by Dan Wright
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. Clark, The UFO Book, pp. 476–477
34. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, pp. 435–437.
35. Ibid.
36. Ibid.
37. Distant Suns 5.0, http://distantsuns.com.
38. Raymond E. Fowler, Casebook of a UFO Investigator (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1981).
39. Good, Need to Know, pp. 265–266.
Chapter 20 1967: The Tempest Rages
1. Doc # CIA-RDP7500149R000100270013-1, letter to editor, Syracuse Post-Standard, “1966 Good Year for UFO Reports,” January 7, 1967.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP79B00752A000300090001-6, translated article from Russian magazine Cmena (Change), No. 7: “UFOs—What Are They,” by Felix Ziegel, February 1967.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Doc # 0000015432, Memorandum from Arthur C. Lundahl, Director, National Photographic Interpretation Center, for the Deputy Director for Intelligence, “U.S. Air Force Contract with the University of Colorado to Report on the UFO Situation,” February 7, 1967.
6. Ibid.
7. Doc # CIA-RDP80R01284A001800010034-0, Memorandum for the Record, by L. K. White, February 10, 1967.
8. Doc # 0000015433, memorandum from (redacted) for Director, NPIC, “Photo Analysis of UFO Photography,” February 17, 1967.
9. Ibid.
10. Doc # 0000015434, memorandum (to/from redacted), “Answer to Request of Speed Letter (redacted) dated 30 January 1967,” February 21, 1967.
11. Doc # 0000015435, Memorandum for the Record, by (redacted), “Visit of Dr. Condon to NPIC, 20 February 1967,” February 23, 1967.
12. Doc # CIA-RDP81S00991R000300150001-4, Intelligence Subject Code and Area Classification Code, March 1, 1967.
13. Doc # 0000015442, non-sourced (heavily redacted) “Monthly Report for February 1967,” March 13, 1967. See also Doc # 0000015436.
14. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010005-6, magazine article, Look, “Flying Saucers,” by Warren Rogers, March 21, 1967 (attachment).
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Doc # CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070003-0, news article, Washington Star, “Secret of 14 Years UFO Debunking Laid to CIA by Scientist,” April 23, 1967.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid. see also Doc # CIA-RDP69B00369R0002000240055-8.
20. Doc # CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070002-1, editorial, Boston Herald, “UFO's and the CIA,” April 24, 1967.
21. Doc # 0000015436, Memorandum for the Record, “UFO Briefing for Dr. Edward Condon, 5 May 1967,” by (redacted), Chief, Technical Intelligence Division, NPIC, May 8, 1967.
22. Ibid.
23. Doc # CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070001-2, news article, Philadelphia Inquirer, “Scientist Accuses CIA of World Plot to ‘Debunk’ UFOs,” July 9, 1967.
24. Doc # CIA-RDP71R00140A000100100220-1, non-sourced note from (redacted) to “Walt” at OSI, July 17, 1967.
25. Doc # CIA-RDP71R00140A000100100216-6, memorandum from (redacted) to “Mr. Duckett,” “1000 Meeting on UFO—19 July,” July 18, 1967.
26. Doc # CIA-RDP80B01676R001600010004-2, letter from John A. Larson, The Brookings Institution, to Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor, CIA Deputy Director, July 18, 1967.
27. Doc # CIA-RDP71R00140A000100100215-7, memorandum from (redacted) for Mr. Duckett, July 19, 1967; see also Doc # CIA-RDP71R00140A000100100216-6.
28. Doc # 0000015273, Information Report, “Report on Conversations with Soviet Scientists on Subject of Unidentified Flying Objects in the USSR,” August 18, 1967.
29. Doc # CIA-RDP69B00369R0002000240055-8, news article, The Arizona Daily Star, “Scientists Debate the Question of UFO's,” September 6, 1967; see also Doc # CIA-RDP75-00149R000500070003-0.
30. Ibid.
31. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010002-9, 68 pages, magazine, Flying Saucers, UFO Reports, (12 articles), October 1967.
32. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010005-6, news article, The Pueblo (CO) Chieftain, “Pair of Pueblo Youths Photograph Strange Light in San Luis Valley,” October 17, 1967.
