On 28 November 1973, a Gallup Poll includes questions on UFOs for the fourth time. 51% of respondents indicated they considered UFOs to be “real”, with 46% believing there is intelligent life on other planets.
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Book References
Text of relevant Gallup press release included by Hynek, J Allen and Vallee, Jacques in their “The Edge of Reality” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 289-290 (in Appendix C) and discussed at page 26 (in Chapter 1) of the Henry Regnery hardback edition.
For discussion of this Gallup poll see the following:
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Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrials Among Us” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 250 (in Chapter 7) of the Llewellyn softcover edition, at page 284 of the Llewellyn paperback edition. |
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Bartholomew, Robert E and Howard, George S in their “UFOs and Alien Contact” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 195 (in Chapter 9) of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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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 2-3 (in Chapter 1), 153-154 (in Chapter 13), 174 (in Chapter 15) of the Bantam paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the Corgi paperback edition). |
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Clark, Jerome and Coleman, Loren in their “The Unidentified” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 9 (in the unnumbered section entitled “UFOland: Other Worlds and the Otherworld”, part 1) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 10 (in Chapter 1) of the California hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 3 (in the Introduction) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Dolan, Richard M in his “UFOs and the National Security State: Volume 1: 1941-1973” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 483 (in Chapter 9) of the Keyhole softcover edition, at pages 384-385 of the 2002 revised Hampton Road softcover edition. |
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Durant, Robert in “UFO: 1947-1997” (1997) (edited by Hilary Evans and Dennis Stacy), with extracts from relevant press release, at pages 234-235 (section entitled “Aspects”, unnumbered chapter entitled “Public Opinion Polls and UFOs”) of the John Brown hardback edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 2.3.1, entitled “UFOs as Global Phenomenon”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition. |
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Flammonde, Paris in his “Ufo Exist!” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in Chapter 1) of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Fowler, Raymond E in his “Casebook of a UFO Investigator” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 69-70 (in Chapter 7) of the Prentice-Hall hardback 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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Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 206-208 (in Chapter 8) of the New Page softcover edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton T in “Worlds Beyond” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (edited by Larry Geis and Fabrice Florin) at page 204 (in Sequence 21 entitled “Flying Saucers Are Real”) 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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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 pages ix (in the Introduction), 170 (in Chapter 9) of the Walker & Co hardback edition. |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 312 (in Chapter 8) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Hall, Richard in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition. |
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Jacobs, David Michael in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 147 (in an entry entitled “Gallup Polls on UFOs”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 296 of the Indiana hardback edition, pages 263-264 of the Signet paperback edition (in Chapter 10). |
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Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 57 (in Chapter 7) of the Prometheus softback 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 page 126 (in Chapter 5) of the Routledge softcover 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 page 185 (in Chapter 14) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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McWane, Glenn & Graham, Davis in their “The New UFO Sightings” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 21 (in Chapter 1) of the Warner paperback 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 page 19 (in Chapter 1) of the John Knox hardback edition. |
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Rhodes, Ron in his “Alien Obsession: What Lies Behind Abductions, Sightings and the Attraction to the Paranormal” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 17 (in Chapter 1) of the Harvest House softcover edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 11-12 (in the Introduction) of the Wildwood House softcover edition. |
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Ross, Daniel in his “UFOs and the Complete Evidence from Space: The Truth About Venus, Mars and the Moon” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in Chapter 2) of the Pintado softcover edition. |
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Rutledge, Harley D in his “Project Identification” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 244 (in Chapter 20) of the Prentice-Hall hardback edition. |
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Salisbury, Frank in his “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologist’s Report” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 272-273 (in Appendix E) of the Devin Adair hardback edition. |
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Schellhorn, G Cope in his “Extraterrestrials in Biblical Prophecy” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 350 (in Chapter 17) of the Horus softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 74 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1967-1977”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Spencer, John Wallace in his “No Earthly Explanation” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 35 (in Chapter 1) of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Stringfield, Leonard H in his “Situation Red: The UFO Siege” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 170-171 (in Chapter 8) of the Fawcett paperback edition. |
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Swift, David in Jacques Vallee’s “Messengers of Deception : UFO Contacts and Cults” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 252 (in the Epilogue, entitled “A Sociologist’s Reaction)) of the 1980 revised Bantam paperback edition. |
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Trench, Brinsley Le Poer in his “Secret of the Ages: UFOs from Inside the Earth” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 177 (in Chapter 31) of the Panther paperback edition. |
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Weldon, John and Levitt, Zola in their “Encounters With UFOs“ (1975) (formerly “UFOs, What on Earth is Happening?”) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 5 (in Chapter 1) of the Harvest House paperback edition. |
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Westrum, Ronald M in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 101-103 (in Chapter 5) of the Scarebrow Press hardback edition. |
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Other Material
Gallup Poll-Index Report 103, released in January 1974.