On 3 March 1972, Pioneer 10 was launched, with a with a message (devised by Carl Sagan and Frank Drake) on a gold-anodized aluminium plaque fixed to the antenna support to any extraterrestrials that may recover the probe in the future.
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For discussion of Pioneer 10 and the Pioneer plaque see the following:
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Abell, George in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 61 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Search for Life Beyond Earth : A Scientific Update”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition. |
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Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 92-94 (in Chapter 8), 278 (in Chapter 28) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Adler, Alfred in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 225 (in Chapter 41) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Behold the Stars”, Atlantic Monthly, 234 (1974.1000), pages 109ff. |
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Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in Chapter 3) of the Llewellyn softcover edition, at page 101 of the Llewellyn paperback edition. |
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Angelo, Joseph A in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: Man’s Search for Life in Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68 (in the entry entitled “Interstellar Communication“), 131-133 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer plaque”), 133-134 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer 10, 11), 160 (in the entry entitled “robotics in space”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 77 (in Chapter 4) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ashpole, Edward in his “Where is Everybody?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in Chapter 6) of the Sigma Press softcover edition. |
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Asimov, Isaac in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Of Life Beyond : Man’s Age-Old Speculations”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition. |
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Asimov, Isaac in his “Extraterrestrial Civilizations” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 245-248 (in Chapter 13) of the Crown hardback edition, at pages 277-280 of the Pan paperback edition. |
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Baird, John C in his “The Inner Limits of Outer Space” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 94-95 (in Chapter 6) of the Dartmouth hardback edition. |
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Baxter, John and Aktins, Thomas in their “The Fire Came By” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 140-141 (in Chapter 11) of the Futura paperback edition. |
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Benjamin, Marina in her “Rocket Dreams” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 27 (in Chapter 1), 206-210 (in Chapter 6) of the Chatto & Windus hardback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “From Apes to Astronauts” (1980) at page 73 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “… And how to communicate with them”) of the Daily Telegraph paperback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Giant Leap” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26-27 (in Chapter 2) of the revised Headline softcover edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Next Ten Thousand Years” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (in Chapter 3) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 249 (in an entry entitled “Pioneer |
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Blum, Ralph and Blum, Judy in their “Beyond Earth: Man’s Contact with UFOs” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 201 (in Chapter 17), 209 (in Chapter 18) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition). |
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Blundell, Nigel in his “World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 11 of the Select softcover edition. |
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Brin, David in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in Section 3) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Collins, Jim in his “Unidentified Flying Objects” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 47-48 (in Chapter 6) of the Raintree hardback edition. |
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Crawford, Ian A in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 50-51 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. The relevant chapter is a revised and abridged version of an article published under the title “Interstellar Travel: A Review for Astronomers” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 31 (1990) at pages 377-400. The text of that article is available free online at: http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~iac/isflight/isflight.html |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 327-328 (in the entry entitled “Pioneer |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entries entitled “Pioneer http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pioneer10.html http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/Pioneerplaque.html |
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Davidson, Keay in his “Carl Sagan: A Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 163 (in Chapter 6), 198-199 (in Chapter 7), 210 (in Chapter 8), 241, 242-243 (in Chapter 9), 303, 307 (in Chapter 11), 458-459 (in the Notes) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 37 (in Chapter 3) of the Penguin paperback edition. |
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Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174-180 (in Chapter 8) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Druyan, Anne in Carl Sagan’s “Billions and Billions” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 229 (in the Epilogue) of the Headline softcover edition. |
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Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 88-89 (in Chapter 8 and first page of photographic insert), 126-128 (in Chapter 10) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter). |
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Edelson, Robert E in “Worlds Beyond” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (edited by Larry Geis and Fabrice Florin) at pages 158, 160 (in Sequence 17) of the And/Or softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Perennial Library paperback edition published under the title “Moving Into Space: The Myths and Realities of Extraterrestrial Life”). |
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Fairley, Peter in his “Is there Life in Outer Space?” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120-121 (in Chapter 8) of the Look-In softcover edition. |
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Fox, Phillis in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 24 (in Chapter 2) of the Scarebrow Press hardback edition. |
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Gallant, Roy A in “Beyond Earth : The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-164 (in Chapter 12) of the Four Winds hardback edition. |
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Gansberg, Alan and Gansberg, Judith in their “Direct Encounters: The Personal Histories of UFO Abductees” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page ix (in the Introduction) of the Walker & Co hardback edition. |
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Goldsmith, Donald and Owen, Tobias in their “The Search for Life in the Universe” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124-125 (in Chapter 7), 378-379 (in Chapter 19) of the Benjamin Cummings softcover edition, at pages 142-143 (in Chapter 6), 446-447 (in Chapter 18) of the 1992 Addison Wesley softcover revised second edition. |
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Grossinger, Richard in Richard Hoagland’s “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xxxiv (in the Publisher’s Foreword) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition. |
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Haining, Peter in his “Eyewitness to the Galaxy: Britain's contribution to research in space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 218, 221 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Uranus and Neptune : The Ends of the Galaxy”) of the WH Allen hardback edition. |
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Halpern, Paul in his “The Quest For Alien Planets” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249-250 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “After Contact: The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 38 (in Chapter 2), 201 (in Chapter 8) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 129, 131 (in Chapter 12) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Hoagland, Richard in his “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 95-101 (in Chapter 6), 206 (in Chapter 12) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition. |