33. Doc # CIA-RDP69B00369000200180005-0, journal, by (redacted), Office of Legislative Counsel, November 28, 1967.
34. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010006-5, magazine article, Playboy, vol. 14, no. 12, “The UFO Gap,” December 1967, by J. Allen Hynek.
35. Doc # 0005517744, Leninskaya (illegible), “Study of UFO's,” December 2, 1967.
36. Doc # 0000015335, letter from (redacted) to Auburn, WA, resident, December 7, 1967.
37. Doc # CIA-RDP79B00752A000300100002-3, letter from Robert J. Low, U of Colorado, to J. Thomas Ratchford, Headquarters, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, December 8, 1967.
38. Doc # 0005517736, Sovetskaya Latviya, “Flying Phenomena (UFO's),” by R. Vitolniyek, Director of the Station for the Radio Observation of the Ionosphere and Artificial Earth Satellites, December 10, 1967.
39. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
40. Good, Need to Know, pp. 296–297.
41. Ibid.
42. Good, Above Top Secret.
43. Berliner, The Blue Book Unknowns.
44. Clark, The UFO Book.
45. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid.
48. Good, Need to Know.
49. Ibid.
50. Ibid.
51. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
52. Ibid.
Chapter 21 1968: Return to Relative Calm
1. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070025-8, source illegible, by US Defense Attaché, “UFO Global Grid Theory,” Wellington, NZ, February 1, 1968.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP79B00752A000300100001-4, letter from Robert J. Low, University of Colorado, to J. Thomas Ratchford, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, January 17, 1968.
3. Doc # 0005517735, news article, Komsomolskaya Pravda, “Fantasy or Reality (Unidentified flying objects),” January 20, 1968.
4. Doc # 0005517747, news abstract, Leninskaya (illegible), “Hypothesis about Flying Plates,” January 31, 1968.
5. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010014-6, non-sourced retyped report, USSR Scientific Affairs, “Scientists Refute Claims of ‘UFO’ Sightings,” by Ye. Mustel et al, USSR Academy of Sciences Astronomic Council, March 6, 1968.
6. Doc # 0005517734, abstract, Pravda Ukrainy, “Are flying saucers a myth?” (date uncertain, post-3/25/68).
7. Doc # 0000015452, non-sourced report with attachments (author not shown), “Nothing But the Facts on UFOs, or Which Novosti Writer Do You Read?” April 9, 1968.
8. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070007-8, Information Report, “(redacted) Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan,” April 11, 1968.
9. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070024-9, Airgram from American Embassy Paris to Department of State, “No Serious Studies of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's) in France,” May 8, 1968.
10. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010008-3, magazine article, Look, “The Flying Saucer Fiasco,” by John G. Fuller, May 14, 1968.
11. Ibid.
12. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070019-5, Defense Department Information Report, “Alleged Activities of USAF and CIA regarding UFOs,” by USAF Major A. P. Heard, Assistant Air Attaché, August 1, 1968.
13. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070020-3, Taiwan Department of Defense Intelligence, Information Report, “Sighting of UFO's Over Off-Shore Islands,” August 15, 1968.
14. Doc # CIA-RDP81-R00560R000100070028-5, Taiwan Department of Defense Intelligence Information Report, “Investigation of UFO Sightings Over Off-Shore Islands and Taiwan Strait,” October 14, 1968.
15. Doc # 0000044116, Soviet Life, “Unidentified flying object,” by Felix Ziegel, November 2, 1968.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report.
19. Good, Need to Know.
20. Ibid.
21. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Wikipedia, “James E. McDonald,” updated November 20, 2017, https://en.wikipedia.org.
Chapter 22 1969: Where'd All the UFOs Go?
1. Doc # CIA-RDP81ROO560R000100010011-9, journal article, Science, “Beings from Outer Space—Corporeal and Spiritual,” by Hudson Hoagland, February 14, 1969.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP81ROO560R000100010011-9, journal article, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “UFOs I Have Loved and Lost,” by Edward U. Condon, December 1969.
3. Ibid.
4. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs, pp. 63–65.
