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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
             Univ. 1972) 394 p.
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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-)
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