66 From private notes of Wilbert Smith, reprinted with permission from his widow in Good 1988, 397, and letter to William S. Steinman from Dr. Robert I. Sarbacher, Washington Institute of Technology (Oceanographic & Physical Sciences), Palm Beach, Florida 33480 (29 November 1983). See also Good 1988, 413-414 and Clark 1992, 115-116.
67 Keyhoe 1953, 130; Clark 1992, 309-310.
68 Smith 1950; Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, xv; Friedman and Berliner 1992, 47-52.
69 FBI 1950c; Hynek 1977, 68-69, 139-140; Hall 1964, 131; Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 171-175.
70 FBI 1950d; Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 175.
71 Friedman and Berliner 1992, 67-68; Hall 1988, 78; Randle 1995, 192-193.
72 Hall 1964, 23, 131.
73 U.S. Air Force 1951; Hall 1988, 239, 328-330; 1964, 131.
74 Keyhoe 1953, 48; Hall 1964, 131; LePoer Trench 1966, 28.
75 Hall 1964, 131; Jacobs 1975, 63.
76 Ruppelt 1956, 133-150; Clark 1992, 230-237; Hall 1964, 131; Vallee 1965, 99; Randle 1997a, 86. Also see Kevin Randle’s article in
77 Ruppelt 1956, 134-135, 148-149.
78 Ruppelt 1956, 127-129, 155; Jacobs 1975, 64-65; Hall 1964, 131; Clark 1992, 161-163; Good 1988, 269; Wilkins 1955, 226.
79 Keyhoe 1953, 48-49, 256; Ruppelt 1956, 130-132; Hall 1964, 131.
80 Hall 1964, 56, 131; 1988, 240-241; Keyhoe 1953, 49, 255-256.
81 Ruppelt 1956, 154-160; Flammonde 1976, 330-331.
Chapter 4
1 Ruppelt 1956, 26, 162-163; Keyhoe 1953, 128; Hall 1964, 131.
2 Ruppelt 1956, 169-170; Hall 1964, 131.
3 Ruppelt 1956, 174; Hall 1964, 131; Vallee 1965, 100.
4 Ruppelt 1956, 175-176, 182; U.S. Air Force 1952.
5 Ruppelt 1956, 178, 217; Jacobs 1975, 68-69; Flammonde 1976, 331-332; Clark 1992, 272; 1996, 408.
6 Keyhoe 1953, 50-51; Ruppelt 1956, 177; Edwards 1966, 317; Jacobs 1975, 69-71; Hall 1988, 176.
7 Keyhoe 1953, 257; Hall 1964, 5, 132.
8 Hall 1988, 145, 241-242.
9 Keyhoe 1953, 50; 1960, 85-86; 1973, 80.
10 Ruppelt 1956, 184.
11 Hynek 1977, 107, 111-112.
12 Ruppelt 1956, 181.
13 Keyhoe 1953, 51; Ruppelt 1956, 185; Flammonde 1976, 332; Bryan 1956.
14 Ruppelt 1956, 225; Hynek 1977, 87-90.
15 Ruppelt 1956, 190, 192; Jacobs 1975, 72.
16 Keyhoe 1953, 52-53; Flammonde 1976, 332; Hall 1964, 132; Jacobs 1975, 73.
17 Ruppelt 1956, 196-199; Flammonde 1976, 332.
18 Hall 1964, 132; Keyhoe 1953, 52;
19 Ruppelt 1956, 202-203, 205; Jacobs 1975, 74; Vallee 1965, 100.
20 Ruppelt 1956, 288-289; Keyhoe 1973, 81-82; Hynek 1977, 235-236; Clark 1992, 387-389; Randle 1997a, 112-114.
21 Keyhoe 1953, 54; Hall 1964, 132;
22 Hall 1964, 132; 1988, 146.
23 Keyhoe 1953, 57-58, 257; Hall 1964, 132.
24 Ruppelt 1956, 205.
25 Ruppelt 1956, 209-210.
26 Keyhoe 1953, 62-66; Ruppelt 1956, 211-216; Hall 1964, 132; 1988, 332-335; Good 1988, 270; Randle 1997a, 93; Randles 1988, 37; Flammonde 1976, 38; Clark 1992, 396-403.
27 Keyhoe 1953, 68; Hall 1964, 132.
28 Ruppelt 1956, 24; Hall 1964, 132; Edwards 1966, 12; Keyhoe 68.
29 Keyhoe 1953, 54-71; Ruppelt 1956, 218-222; Jacobs 1975, 77; Good 1988, 270-271; Randle 1997a, 98, 105; Randles 1988, 37-38; Clark 1992, 399-400.
30 Randles 1988, 189.
31 Jacobs 1975, 74, 77; Clark 1992, 402.
32 Edwards 1966, 87-88.
33 Ruppelt 1956, 244; Keyhoe 1953, 75-89.
34 Ruppelt 1956, 34, 230; Jacobs 1975, 78; Randles 1988, 38-39; Flammonde 1976, 332-333; Friedman and Berliner 1992, 30; Edwards 1966, 65; Clark 1992, 400-401.
35 Keyhoe 1953, 256; Hynek 1977, 61-63, 114-115; Hall 1964, 132.
36 Ruppelt 1956, 256; Hall 1964, 132; Keyhoe 1953, 256.
37 Keyhoe 1953, 256; Ruppelt 1956, 257; Hall 1964, 132; Wilkins 1955, 226; Edwards 1966, 14.
38 Hall 1964, 132; Keyhoe 1953, 255-257; Sanderson 1970, 194.
39 Ruppelt 1956, 247.
40 Friedman and Berliner 1992, 30-31.
41 Burgess 1953.
42 FBI 1952a; Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 175-177; Good 1988, 272.
43 In 1997, the CIA’s official historian, Gerald K. Haines, argued that the U- 2 spy plane was the cause of many UFO sightings. I rejected this argument in “The CIA, Official History, and You: A Study of Gerald Haines and UFOs,”
44 Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 119-122.
45 From CIA reports, “Flying Saucers over Belgian Congo Uranium Mines,” “Flying Saucers in East Germany,” “Luminous Object Seen over Port Gentil,” “Strange Objects Seen in Sky over Algeria,” “Saucers Observed in Two Areas of Oran,” “Disks Appear over Marrakech,” etc. See Edwards 1966, 174-176, Hynek 1977, 204-205, Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 117-118, and Vallee 1969, 198.
46 Clark 1952; Good 1988, 330.
47 Tauss 1952; Fawcett and Greenwood 1984, 123; Good 1988, 330-331; Randle 1997a, 107-109.
48 CIA 1952; Good 1988, 268, 331-334.
49 Computer UFO Network 1952; Jacobs 1975, 82; Clark 1992, 272.
50 Lorenzen and Lorenzen 1976, 1-2, 248-251; 1968, 187.
51 Donner 1980, 269, 275; Wise 1976, 184; Keith 1997, 74.
52 Sanderson 1967, 39-51; Lorenzen and Lorenzen 1976, 169-170; Barker 1956, 7-26; Keyhoe 1953, 116-118; Clark 1992, 145-146.
53 Ruppelt 1956, 253.