During April 1977 results were released of a survey by Dr Peter Sturrock of professional and amateur astronomers of the American Astronomical Society (“AAS”) regarding UFOs. (Commonly referred to as “the Sturrock survey” or “the AAS survey”)
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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 Sturrock’s surveys see the following:
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Berlitz, Charles and Moore, Bill in their “The Roswell Incident“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 21-22 (in Chapter 1) of the Granada hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Granada paperback edition). |
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Clark, Mark in “Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men” (2002) (edited by Ross, Hugh and Samples, Kenneth and Clark, Mark) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 11) of the Navpress softcover edition. |
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Cohen, Daniel in his “The World of UFOs” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 149 (in Chapter 19) of the Lippincott hardback edition. |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1 (in Chapter 1), 74 (in Chapter 3) of the California hardback edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 75-76 (in Chapter 7) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13 (in Chapter 2), 44-48 (in Chapter 4) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 2.3.1, entitled “UFOs as Global Phenomenon”) of the Fortean Tomes 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 page 213 (in Chapter 14) 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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Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 226 (in Chapter 18) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 210 (in Chapter 8) of the New Page softcover edition. |
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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 50 (in Chapter 2) of the Walker & Co hardback edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 2 (in the Introduction) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition. |
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Greenwell, J Richard in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29-30 (in an entry entitled “astronomers and UFOs”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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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 page 44 (in Chapter 1) of the Xlibris softcover edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91-92 (in Chapter 3) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 57-63 (in Chapter 8) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in “Science and the Paranormal” (1981) (edited by Abell, George O and Singer, Barry) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 327 (in Chapter 18) of the Junction Books hardback edition. |
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Michell, John in his “House of Lords UFO Debate” (1979) at page 91 of the Pentacle softcover edition. |
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Rutledge, Harley D in his “Project Identification” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 244-245 (in Chapter 20) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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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 265 (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. |
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Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 248 (in Chapter 13) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Sturrock, Peter in his “The UFO Enigma“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 3 (in the Introduction), 52 (in Chapter 4), 125 (in Chapter 19) of the Warner Aspect hardback edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 187 (in Chapter 10) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition. |
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