Hervey, Michael. The strange growing in Martinique. Fate, v. 9, Sept. 1956:
27-41.
Radioactive deposits of an unknown nature on the island of Martinique seem to
affect the growth of animals, insects, plants, and man to a remarkable degree.
It is suggested that an extraterrestrial spacecraft crashed on Monte Pel~e in
1948 and that the radiation is emanating from the wreck which has buried itself
deeply in the ground.
Slaboda, Emil. He collected on a flying saucer. Fate, v. 10, June 1957: 66-69.
Night watchman Harry J. Sturdevant was granted medical compensation for
disability caused by injuries he said he suffered when a UFO zoomed past him
while he was on duty. Alleged incident took place near Trenton, N. J. , on
Oct._2, 1956.
Smith, Alson J. Psychic warnings of Pel~e eruption. Fate, v. 13, May 1960: 27-
34.
Many omens of disaster preceded the eruption of Mt. Pelee, Martinique. on
May 8, 1902. A single fiery blast incinerated the 40,000 occupants of the city
of St. Pierre in less than one minute. It ha~ been speculated th1t explosion of
a..*l e~raterrestrial spacecraft within the mountain's crater was responsible for
th~ destruction.
Young, Mort. The flying saucer invasion that panicked thP Pentagon. Saga, v. 34,
July 1967: 22-25, 70, 72, 74-76.
It is claimed that after the flurry of UFO sightings in Michigan in March 1966,
investigators found traces of radioactivity, peculiar impres~ions in the ground,
and that all plant and animal life in the immediate sighting area had b1:>en k1lled.
Excerpted from UF'O--Top Secret (New York, Simon & Schuster, 1967).
RESEARCH
Bowman, Norman J. The need for critical analysis of flying disc reports. Journal
of spaceflight, v. 5, Nov. 1953: 11.
UFO data that has been gathered by Government and civilian research groups
should be analyzed statistically to indicate what is probably unreliable, deter-
mine averages, etc., the author suggests. He feels that this is the only way
the UFO problem can be approached to yield conclusions of significance.
Caputo, Livio. Anche gli astronauti hanno visto i dischi. volanti. Epoca, v. LXIV,
Aug. 28, 1966: 16-23.
Report on UFO sightings, chiefly in the U.S., from 1897 to 19titi and on investi-
gation of phenomenon by Project Blue Book. Research programs of NICAP and
APRO are mentioned.
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