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Monday, January 24, 2022

Scientific and scholarly articles about UFOs

 



The ufological world was all agog recently when it was announced that an article about UFOs was being published in a peer-reviewed academic journal.

Amazing! Remarkable! Notable! Unprecedented!

Uh - no.

Despite what you may have heard from skeptics and believers alike, science has taken the subject of UFOs seriously on many, many occasions. Dozens of scholarly and academic articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals all along, with apparently little notice or interest.

Admittedly, many of these articles looked at ufology in a less than positive light, but a considerable number regarded the subject quite seriously and as a topic of scientific curiosity, if not interest and with relevance to many scientific realms.

I started working on a list of academic articles about UFOs some time ago, and I dusted it off (virtually) when the interest in the recent scientific article manifested.

A number of people have created lists of these articles over the years, including most notably Barry Greenwood's "Union Catalog" of UFO articles. Isaac Koi has a very good list of academic journal articles, and I have added to my own list from his excellent resource.

The following is my list, which is as complete as I could get at this time. I have provided links to online versions of the articles whenever possible, although some links will require institutional memberships to view the articles in full. 

The list is for articles about UFOs, but you will note that I have included some articles on UFO-ish phenomena as well, with discretion.

Also, I should note that this list is not restricted to Q1 and Q2 ranked journals, but others of lower academic rankings which I believe should be read and considered for their scientific approach. Many are written by scientists for lay audiences.

Also, the list does not include many book reviews, editorial comments, news briefs and incidental notes, although I allowed a few in the list for their significance. So, while references to things in major journals such as Nature and Science could have been included dozens and dozens of times, these were not really "peer-reviewed academic or scholarly articles."

Oh, and I did not include many articles from the Journal of Scientific Exploration nor the Journal of UFO Studies. While certainly peer-reviewed, these journals are not in the scientific mainstream community, and I wanted to create a list that showed that scientists outside of the ufology community have published such articles.

I have included papers published in journals with lesser pedigree to show the parallel discourses in other publications that are worth examining. Many of those are published by scientists or people with recognized academic degrees and backgrounds.
 
This list is meant to be a resource to show scientific discourse on the subject. And most scientists are unaware of the bulk of good scientific articles on UAP and UFOs.

I used APA style, with a slight modification here and there for consistency. (I know there are many punctuation typos, so I'm working on that.) I also need to italicize the journal titles.

And yes, I am sure I missed some. This page will be updated as more articles are brought to my attention, and as future articles are published. (Which they certainly will be.)

Many thanks to Isaac for his work and assistance in this effort.

UPDATED JUNE 12, 2024



Significant UFO-related articles, including many published in peer-reviewed scientific journals

 

Ailleris, P. [2011]. The lure of local SETI: Fifty years of field experiments. Acta Astronautica 68, 2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576509005967

 

Akers, D. W. (1972). Report on the Investigation of Nocturnal Light Phenomena at Toppenish, Washington, August 1972. https://sacred-texts.com/ufo/yak1.htm

 

Akers, D. W. [1974]. Investigation of nocturnal light phenomena 1973 sighting reports from Toppenish, Washington. http://theology101.org/ufo/yak2.htm

 

Akers, D. W. (1995). A Statistical Summary of Reports from the Toppenish UFO Study. https://sacred-texts.com/ufo/yak3.htm

 

Akers, D. W. [2001]. Preliminary report on magnetic field measurements recorded at Satus fire lookout – July 11, 2001.” http://www.leeh.net/polyarts/Archive/01070001.pdf

 

Akers, D. W. (2001). Nocturnal light phenomena on the Yakama Indian Reservation - An update for people working and living in the area. The Willard J. Vogel Study, Yakama, Washington. http://www.ltpaobserverproject.com/uploads/3/0/2/0/3020041/the_willard_j._vogel_study.pdf

 

Akers, D. W. [2007]. The Toppenish Field Study: A Technical Review and Update. 7th Bienniel European Society for Scientific Exploration Meeting, Roros, Norway. 


Ananthaswamy , A. (2020). How Many Aliens Are in the Milky Way? Astronomers Turn to Statistics for Answers. Scientific American, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-many-aliens-are-in-the-milky-way-astronomers-turn-to-statistics-for-answers/


Andresen, Jensine. (2021). Two Elephants in the Room of Astrobiology. In: Torres, Octavio, et al. (eds.). Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119711186.ch10


Anton, A. (2019). UFO research. In: Mayer, G. (ed.). N equals 1: Single case studies in anomalistics. (pp.133–150). 