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Hyams, Ron in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Where do the aliens live”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”. |
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Keyhoe, Donald E in his “Aliens from Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 238-239 (in Chapter 15) of the Signet paperback edition, page 267-268 of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174, 177 (in Chapter 7) of the Oxford softcover edition. |
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Lamb, David in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence : A Philosophical Inquiry” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 13, 14 (in Chapter 1) of the Routledge softcover edition. |
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Landsburg, Alan in his “In Search of Extraterrestrials” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 91-92 (in Chapter 7) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 5, 6 (in Chapter 1) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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McConnell, Brian in his “Beyond Contact : A Guide to SETI and Communicating with Alien Civilizations” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 137 (in Chapter 8) of the O’Reilly hardback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 87 (in Chapter 2) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68-69 (in Chapter 2) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at pages 89-90 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 120-122, 125 (in Chapter 8) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Michaud, Michael in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 276 (in Chapter 6) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Michaud, Michael in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 254 (in Chapter 8) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 276 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Moore, Patrick in his “The Next Fifty Years in Space” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 84 (in Chapter 6), 120 (in Chapter 10) of the William Luscombe hardback edition. |
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Morrison, Philip in NASA Special Publication 328 (NASA SP-328) entitled “Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man” (1973) (edited by Richard Berendzen) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 85-86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Questions”) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration softcover edition. |
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Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 196, 201 (in Chapter 11) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Papagiannis, Michael in “Are We Alone in the Cosmos” (1999) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 206 (in Chapter 5) of the ibooks softcover edition. |
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Papagiannis, Michael in “First Contact” (1990) (edited by Ben Bova and Byron Preiss) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 182 (in Chapter 5) of the NAL Books hardback edition, at page 233 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 10) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Peters, Ted in his “UFOs-God's Chariots?: Flying Saucers in Politics, Science & Religion” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36, 37 (in Chapter 2) of the John Knox hardback edition. |
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Poundstone, William in his “Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 133-135 (in the chapter entitled “Ithaca 1968- |
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Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14 (in Chapter 1), 25 (in Chapter 2) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Life Off Earth” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 112, 113 (in Chapter 9) of the Granada hardback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Messages from the Stars” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11 (in Chapter 1), 98 (in Chapter 6), 131-132, 133 (in Chapter 8) of the Fontana paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 138-139 (in Chapter 7) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at pages 143-146 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 1-2 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Pioneering New Horizons”), 51-55 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret and Jahn, Ernest in their “Celestial Passengers – UFOs & Space Travel” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 74 (in Chapter 9) of the Penguin paperback edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 250 (an entry entitled “Pioneers 10 and |
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Sagan, Carl and Sagan, Linda Salzman and Drake, Frank in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 274-277 (in Chapter 54) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “A Message From Earth”, Science, Volume 175 (1972), pages 881ff. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “Broca’s Brain” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81 (in Chapter 6), 275 (in Chapter 17) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Cosmic Connection” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 16-20 (Chapter 3 generally), 21-33 (Chapter 4 generally), 40 (in Chapter 6), 163 (in Chapter 23), 215-216, 218 (in Chapter 30), 222 (in Chapter 31) of the Double Day hardcover edition, with the same page numbering in the Coronet softcover edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Dragons of Eden” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 235 (in Chapter 1) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in NASA Special Publication 328 (NASA SP-328) entitled “Life Beyond Earth and the Mind of Man” (1973) (edited by Richard Berendzen) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 12, 13, 14 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sagan”), 55-56 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Discussion”), 84-86 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Questions”) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration softcover edition. |
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Sellier, Charles E and Meier, Joe in their “UFO” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 158 (in Chapter 8) of the Contemporary Books hardback edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 142-144 (in Chapter 7) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John Wallace in his “No Earthly Explanation” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 160-161 (in Chapter 8) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 249-250, 251 (in Chapter 13) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Stern, Donald K in “Cultures beyond the Earth : The Role of Anthropology in Outer Space” (1975) (edited by Magoroh Maruyama and Arthur Harkins) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36-38 (in Chapter 2) of the Vintage paperback edition. |
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Stoneley, Jack and Lawton, A T in their “Is Anyone Out There?” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-220 (in Chapter 13) of the Star Books paperback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in his “The Space Gods Revealed” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105, 106 (in Chapter 12) of the New English Library paperback edition. |
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Swift, David W in his “SETI Pioneers : Scientists Talk About Their Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 14 (in the Introduction) of the Arizona hardback edition. |
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Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124, 126 (in Chapter 5) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition. |
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Von Daniken, Erich in his “According to the evidence” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-26 (in Chapter 2) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition. |
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Von Daniken, Erich in his “In Search of Ancient Gods” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-163 of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Von Daniken, Erich in his “The Gold of the Gods” (1972) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 156-160 (in Chapter 6) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition. |
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White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 61-62 (in Chapter 5) of the Walker hardback edition. |
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White, Michael in his “Life Out There” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 104-105 (in Chapter 5), 190 (in Chapter 10) of the Little, Brown & Co hardback edition. |
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Wilkinson, David in his “Alone in the Universe?” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 4) of the Monarch softcover edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 197 (in Chapter 10) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition. |
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