5. Ibid.
6. Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference (Evanston, IL: Center for UFO Studies, 1981).
7. Ibid.
8. Good, Need to Know, p. 299.
9. Good, Above Top Secret, 1988.
10. Ibid.
11. Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia.
12. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
Chapter 23 1970: AIAA Weighs In
1. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100070026-7, Defense Intelligence Information Report, “Sighting of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO),” March 7, 1970.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP81ROO560R000100010011-9, journal article, Astronautics and Aeronautics, “UFO: An Appraisal of the Problem,” November 1970.
3. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
4. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
5. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
6. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
7. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs.
Chapter 24 1971: Science Journals—More to Say
1. Doc # CIA-RDP81ROO560R000100010011-9, journal article, Science News, “Whatever Happened to UFO's?” June 26, 1971.
2. Ibid.
3. Doc # CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010010-0, journal article, Astronautics and Aeronautics, “UFO Encounter II, Sample Case Selected by the UFO Subcommittee of the AIAA,” September 1, 1971.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
8. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
9. Berliner, Unidentified Flying Objects Briefing Document; see also Antonio Huneeus, “The famous Rockefeller Briefing Document,” September 3, 2010, available at www.issuu.com
Chapter 25 1972: The Government Remains Quiet
1. Doc # 0000015270, Intelligence Information Report, (subject redacted—USSR), April 10, 1972.
2. Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia.
3. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
Chapter 26 1973: MUFON's Year of the Humanoid
1. Doc # NSA-RDP96X00790R000100040013-0, non-sourced, anonymous report, “The Importance of Substance in ESP Research,” October 20, 1973.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP90-00552R000303250002-8, news article, Portland, The Oregonian, “U.S. officials persist in secrecy, but UFOs real, claims authority,” December 1, 1973.
3. UFO Research Network, “JANAP 146,” 2011, www.uforesearchnetwork.proboards.com.
4. Doc # CIA-RDP81ROO560R000100010011-9, journal article, Science, “Beings from Outer Space—Corporeal and Spiritual,” by Hudson Hoagland, February 14, 1969.
5. Raymond E. Fowler, Casebook of a UFO Investigator.
6. John Schuessler and Edward F. O'Herin, “Truck Driver Injured by UFO: The Eddie Doyle Webb Case,” MUFON 1993 International UFO Symposium Proceedings.
7. Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia.
8. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters.
9. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
10. Good, Need to Know, p. 321.
Chapter 27 1974: Gemini 4 Photos
1. Doc # 0000015336, draft letter from Bruce A. Lowe, NSC Executive Secretary, to Brad C. Sparks, November 5, 1974.
2. Story, The Encyclopedia of UFOs, Appendix A.
3. Good, Need to Know, p. 321.
4. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
Chapter 28 1975: Ignoring Base Intrusions
1. Doc # 0000028609, non-sourced memorandum (to/from redacted), content heavily redacted, May 8, 1975.
2. Doc # 0005516212, (mostly redacted), CIA, The Operations Center, “Event and Action” record, by (anonymous), Watch Officer, October 28, 1975, 6:10 a.m.
3. Good, Need to Know, p. 321
4. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
5. Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia; see also Doc # 0005516212, above.
6. Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia.
7. NICAP, “UFO Chased by KC-135 Tanker,” (n.d.), www.nicap.org.
8. Good, Need to Know, p. 325.
Chapter 29 1976: An Uptick in Agency Interest
1. Doc # 0000015237, note from (redacted), Defense Communications Division, to DCD Hq, April 14, 1976.
2. Doc # 0000015451, non-sourced note by (redacted), April 15, 1976.
3. Ibid.
4. Doc # 0000015235, teletyped message from DCD to (redacted), “DCD Case (redacted)—UFO Research,” April 22, 1976.
5. Doc # 0000015437, Memo for the File, June 25, 1976.
6. Doc # 0000015490, note from (redacted) to Deputy Chief, OD&E, July 14, 1976.
7. Doc # 0000015275, Foreign Intelligence Information Report, Domestic Collection Division, Directorate of Operations, “Aerial Observation of Intense Source of Light,” September 10, 1976.