Anton, Andreas and Vugrin, Fabian. (2022). “UFOs exist and everyone needs to adjust to that fact.” (Dis)Information Campaigns on the UFO Phenomenon. Journal of Anomalistics, 22, pp. 18–35. https://www.igpp.de/eks/pdf/04%20Anton-Vugrin_2022_1.pdf


Antonio, Fernando, et al. (2022). On the dynamics of reporting data: A case study of UFO sightings. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 603(1), 127807. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378437122005295


Appelle, S. (1971). On a behavioral explanation of UFO sightings. Perceptual and motor skills, 32(3), 994. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1971.32.3.994


Appelle, S. (1998). UFOs and the scientific method. Science, 281, 919. doi: 10.1126/science.281.5379.919b


Appelle, S. et al. (2014). “Alien abduction experiences.” In E. Cardeña, S.J. Lynn, and S. Krippner (Eds.), Varieties of anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence, 213-240. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. 


Ashworth, C. E. (1980). Flying saucers, spoon-bending and Atlantis: A structural analysis of new mythologies. The Sociological Review, 28(2), 353-376. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1980.tb00369.x

 

Bader, C. D. (1995). The UFO contact movement from the 1950s to the present. Studies in Popular Culture, 17(2), 73-90. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23413704

 

Bader, C. D. (2003). Supernatural support groups: Who are the UFO abductees and ritual-abuse survivors? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 42(4), 669–678. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1387914

 

Balch, Robert W. and Taylor, David. (1977). Seekers and saucers: The role of the cultic milieu in joining a UFO cult. American Behavioral Scientist, 20(6), pp. 839–860.


Ball, J. (1973). The zoo hypothesis. Icarus, 19(3), 347-349. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0019103573901115

 

Ballester Olmos, V., & Bullard, T.E. (2017). The nature of UFO evidence: Two views. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/33352049/THE_NATURE_OF_UFO_EVIDENCE_TWO_VIEWS


Ballester-Olmos, V.J. and Heiden, Richard. (2023). The Reliability of UFO Witness Testimony. UFO Phenomena International Annual Review (UPIAR). Cooperativa Iniziative e Studi UPIAR s.c., Corso Vittorio Emanuele II n. 108 - 10121 Torino, Italy. http://www.upiar.com/index.cfm?artID=201


Banaji, M. R., and Kihlstrom, J. F. (1996). The ordinary nature of alien abduction memories. Psychological Inquiry, 7(2), 132-135. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327965pli0702_3

 

Bartholomew, R. E. (1991). The quest for transcendence: An ethnography of UFOs in America. Anthropology of Consciousness, 2(1‐2), 1-12. https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/ac.1991.2.1-2.1


Bartholomew, R.E. et al (1991). “UFO abductees and contactees: Psychopathology or fantasy proneness?” Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 22(3), 215-222.


Biasco, F., and Nunn, K. (2000). College students' attitudes toward UFOs. College Student Journal, 34(1), 96-100. https://web.s.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=01463934&asa=Y&AN=3024751&h=pFaSTQdViVWKO7mTAFbM9G6qBJCEjXdumNK2EVMo%2bub0Tb3nTDmIHDsb1jWM00XAupyJvrLSUvPRVii%2fIAz2qg%3d%3d&crl=c&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal=ErrCrlNotAuth&crlhashurl=login.aspx%3fdirect%3dtrue%26profile%3dehost%26scope%3dsite%26authtype%3dcrawler%26jrnl%3d01463934%26asa%3dY%26AN%3d3024751

 

Bisson C, and Persinger M.A. (1993). Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXV. Possible increased incidence of brain tumors following an episode of luminous phenomena. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 77(3_suppl), 1088-1090. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1088

 

Boli, John. (2021). Small Planet in the Vastness of Space. Globalization and the Proliferation of UFOs, Aliens, and Extraterrestrial Threats to Humanity. In: Globalization/Glocalization: Developments in Theory and Application. International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology, 139, pp. 260–288. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004500365_015


Bowers, K. S., and Eastwood, J. D. (1996). On the edge of science: Coping with UFOlogy scientifically. Psychological Inquiry, 7(2), 136-140. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327965pli0702_4

 

Bridgstock, M. (1982). A sociological approach to fraud in science. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 18(3), 364-383.

