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witchcraj?: Catulogue of the witchcruft Collection in the Cornell Univer-
sity Library (M.J. Crowe, ed.; KTO Press 1977) 644 p.
! PKtchcraji in Europe, 1100-1 700: A Documentary History (A.C. Kors &
E. Peters, eds.; Univ. of Pennsylvania 1995 (reprint of 1972 ed.)) 384 p.
!W‘tchcra/t in the Middle Ages [history & bibliog.] (J.B. Russell; Cornell
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UFOs AND EXOBIOLOGY
The study of UFOs has become a significant worldwide industry. There
are enthusiast groups galore, as well as a number of more serious investi-
gative bodies. Exobiology as a formal study began around the turn of the
century with the speculations of astronomers Scarpelli and Lowell regard-
ing the possible engineered origins of the canals of Mars, and the counter-
ing arguments of the English naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
Since that time the study of the possibility of extraterrestrial intelli-
gence (“ETI”) has undergone a dramatic evolution. In the 1950s, pro-
pelled by an enormous number of sightings, the movie industry’s “it came
from outer space!” invasion imagery of the matter mirrored popular con-
cerns over a possible nuclear holocaust. By the 1970s the general percep-
tion had diversified, with increasing numbers of individuals expressing a
genuine level of curiosity about the potential rewards of contacting “supe-
rior societies.” In recent years ufologists have begun to consider the no-
tion that psychical-rather than physical-processes may underlie some of
the phenomena that have been reported.
Su bjecxMKqwords
ETI; extraterrestrial intelligence; exobiology; flying saucers; life on other
planets (QB54); ufos; unidentifiedflying objects (TL789-789.3; ZS064.FS)
Serials
!International UFO Reporter [J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies]
(1 976-)
!Journal of UFO Studies [J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies] (1979-)
!The WFON UFO Journal [Mutual UFO Network] (1967-)