UFO's: A SCIENTIFIC DEBATE
Year:1972
Author: Carl SAGAN, Thornton PAGE (eds.)
Title:UFO's: A SCIENTIFIC DEBATE
Language:English


1972 Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

Related names: R. M. L. Jr. BAKER, Frank D. DRAKE, Lester GRINSPOON, Robert L. HALL, Kenneth R. HARDY, William K. HARTMANN, Joseph Allen HYNEK, James E. McDONALD, Donald H. MENZEL, Philip MORRISON, Thornton PAGE, Alan D. PERSKY, Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMS, Franklin ROACH, Carl SAGAN, Walter SULLIVAN
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Year:1972
ISBN:0-393-00739-1
Publisher:Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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1974 Norton Library, New York

Related names: R. M. L. Jr. BAKER, Frank D. DRAKE, Lester GRINSPOON, Robert L. HALL, Kenneth R. HARDY, William K. HARTMANN, Joseph Allen HYNEK, James E. McDONALD, Donald H. MENZEL, Philip MORRISON, Thornton PAGE, Alan D. PERSKY, Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMS, Franklin ROACH, Carl SAGAN, Walter SULLIVAN
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Year:1974
Publisher:Norton Library, New York
Description:310 p.
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1974 Corgi Books

Related names: R. M. L. Jr. BAKER, Frank D. DRAKE, Lester GRINSPOON, Robert L. HALL, Kenneth R. HARDY, William K. HARTMANN, Joseph Allen HYNEK, James E. McDONALD, Donald H. MENZEL, Philip MORRISON, Thornton PAGE, Alan D. PERSKY, Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMS, Franklin ROACH, Carl SAGAN, Walter SULLIVAN
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Year:1974
ISBN:0-552-09430-7
Publisher:Corgi Books
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AuthorTitlePag

Contributors ix-x

Carl SAGAN, Thornton PAGEEditor's Introduction xi-xx

Selected UFO Cases xxi-xxxi

Part I - Background
Thornton PAGEEducation and the UFO Phenomenon3-10
William K. HARTMANNHistorical Perspectives: Photos of UFO's11-22
Franklin ROACHAstronomers' Views on UFO's23-33

Parte II - Observations
J. Allen HYNEKTwenty-one Years of UFO Reports37-51
James E. McDONALDScience in Default: Twenty-one Years of Inadequate UFO Investigations52-122
Donald H. MENZELUFO's - The Modern Myth123-182
Kenneth R. HARDYUnusual Radar Echoes183-189
R. M. L. Jr. BAKERMotion Pictures of UFO's190-210

Part III - Social and Psychological Aspects
Robert L. HALLSociological Perspectives on UFO Reports213-223
Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMSPsychology and Epistemology of UFO Interpretations224-232
Lester GRINSPOON, Alan D. PERSKYPsychiatry and UFO Reports233-246
Frank D. DRAKEOn the Abilities and Limitations of Witnesses of UFO's and Similar Phenomena247-257
Walter SULLIVANInfluence of the Press and Other Mass Media258-262

Parte IV - Retrospective and Perspective
Carl SAGANUFO's: The Extraterrestrial and Other Hypotheses265-275
Philip MORRISONThe Nature of Scientific Evidence: A Summary276-290

Addendum: Discussion 291-302


AuthorTitlePag

Contributors ix-x

Carl SAGAN, Thornton PAGEEditor's Introduction xi-xx

Selected UFO Cases xxi-xxxi

Part I - Background
Thornton PAGEEducation and the UFO Phenomenon3-10
William K. HARTMANNHistorical Perspectives: Photos of UFO's11-22
Franklin ROACHAstronomers' Views on UFO's23-33

Parte II - Observations
J. Allen HYNEKTwenty-one Years of UFO Reports37-51
James E. McDONALDScience in Default: Twenty-one Years of Inadequate UFO Investigations52-122
Donald H. MENZELUFO's - The Modern Myth123-182
Kenneth R. HARDYUnusual Radar Echoes183-189
R. M. L. Jr. BAKERMotion Pictures of UFO's190-210

Part III - Social and Psychological Aspects
Robert L. HALLSociological Perspectives on UFO Reports213-223
Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMSPsychology and Epistemology of UFO Interpretations224-232
Lester GRINSPOON, Alan D. PERSKYPsychiatry and UFO Reports233-246
Frank D. DRAKEOn the Abilities and Limitations of Witnesses of UFO's and Similar Phenomena247-257
Walter SULLIVANInfluence of the Press and Other Mass Media258-262

Parte IV - Retrospective and Perspective
Carl SAGANUFO's: The Extraterrestrial and Other Hypotheses265-275
Philip MORRISONThe Nature of Scientific Evidence: A Summary276-290

Addendum: Discussion 291-302


AuthorTitlePag

Contributors ix-x

Carl SAGAN, Thornton PAGEEditor's Introduction xi-xx

Selected UFO Cases xxi-xxxi

Part I - Background
Thornton PAGEEducation and the UFO Phenomenon3-10
William K. HARTMANNHistorical Perspectives: Photos of UFO's11-22
Franklin ROACHAstronomers' Views on UFO's23-33

Parte II - Observations
J. Allen HYNEKTwenty-one Years of UFO Reports37-51
James E. McDONALDScience in Default: Twenty-one Years of Inadequate UFO Investigations52-122
Donald H. MENZELUFO's - The Modern Myth123-182
Kenneth R. HARDYUnusual Radar Echoes183-189
R. M. L. Jr. BAKERMotion Pictures of UFO's190-210

Part III - Social and Psychological Aspects
Robert L. HALLSociological Perspectives on UFO Reports213-223
Douglass R. PRICE-WILLIAMSPsychology and Epistemology of UFO Interpretations224-232
Lester GRINSPOON, Alan D. PERSKYPsychiatry and UFO Reports233-246
Frank D. DRAKEOn the Abilities and Limitations of Witnesses of UFO's and Similar Phenomena247-257
Walter SULLIVANInfluence of the Press and Other Mass Media258-262

Parte IV - Retrospective and Perspective
Carl SAGANUFO's: The Extraterrestrial and Other Hypotheses265-275
Philip MORRISONThe Nature of Scientific Evidence: A Summary276-290

Addendum: Discussion 291-302



Review

Thornton Page, 1913 - 1996 (Thornton Leigh Page)
Carl Sagan, 1934 - 1996 (Carl Edward Sagan)

Books of Carl SAGAN
CoverTitleYear
INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
1966
COMMUNICATION WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (CETI)
1973
THE COSMIC CONNECTION: an Extraterrestrial Perspective
1973
OTHER WORLDS
1975
THE DRAGONS OF EDEN - Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
1977
BROCA'S BRAIN - Reflections on the Romance of Science
1979
COSMOS
1980
PALE BLUE DOT: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
1994
Image not available THE DEMON-HAUNTED WORLD: Science as a Candle in the Dark
1996
BILLIONS & BILLIONS: Thoughts on Life a Death on the Brink of the Millennium
1997