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On 26 March 1997, a group suicide was discovered, involving 21 women and 18 men, of members of Heaven’s Gate (created by Marshall Herff Applewhite (commonly referred to as “Bo” or “Him”) and Bonnie Lu Nettles (commonly referred to as “Peep” or “Her”)).

 

 

 

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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 Bo and Peep and/or the relevant group suicide 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 pages 207-211, 212, 216 (in Chapter 20), 217 (in Chapter 21), 387 (in the Notes) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition.

9

1998

Alnor, William M in his “UFO Cults and the New Millenium” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11-14, 15-16, 17 (in the Introduction), 22-28, 30-31 (in Chapter 1), 25-43 (in Chapter 2), 51-66 (in Chapter 3 generally), 68-69, 71-72 (in Chapter 4), 151, 154-155, 156, 157 (in Chapter 10) of the Baker softcover edition.

60

1992

Alnor, William M in his “UFO in the New Age” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80 (in Chapter 4), 230 (in Chapter 13) of the Baker softcover edition.

2

1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60 (in an entry entitled “Cults”), 75 (in the entry entitled “Extraterrestrial Travel Agents”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

2

1995

Balch, Robert W in “The Gods Have Landed – New Religions from Other Worlds” (1995) (edited by James Lewis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 137-166 (in Chapter 6 generally) of the Suny softcover edition.

30

1998

Bartholomew, Robert E and Howard, George S in their “UFOs and Alien Contact” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11-13 (in the Prologue) of the Prometheus hardback edition.

3

2001

Cawthorne, Nigel in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in the chapter entitled “The First Abductions”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition.

1

1999

Cawthorne, Nigel in his “The World’s Greatest Alien Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 28 (in the chapter entitled “The First Abductions”) of the Hamlyn softcover edition.

1

1998

Christopher, Paul in his “Alien Intervention: The Spiritual Mission of UFOs” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 163-165 (in Chapter 10) of the Huntington House softcover edition.

3

2000

Clark, Jerome in his “Extraordinary Encounters : An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 246-248 (in an entry entitled “The Two”) of the ABC-Clio hardback edition.

3

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 269-274 (in an entry entitled “Heaven’s Gate”0 of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition.

7

1996

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 477-480 (in an entry entitled “The Two”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

4

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 478-481 (in an entry entitled “Heaven’s Gate”) of Volume 1:A-K of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

4

2004

Davis, Erik in his “TechGnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 288-295, 297-298 (in Chapter 8) of the Serpents Tail softcover edition.

10

1978

De Herrera, John in his “The Etherean Invasion” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132-133 (in Chapter 12) of the Hwong softcover edition.

2

1998

Dean, Jodi in her “Aliens in America” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-154 (in Chapter 5) of the Cornell University softcover edition.

2

2001

Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 153 (in Chapter 5) of the California hardback edition.

1

1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in the Introduction) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

1

1995

Eberhart, George M and Melton, J Gordon in “The Gods Have Landed – New Religions from Other Worlds” (1995) (edited by James Lewis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 275-276 (in Chapter 10, “The Flying Saucer Contactee Movement, 1950-1994: A Bibliography”) of the Suny softcover edition.

2

2001

Ellwood, Robert S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 486 (in an entry entitled “religious movements and UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 475 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

1

2001

Ellwood, Robert S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 584 (in an entry entitled “religious movements and UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

1

1997

Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 97 (in Chapter 5) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

1

1998

Fitzgerald, Randall in his “The Cosmic Test Tube” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 230-231 (in Section 3) of the Moonlake Media softcover edition.

2

1982

Fowler, Raymond E in his “The Andreasson Affair: Phase Two” (1982) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 194 (in Chapter 14) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition.

1

1998

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The Threat” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11-12 (in Chapter 1) of the Simon & Schuster hardback edition.

2

1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 179-181 (in Chapter 17) of the Alpha Books softcover edition.

3

1976

Landsburg, Alan in his “In Search of Extraterrestrials” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 47-50 (in Chapter 4) of the Corgi paperback edition.

4

1997

Larson, Bob in his “UFOs and the Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-23 (in Chapter 1 generally) of the Nelson softcover edition.

23

1999

Lorgen, Eve in her “The Love Bite : Alien Interference in Human Love Relationships” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 16 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Is the Love Bite Real?”) of the Elogos & HHC softcover edition.