 

Bullard, T. E. (1989). UFO abduction reports: the supernatural kidnap narrative returns in technological guise. Journal of American Folklore, 147-170. https://www.jstor.org/stable/540677

 

Bullard, T. E. (2017). Skeptical Successes and Ufological Failures: Opportunities in Uncomfortable Places. Center for UFO Studies. https://cufos.org/PDFs/pdfs/Skeptical_explanations_for_UFOs.pdf


Callahan, P. S., & Mankin, R. W. (1978). Insects as unidentified flying objects. Applied Optics, 17(21), 3355-3360.

 

Carlotto, Mark. (2021). A Preliminary Analysis of Historical UFO Report Data. May 31, 2021. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3857231 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3857231


Caron, E. (2015). “Scientific investigation on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP),” in 6th Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Newsletter. Available online at: https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/newsletter/scientific-investigation-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-uap-0


Caron, E. & Faridi, P. (2016). To investigate or not to investigate? Researchers’ views on unexplored atmospheric light phenomena. Frontiers of Earth Science, Section on Atmospheric Science, 4, pp. 1-5. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2016.00017/full


Chen, Y. (2023). Unveiling Hidden Patterns in UFO Sightings: A Text Mining and Geostatistical Approach. UCLA. ProQuest ID: Chen_ucla_0031N_22119. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m59m2r1p. Retrieved from: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/801708z2


Chequers, J., Joseph, S., and Diduca, D. (1997). Belief in extraterrestrial life, UFO-related beliefs, and schizotypal personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 23(3), 519-521. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886997800189

 

Clamar, A. (1988). Is it time for psychology to take UFOs seriously? Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 6(3), 143-149. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J294v06n03_23

 

Clamar, A. (1988). Symposium: The UFO experience: What psychotherapy tells us. Introduction, in: Psychotherapy in Private Practice, 6:3, 141-142

 

Clancy, S. A., et. al. (2002). Memory distortion in people reporting abduction by aliens. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(3), 455.


Clancy, Susan A. (2005). Abducted. How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 


Clark, S. E., and Loftus, E. F. (1996). The construction of space alien abduction memories. Psychological Inquiry, 7(2), 140-143. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327965pli0702_5


Cloete, R. et al (2023). Preface: Instrumentation and Software for the Detection and Characterization of Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 12(1). https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2251171723020014


Cloete, R., et al. (2023). Integrated Computing Platform for Detection and Tracking of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171723400081


Cocconi, G. & Morrison, P. [1959]. Searching for Interstellar Communications.  Nature, 184, 844. doi:10.1038/184844a0


Colas, F., et al. (2020). FRIPON: A worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, A53. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202038649


Cole, G. H. A. (1996). Thoughts on extraterrestrials prompted by two contributions in a recent issue of Quarterly Journal. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 37, 257. https://adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1996QJRAS..37..257C

 

Condon, E. U. (1969). UFOs I have loved and lost. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 25(10), 6-8. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00963402.1969.11455289

 

Cook, C. M., and Persinger, M. A. (2001). Geophysical variables and behavior: XCII. Experimental elicitation of the experience of a sentient being by right hemispheric, weak magnetic fields: interaction with temporal lobe sensitivity. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92(2), 447-448.

 

Cross, A. (2004). The flexibility of scientific rhetoric: A case study of UFO researchers. Qualitative Sociology, 27(1), 3-34. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:QUAS.0000015542.28438.41

 

Crowe, R. A., and Miura, C. K. (1995). Challenging pseudoscientific beliefs: Surveying evidence for exotic claims. Psychological reports, 77(3_suppl), 1263-1282. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.3f.1263

 

Crumbaugh, J. C. (1959). ESP and flying saucers: A challenge to parapsychologists. American Psychologist, 14(9), 604–606. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0039416

 

Curtis, E. (2016). Science and technology in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam astrophysical disaster, genetic engineering, UFOs, white apocalypse, and black resurrection. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, 20(1), 5–31.

 

Davis, Lorraine. (1988). A Comparison of UFO and Near-Death Experiences as Vehicles for the Evolution of Human Consciousness. Journal of Near-Death Studies, 6(4), 240-257. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799343/

 

De la Torre, Gabriel. (2023). Psychological aspects in unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) witnesses. International Journal of Astrobiology. 23, 11 Dec. 2023. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/psychological-aspects-in-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-uap-witnesses/7D23058E10309384DDAA8E15607485CC


Derr, J. & Persinger, M. (1986). Luminous phenomena and earthquakes in southern Washington. Experientia, 42(9), pp.991-999. https://journals.scholarsportal.info/details/00144754/v42i0009/991_lpaeisw.xml

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Derr J.S, and Persinger M.A. (1993). Geophysical variables and behavior: LXXVI. Seasonal hydrological load and regional luminous phenomena (UFO reports) within river systems, the Mississippi Valley test. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 77(3_suppl), 1163-1170. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1163

 

Devereux, P., McCartney, P. and Robins, D. (1983). Bringing UFOs down to earth. New Scientist, (1 September), 627-630.

