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James McDonald

Description: Prominent UFO researcher of the 1960s, played role in Congressional UFO hearings
File Code: mcdonald   Class: ufo
Residence: Tucson, AZ USA
Career: Meteorologist. Senior Physicist, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona
Deceased (1971)

Role: Doctors & PhDs·(Meteorology)
UFO Topic: Events of 1947·(1), Project Bluebook·(2), Sightings by Radar·(3)
Affiliation: Ted Bloecher·(4), Isabel Davis·(almost·daily·correspondence), Richard Hall·(almost·daily·correspondence), NICAP·(5)
Critic Of: Project Bluebook·(6), Edward Condon·(7), Philip Klass·(8), Donald Menzel·(9)
Criticized By: Philip Klass·(10)
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Footnotes for Above: (1) Investigated cases for Bloecher/wrote forward for his book.  (2) Extensively examined the USAF case files.  (3) Made this a major study in his investigation.  (4) Colaborated in 1947/1950 investigations/almost daily contact.  (5) Used the organizations huge files.  (6) In writing and letters to Congress and the Commander, ATIC.  (7) Maintained U of CO study did not confront difficult cases.  (8) Skeptical of Klass' plasma/ball lightning theory.  (9) Critical of Menzel's meteorological explanation.  (10) Claimed McDonald misused his Navy grant money to study UFOs. 

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Topics Other index pages on this server  Project Bluebook and Other Government Investigations@ (92 links) - Dr. McDonald was a critic of the scientific competence of Project Blue Book. He researched the project's records at Maxwell AFB. <#6>

Print References

Books available through our catalog

• The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial: Biography, p.363-372

• UFO Events of 1947+ - Dr. McDonald wrote the introduction to Ted Bloecher's Report on the UFO Wave of 1947. He also re-investigated many 1947 cases. <6/13/97 #2>
• Science in Default: 22 Years of Inadequate Investigation - Dr. McDonald's paper presented at the 134th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. - By James E. McDonald - Published: 12/27/69 <6/13/97 #3>
• Meteorological Factors In Unidentified Radar Returns - Paper which discusses a number of radar cases presented to the 14th Radar Meteorology Conference of AMS - By Dr. James E. McDonald - Published: 11/17/70 - Source: American Meteorological Society <6/13/97 #4>
• UFOs: Extraterrestrial Probes? - Brief discussion of UFOs and the ETH. - Article - By Dr. James E. McDonald - Published: 8/67 - Source: Astronautics & Aeronautics (Magazine), Page 19-20 <6/13/97 #5>
• Air Force Observation of a UFO in South-Central US, 7-17-57 - McDonald's research on the RB-47 case from the Condon Report, the USAF case file, and personal interviews. - Article - By Dr. James E. McDonald - Published: 7/71 - Source: Aeronautics & Astronautics (Magazine), Page 67-70 <6/17/97 #7>
• Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects - Dr. James McDonald statement to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics concerning UFOS. - Document - By Dr. James E. McDonald - Published: 7/29/68 - Source: Record of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics <6/18/97 #8>
• Observed relationship bet. "Sebago," "Stokes" and "Kirtland" - 3 related cases increasing the probability of McDonald's ET Hypothesis (18 pages) - Essay - Supportive - By Jerry Cohen - Published: 4/5/97 - Source: UFO UpDates (Mailing List) [Oberg/Cooper rebuttals.7ab&c] <7/8/97 #10>
  • McDonald's Critique of the Condon "Kirtland AFB Case" - Faults McDonald found in the evaluation (2 pages) - Article reprint - By Jerry Cohen - Published: 2/6/97 - Source: 22 Years of Science in Default - Albuquerque, NM, US <3/9/98 #10.1>
• McDonald's Inquiry into the US Navy's UFO Project+ - Message - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: Ufomind (Mailing List) [Posted by Jan Aldrich] <6/20/97 #9>
• Fund for UFO Research publication of McDonald papers <9/25/97 #11>
• FBI File on Dr. James E. McDonald - FBI file as released late 1998 - apparently a partial release - Government document <#12>

Books from our Catalog

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UFOs and Science: The Collected Writings of Dr. James E. McDonald

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