Library of Congress: Comprehensive UFO Bibliography Published
The Library of Congress released a comprehensive reference work cataloging extraterrestrial phenomena literature. Bibliographer Lynn Catoe compiled over sixteen hundred separate entries including monographs, periodicals, and manuscripts. The project served as reference material for the University of Colorado scientific investigation led by Edward Condon.
Background
This scholarly compilation represents a systematic effort to document the growing body of literature regarding aerial anomalies. Created by the Science and Technology Division, the annotated reference guide encompasses diverse media formats spanning two decades of research. Military research divisions provided funding support through specific contractual arrangements. The work ultimately supported controversial academic investigations into unexplained atmospheric observations. Later disclosure through information freedom procedures made this resource available to public researchers.