 

Dewan, W. J. (2006). " A saucerful of secrets": an interdisciplinary analysis of UFO experiences. Journal of American Folklore, 184-202. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4137923

 

Dick, S. (1996). Other Worlds: The Cultural Significance of the Extraterrestrial Life Debate. Leonardo, 29(2), pp. 133-137. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1576349


Döbler, N., et al. (2023). Is there anybody out there? Can individual loneliness, need for closure, and religiosity predict the belief in extraterrestrial life and intelligence? Discover psychology, 3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44202-023-00076-4


Dodd, A. (2018). Strategic ignorance and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence: Critiquing the discursive segregation of UFOs from scientific inquiry. Astropolitics, 16(1), 75-95. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14777622.2018.1433409

 

Dorsch, Kate. (2019). Reliable Witnesses, Crackpot Science: UFO Investigations in Cold War America, 1947-1977. University of Pennsylvania, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 13808338. https://www.proquest.com/openview/b2ae1fc6c10174cecbac8723eadf3c0b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=51922&diss=y


Eghigian, G. (2014). ‘A transatlantic buzz’: flying saucers, extraterrestrials and America in postwar Germany. Journal of transatlantic studies, 12(3), 282-303. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1080/14794012.2014.928032

 

Eghigian, G. (2014). The psychiatrist, the aliens, and" going native". Psychiatric Times, 31(11), 10-10. https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA389176236&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=08932905&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E99592cf7

 

Eghigian, G. (2015). Making UFOs make sense: Ufology, science, and the history of their mutual mistrust. Public understanding of science, [2017], 26(5), 612–626. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0963662515617706

 

Emmerich, R. (2022). UAP as New Research Subject. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/uap-neu-im-forschungskanon-1/


Escola-Gascon, Alex, O’Neill, Mary, and Gallifa, Josep. (2021). Beliefs and opinions about the existence of life outside the earth: The UFO Experiences Questionnaire (UFO-Q). Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 3(1), 100124. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-sciences-and-humanities-open/vol/3/issue/1


Escolà-Gascón, A. et al. (2024). Impact of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) on air safety: Evidence from Airbus® TCAS/ROSE simulators. Journal of Air Transport Management, 119, August 2024, 102617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2024.102617

 

Espírito Santo, D., and Vergara, A. (2020). The possible and the impossible: reflections on evidence in Chilean ufology. Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, (41), 125-146. https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/antipoda41.2020.06

 

Forrest, D. V. (2008). Alien abduction: A medical hypothesis. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 36(3), 431-442. https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jaap.2008.36.3.431

 

Fournier, N. M., and Persinger, M. A. (2004). Geophysical variables and behavior: C. Increased geomagnetic activity on days of commercial air crashes attributed to computer or pilot error but not mechanical failure. Perceptual and motor skills, 98(3_suppl), 1219-1224.

 

Freitas Jr, R. A., & Valdes, F. (1980). A search for natural or artificial objects located at the Earth-Moon libration points. Icarus, 42(3), 442-447.

 

Fuller, B.A.G. (1952). Flying saucers. The Journal of Philosophy. 49(17), Aug. 14, 1952, 545-559. https://www.pdcnet.org/jphil/content/jphil_1952_0049_0017_0545_0559

 

Gamboa, M. (2021). Spiritual pilgrimages and UFO tourism in Uruguay: the case of La Aurora's cattle ranch. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 8(2), 162-178. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJTA.2021.116093

 

Geppert, A. (2012). Extraterrestrial encounters: UFOs, science and the quest for transcendence, 1947–1972. History and Technology: An International Journal, 28(3), 335-362. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07341512.2012.723340

 

Ghidina, M. J. (2019). Finding God in grain: Crop circles, rationality, and the construction of spiritual experience. Symbolic Interaction, 42(2), 278-300. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.386

 

Grassi, F., Cocheo, C., and Russo, P. (2005). Balls of light: The questionable science of crop circles. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 19(2), 159-170. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.524.2809&rep=rep1&type=pdf

 

