Papers concerning UFOs, 1952-1976

Mss.629.4.M52

Date: 1952-1976 | Size: 12 Linear feet, Ca. 12,000 items

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Abstract

This collection includes correspondence, articles, newsclippings, photographs, and recordings, concerning Menzel's documentation of UFOs as natural phenomena explainable in scientific terms. One can find material on the National Investigation Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Project Blue Book, the Velikovsky controversy, and a card file of meteor activity, 1946-1961.

Background note

Donald Howard Menzel was an astrophysicist.

Digital objects note

This collection contains digital materials that are available in the APS Digital Library. Links to these materials are provided with context in the inventory of this finding aid. A general listing of digital objects may also be found here.

Collection Information

Provenance

Presented by Donald Howard Menzel and family, 1963-1982; accessioned, 10/--/1971. See in-house shelf list for additional accession numbers and dates.

Related material

Donald Howard Menzel's Autobiography is also located in the American Philosophical Society Library (Mss.B.M522).

Indexing Terms

Corporate Name(s)

National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena.
Project Blue Book (U.S.)

Genre(s)

Card files.
Clippings.
Photoprints.
Recordings.

Personal Name(s)

Botley, Cicely Mary
Boyd, Lyle Gifford, 1907-1982
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen), 1910-1986
Keyhoe, Donald E. (Donald Edward)
Klass, Philip J.
Maney, Charles Albert
Markowitz, William
Menzel, Donald Howard, 1901-1976
Quintanella, Hector
Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996
Schreibsten, Norman
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 1895-1979
Wellman, Wade

Subject(s)

Astronomy.
Meteors.
Unidentified flying objects.

Detailed Inventory

Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter - Correspondence, 1961-1965				Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
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