Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of UFO Phenomena, by Harley D. Rutledge.
http://www.amazon.com/Project-Identi.../dp/0137307055
Harley D. Rutledge was Professor and Chairman of the Physics Department at Southeast Missouri State University.
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Challenged to explain sightings of unidentified lights and luminous phenomena in the sky around Piedmont, Missouri, Dr. Harley Rutledge decided to subject these reports to scientific analysis. He put together a team of observers with college training in the physical sciences, including a large array of equipment: RF spectrum analyzers, Questar telescopes, low-high frequency audio detectors, electromagnetic frequency analyzer, cameras, and a galvanometer to measure variations in the Earth's gravitational field.
The resulting Project Identification commenced in April 1973, logging several hundred hours of observation time. This was the first UFO scientific field study, able to monitor the phenomena in real-time, enabling Rutledge to calculate the objects' actual velocity, course, position, distance, and size.
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A remarkable book. Because there were so many UFOs in the area, Rutledge and his team were able to triangulate sightings and take photographs of the same objects from multiple vantage points, leading to remarkable conclusions. It's a book that is a breath fresh of air in a field that is dominated by blind believers and skeptics.
This work is largely forgotten and is only available as a used tree-book.