Graves, Ryan, et al. (2023). Recommendations to Improve Acquisition and Management of Aviation-Related UAP Data. AIAA 2023-4323 Session: Scientific and Technical Advancements in UAP Understanding. Published Online: 8 June 2023 at: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2023-4323


Gray, R. H. (2015). The Fermi paradox is neither Fermi’s nor a paradox. Astrobiology, 15(3), 195-199. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2014.1247

 

Greenwood, B., and Davidson-Arnott, R. G. (2020). Tidal monitoring of a barrier breach: The mysterious case of the unidentified flying object (UFO). Journal of Coastal Research, 101(sp1), 56-61. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI101-013.1

 

Haines, G.K. (1999). CIA’s role in the study of UFOs, 1947–90: A die‐hard issue. Intelligence and National Security, 14(2), 26-48. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02684529908432538

 

Hall, R. L. (1996). Escaping the self or escaping the anomaly? Psychological inquiry, 7(2), 143-148. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327965pli0702_6

 

Halperin, David J. (2021). Judaism and the UFO; with Emphasis on the Vision of Ezekiel. In: Handbook of UFO Religions, Chapter 3, pp. 79–102. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004435537_005


Hancock, L. J. et al. (2023). UAP Pattern Recognition Study: 1945-1975 US Military Atomic Warfare Complex. Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), Fort Myers, FL. https://zenodo.org/records/7758498


Haqq-Misra, J. & Kopparapu, R. K. [2012]. On the likelihood of non-terrestrial artifacts in the Solar System. Acta Astronautica, 72, 15. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576511003122


Haselhoff, E. H. (2001). Opinions and comments on Levengood WC, Talbott NP (1999). Dispersion of energies in worldwide crop formations. Physiologia plantarum, 111, 123–125. http://archiv.fgk.org/01/Eltjo/Haselhoff.pdf

 

Hauge, B.G. (2005). 10 Years of Scientific Research of the Hessdalen Phenomena. International Meeting “Le Ricerca Italiana nella Valle di Hessdalen, Norvegia.” Cecina, Livorno, Italy. March 2004. http://www.itacomm.net/ph/2005_Hauge.pdf


Hauge, B. G. [2007]. “Optical spectrum analysis of the Hessdalen phenomenon.” https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bjorn-Gitle-Hauge-2/publication/228873038_Optical_spectrum_analysis_of _the_Hessdalen_phenomenon/links/0f317537f035c7f70d000000/Optical-spectrum-analysis-of-theHessdalen-phenomenon.pdf


Hauge, B, (2010). Investigation and analysis of transient luminous phenomena in the low atmosphere of Hessdalen valley, Norway. Acta Astronautica, 67(11–12), 1443-1450. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576510000329

 

Hayes, M., and Morritt, N. (2020). Michael W. Burke-Gaffney and the UFO debate in Atlantic Canada, 1947-1969. Scientia Canadensis: Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine/Scientia Canadensis: revue canadienne d'histoire des sciences, des techniques et de la médecine, 42(1), 54-74. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/scientia/1900-v1-n1-scientia05473/1071264ar/abstract/

 

Heaton, J. B. (undated). Santa Claus, UFOs, and Widespread Voter Fraud: Bayesian Gullibility and Disinformation from a High-Trust Source. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=aQt8zN8AAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=aQt8zN8AAAAJ:nWoA1JPTheMC


Hedervari, P. (1982). Luminous phenomena and other particular events before, during and after earthquakes in the Carpathian Basin. EOS, 63(51), 1258.

 

Holden, K. J., and French, C. C. (2002). Alien abduction experiences: Some clues from neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. Cognitive neuropsychiatry, 7(3), 163-178. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13546800244000058

 

Horstemeier, R. (2006). Flying saucers are real! The US Navy, unidentified flying objects, and the national security state. Socialism and Democracy, 20(3), 187-216. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08854300600950319

 

Houran, J. (1997). Tolerance of ambiguity and the perception of UFOs. Perceptual and motor skills, 85(3), 973-974. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1985.61.3.807

 

Howard, A. & Horowitz, P. [2001]. Optical SETI with NASA’s Terrestrial Planet Finder. Icarus, 150, 163. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103500965795


Hughes, F. (1967). A trained eye on UFO’s. Science, 156(3780), 1311-1312. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.156.3780.1311

 

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  1. Sentes, Bryan and Palmer, Susan (2000). Presumed Immanent: The Raëlians, UFO Religions, and the Postmodern Condition. Nova Religio, 4(1), 86-105. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2000.4.1.86

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