8. Doc # 0000015238, teletyped message, from (redacted) to “Immediate Director,” September 24, 1976.
9. Doc # 0000015274, Foreign Intelligence Information Report, Domestic Collection Division, Directorate of Operations, “(Redacted) UFO Phenomena,” November 18, 1976.
10. Peter A. Gersten, JD, “What the Government Would Know about UFOs if They Read Their Own Documents,” MUFON 1981 UFO Symposium Proceedings.
11. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects.
12. Good, Need to Know.
13. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
14. Good, Need to Know.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid., pp. 302–303.
17. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters.
Chapter 30 1977: Start Spreading the News
1. Doc # 0005517733, USSR, non-sourced report by (redacted), March 21, 1977.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP11M01338R000400480018-9, news article (untitled), US News & World Report, April 18, 1977.
3. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070010-4, news article, The Washington Post, “UFO Buffs Say Respect Is Replacing Ridicule,” April 27, 1977.
4. Doc # CIA-RDP99-00498R000100050092-8, news article, The Houston Chronicle, “Bush shunning Nixon Series of Interviews,” May 18, 1977.
5. Doc # 0005516220, memorandum from Anthony A. Lapham, General Counsel, for Director of Research and Development, DDS&T, “Proposed Research Project,” June 3, 1977.
6. Doc # CIA-RDP80M00165A002200090013-8, letter from the Executive Secretary for (redacted), Deputy (?), to the White House Agency Liaison Chief, August 12, 1977.
7. Doc # 0000015256, Moscow TASS International Service, “Unusual Natural Phenomenon Observed in Karelia,” September 22, 1977.
8. Doc # CIA-RDP82M00345R000700040168-0, journal, Office of Legislative Counsel, by (anonymous), October 12, 1977.
9. Doc # 0000015262, Foreign Intelligence Information Report, Domestic Collection Division, Directorate of Operations, (to/from, subject, and nearly all text redacted), December 22, 1977.
10. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01365R000300040038-2, news article, Chicago Tribune, “Tempo People,” December 20, 1977.
11. Good, Need to Know, p. 303.
12. Ibid., pp. 304–305.
13. Ibid.
14. Alan C. Holt, “UFO Light Beams: Space-Time Projections, MUFON 1984 International UFO Symposium Proceedings.
15. Good, Need to Know.
17. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
18. Good, Need to Know, p. 304.
Chapter 31 1978: The New Zealand Film
1. Doc # 0000015438, memorandum from the chief, Minneapolis office to the chief, Domestic Collection Division, “Report of UFO at Time of Soviet Satellite Failure,” February 9, 1978.
2. Doc # 0000015257, non-sourced report, “Argentina Authorities Report Satellite Down in Bolivia,” May 15, 1978.
3. Doc # CIA-RDP96-00788R02000010001-9, note from (anonymous) to Major Bill Stoner, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (OACSI), “Parapsychology,” June 1978 (calendar date not shown).
4. Doc # CIA-RDP96-00787R000200080024-8, news article, The New York Times, “Skeptics Criticized on Paranormal Issue,” June 25, 1978.
5. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070009-6, news article, Midnight Globe, “Revealed: The CIA's Secret UFO File,” November 7, 1978.
6. Doc # CIA-RDP81M00980R000300010021-5, letter from Office of Legislative Counsel to (redacted name and agency), December 13, 1978.
7. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070008-7, letter from Art Harris, investigative journalist, The Washington Post, to George W. Owens, CIA Information Privacy Coordinator, December 20, 1978.
8. Leonard Stringfield, “The Fatal Encounter at Ft. Dix-McGuire: A Case Study,” MUFON 1985 UFO Symposium Proceedings.
9. Ibid.
10. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
11. Clark, The UFO Book.
12. Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference.
13. Story, The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, p. 663–665.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
Chapter 32 1979: Three Decades of Lies
1. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070007-8, news article, The New York Times, “C.I.A. Papers Detail U.F.O. Surveillance,” January 14, 1979.
2. Doc # CIA-RDP88-01315R000300070003-2, news article, St. Paul Pioneer Press, “CIA, Air Force cover-up of UFOs claimed,” January 18, 1979.