1

1995

Marvels and Mysteries (Editors Of) in “Marvels and Mysteries: Aliens” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 78-79 of the Parrallel softcover edition.

2

1988

McClure, Kevin in “Phenomenon“ (1988) (edited by John Spencer and Hilary Evans) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 367-368 of the MacDonald hardback edition (Part 5, in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The UFO Cults”).

2

1984

McClure, Kevin in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 126-127 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Apocalypse now?”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

2

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 page 295 (in Chapter 13) of the Koinonia House softcover edition.

1

2003

Moffitt, John in his “Picturing Extraterrestrials : Alien Images in Modern Mass Culture” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 130 of the Prometheus hardback edition.

1

1989

Moravec, Mark in “Frontiers of Reality” (1989) (edited by Hilary Evans) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 158-159 (in Chapter 10) of the Guild publishing hardback edition.

2

1999

Morris, Peter J in his “Aliens Amongst Us: A Beginner’s Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-38 (in Chapter 3) of the Hodder & Stoughton softcover edition.

2

2001

Nickell, Joe in his “Investigating the Paranormal” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84, 85-88 (in Chapter 11) of the Barnes & Noble hardback edition.

5

2002

Nixon, Neil in his “Pocket Essentials : UFOs” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 76 (in Chapter 6) of the Pocket Essentials softcover 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 131-138 (in Chapter 7), 165-166 (in Chapter 8) of the John Knox hardback edition.

10

2001

Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 376-377, 384 (in Chapter 6) of the Robinson softcover edition.

3

1999

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ and Cone, William in their “The Abduction Enigma” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-150 (in Chapter 9 generally) of the Forge hardback edition.

6

1991

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 83-84 (in Chapter 10) of the Blandford softcover edition.

2

1998

Rhodes, Ron in his “Alien Obsession: What Lies Behind Abductions, Sightings and the Attraction to the Paranormal” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-117 (in Chapter 7) of the Harvest House softcover edition.

4

2004

Ronson, Jon in his “The Men Who Stare at Goats” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-125 (in Chapter 6) of the Picador paperback edition.

12

1980

Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 152-153 (in an entry entitled “Human Individual Metamorphosis (HIM)”) of the Corgi softback edition.

2

1995

Saliba, John A in “The Gods Have Landed – New Religions from Other Worlds” (1995) (edited by James Lewis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in Chapter 9) of the Suny softcover edition.

1

1995

Saliba, John in “The Gods Have Landed – New Religions from Other Worlds” (1995) (edited by James Lewis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 31 (in Chapter 2) of the Suny softcover edition.

1

2002

Samples, Kenneth 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 pages 16 (in Chapter 1), 152-155 (in Chapter 14) of the Navpress softcover edition.

5

1976

Smith, Marcia S in her “The UFO Enigma: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, UG 633, 76-52 SP” (1976) at pages 99-100 (in Chapter 6) of the Congressional Research Service stapled edition.

2

1976

Smith, Warren in his “UFO Trek” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 100-114 (in Chapter 7 generally) of the Sphere paperback edition.

5

1997

Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 275-288 (in Chapter 17 generally) of the Millenium paperback edition.

14

1997

Steiger, Brad and Hewes, Hayden in their “Inside Heaven’s Gate” (Formerly “UFO Missionaries Extraordinary”) (1997) generally, particularly at pages vii-xxxv, 3-216 of the Signet paperback edition.

243

1976

Steiger, Brad in his “Gods of Aquarius” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 250-255 (in Chapter 11) of the Granada paperback edition.

6

1993

Stone, Reuben in his “UFO Investigation” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 64-65 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Visits From The Gods”) of the Blitz Editions hardback edition.

3

1997

Teets, Bob in his “UFOs and Mental Health” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-25, 27 (in Chapter 2), 41-42 (in Chapter 4), 76 (in Chapter 6) of the Headline Books softcover edition.

7

2008

Vallee, Jacques in his “Forbidden Science : Volume 2 (Journals 1970-1979)” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 305 of the Documatica Research hardback edition.

1

1979

Vallee, Jacques in his “Messengers of Deception : UFO Contacts and Cults” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-84 (in Chapter 4) of the 1980 revised Bantam paperback edition.

12

1998

Wilson, Colin in his “Alien Dawn” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 137 (in Chapter 4) of the Virgin softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Virgin paperback edition).

1

1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101-104 (in Chapter 5) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

4

 

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