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British UFOs and Cosmos 1068
On 31 December 1978, there were UFO sightings across Britain. The re-entry of Russian satellite Cosmos 1068 occurred on same night.

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 UFO sightings on this night see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

2001

Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 286 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Worlwide Kind”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition.

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1986

Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in their “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Worlwide Kind”) of the Octopus hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Hamlyn softcover edition).

1

2007

Clarke, David and Roberts, Andy in their “Flying Saucerers : A social history of UFOlogy” (2007) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 205 (in Chapter 12) of the Alternative Albion softcover edition.

1

2009

Clarke, David in his “The UFO Files : The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings” (2009) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95-96 (in Chapter 4) of the National Archives softcover edition.

2

1991

Fuller, Paul and Randles, Jenny in “Circles From The Sky” (1991) (edited by Terence Meaden) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 100 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Crop Circles: A scientific answer to the UFO mystery”) of the Greenhaven Press softcover edition.

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1979

Gaindford, Lord in The House of Lords UFO Debate (1979.0118) at column 1287 in Hansard, House of Lords Fifth Series, Volume 397, debate section. Complete text of debate presented in “UFOs in the House of Lords – 1979” (2000) (series editor Tim Coates) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-128 of the TSO Publishing paperback edition, with the relevant text appearing at pages 78-79. Complete text of debate, with notes, presented by Michell, John in his “House of Lords UFO Debate” (1979) at pages 11-115 of the Pentacle softcover edition, with the relevant text appearing at pages 74-75.

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1985

Randles, Jenny and Warrington, Peter in their “Science and the UFOs " (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 2) of the Blackwell hardback edition.

1

1998

Randles, Jenny in her “Something in the Air” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 15 (in Chapter 1) of the Hale hardback edition.

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1981

Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Study” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 78, 80 (in Chapter 6) of the Hale hardback edition.

2

1979

Strabolgi, Lord in The House of Lords UFO Debate (1979.0118) at column 1311 in Hansard, House of Lords Fifth Series, Volume 397, debate section. Complete text of debate presented in “UFOs in the House of Lords – 1979” (2000) (series editor Tim Coates) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-128 of the TSO Publishing paperback edition, with the relevant text appearing at page 121. Complete text of debate, with notes, presented by Michell, John in his “House of Lords UFO Debate” (1979) at pages 11-115 of the Pentacle softcover edition, with the relevant text appearing at page 109.

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1980

Welfare, Simon and Fairley, John in their “Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 261 (in Chapter 10) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

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Other Material

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