Selected UFO Documents from the Carl Sagan Collection

This dataset contains photos of selected documents from the Carl Sagan Collection that are discussed in the paper "Scientific Inquiry and the Stigma of UAP: Lessons from the Carl Sagan Collection," by Jacob Haqq-Misra in the journal Limina. All originals are stored in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. All photos were taken by Jacob Haqq-Misra on October 19, 2019.

Contents:

1. Letter from Richard C. Henry responding to Frank J. Tipler’s article "Intelligent extraterrestrial beings do not exist" dated 3 November 1980 [3 pages, box 790, folder 7]
2. Letter from Robert O. Dean (27 years military service) to Carl Sagan dated 3 January 1984 about taking the UFO problem seriously [2 pages, box 791, folder 6]
3. Letter from Stanton T. Friedman to Carl Sagan dated 3 January 1987 about taking the UFO problem seriously [1 page, box 791, folder 8]
4. Letter from Stanton T. Friedman to Carl Sagan dated 9 November 1988 again about taking the UFO problem seriously [3 pages, box 791, folder 10]
5. Questions for Carl Sagan by Stanton T. Friedman dated 26 November 1992 [3 pages, box 792, folder 6]
6. Paper/lecture by James E. McDonald on 12 March 1968 entitled "UFOs - An International Scientific Problem" [39 pages, box 792, folder 3]
7. Summary of a talk by James E. McDonald to Boeing on 7 August 1968 entitled "UFO Investigations -- Past, Present and Future" [6 pages, box 790, folder 5]
8. Newspaper clipping from the Ithaca Journal on 26 November 1977, entitled "Carter pushes UFO probe" [box 790, folder 4]
9. Newspaper clipping from the Ithaca Journal on 1 November 1977, entitled "U.N. discusses UFOs and sees 'Encounters'" [box 790, folder 4]