Alien Universe (35 page)

Chi Sagittarii,
174

chitin,
111
,
118

chlorophyll,
114

chloroplasts,
112

Chordata,
109
,
115
–16

Clarke, Arthur C.,
63
–64,
79

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
,
38
,
92
–97,
100

Communion
(Strieber),
100

Communism,
64
,
67

conspiracies,
91
–92

contact, first,
37
–42

Copernicus, Nicolaus,
11

Correa, Alvin,
55

Crick, Francis,
127

cryophile,
153

cybernetic,
157

Cylons,
101

Daleks,
101
,
157

Darwin, Charles,
1
,
12
.
See also
evolution

Day, Benjamin,
13

Day the Earth Stood Still, The
,
5
,
40
,
65
–67,
100
,
162

Dead Sea,
154

Death Star,
84

density,
148

dielectric constant,
147

DNA,
127
,
131
,
150

Doctor Who
,
99
,
101
,
157

Dogon,
49
–50

domains,
108

Drake, Frank,
163
–68,
171
–74

Drake Equation,
163
–68,
176

Dreyfuss, Richard,
38

Edgar Bergen / Charlie McCarthy,
55

Egypt,
48
,
88
,
97
1835

moon hoax,
13
–19

electric fields,
124

elements,
131
,
141

calcium,
144

chlorine,
146

fluorine,
132
,
149

helium,
131
,
140
–42,
158

hydrogen,
132
–33,
135
,
141
–45

iron,
138
–40,
152

sodium,
146

sulfur,
126
,
139
,
152
.
See also
carbon; oxygen; silicon

Elizabeth, Queen,
51

Ender’s Game
(Card),
100

energy,
113
,
129
–30,
136
,
147
–48

environment,
122

Epsilon Eridani,
173

Eukarya,
108
–9,
111
–16,
137
–38

Evil Insects,
100

evolution,
137
,
150

Ewoks,
101

extremophiles,
151
–54

fats,
130

fermentation,
126

Fermi, Enrico,
161
–63

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
161

Fermi Problem,
161
–63

Firkon,
41

Fish, Marjorie,
47

Flammarion, Camille,
19
–21

Flash Gordon
(comic strip),
62
–63,
82
,
100

Flight
19
,
93

flying saucer(s),
31
,
34
,
42
–48,
51
,
65
–71,
73
–77

Flying Saucer Conspiracy, The
(Keyhoe),
44

Flying Saucers Have Landed, The
(Leslie and Adamski),
40

foo fighters,
28
–29,
64
,
94

Fox TV,
33
,
36

Friedman, Stanton,
36
,
44

Fuller, John,
44
,
46

fungi,
111
–12

Galileo,
1
,
12

gamma ray burster,
178

genetics,
138

Gernsback, Hugo,
61

glucose,
126

Goa’uld,
88
–89,
101

Goldilocks zone,
179

Gold of the Gods
(von Däniken),
49

Gort,
65
–67

Graham, Alex,
181

gravity,
118

Grays,
50
,
89
,
93
,
95
,
99
–100,
183

Great Depression,
63

Green Back Observatory,
163
,
171

Gungans,
85

habitable zone,
178
–79

HAL,
80
,
157

Haldane, J. B. S.,
127
,
183

Hale Observatory,
38

Hallucigenia
,
107
–8,
117

halophiles,
154

Hangar
18
,
36

Hart, Michael,
162

Hawkings, Stephen,
170

Hawkmen,
100

heat,
148

Heaven’s Gate,
42

herbivore,
121

hermaphrodite,
123

Herschel, Sir John,
14
,
17
,
19

Herschel, William,
19

heterotroph,
115

Hill, Betty, and Barney,
42
–48,
51
,
76
,
80
,
89
,
93
,
96
–97,
100
,
160

Holmes, Eamonn,
36

Hominidae,
109

Homo sapiens
,
109

Horta,
131

Hubbard, L. Ron,
101

Hutt,
85
,
183

hydronium,
147

hydro-oxygen microscope,
15

hydrothermal vent,
152

Hynek, J. Allen,
96

Hynek scale,
96

ice,
148

Icke, David,
51

Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator,
98

Illuminati,
92

infrared,
124

Inside the Space Ships
(Adamski),
41

Intelligent Life in the Universe
(Sagan and Schklovsky),
48

Interrupted Journey, The
(Fuller),
44
,
46
–47

Iron Curtain,
63
–64

Jedi knight,
84
–85

Jell-O,
4

Jem’Hadar,
101

Juliana, Queen,
41

Kal-El,
98

Kardashev, Nikolai,
164

Kardashev Scale,
168
–69

Keyhoe, Donald,
44

Kepler mission,
165
,
176
–77

King Arthur,
90

Klaatu,
66
–67,
100

“Klaatu barada niktu,”
66

Klingons,
63
,
82
–83,
100

“Kraut fireballs,”
28

Krell,
75

Krypton,
98

Kzinti,
100

last universal common ancestor (LUCA),
137
–38,
152

Leonard, Jonathan,
37

Leslie, Desmond,
41

life,
131
–32

formation of,
138

nature of,
127
–29

Lilienthal, David,
31

Linnaeus, Carl,
108

liquid advantage,
145
–50

little green men,
50
,
99

Liven, Larry,
131

Lockyear, Sir Norman,
12

Lotharians,
59

Lowell, Percival Lawrence,
20
–24,
54
,
71
,
159

LUCA (last universal common ancestor),
137
–38,
152

Lucas, George,
85

magnetism,
124

Mammalia,
109

Manifest Destiny,
2

Marconi, Guglielmo,
169
–70

Marden, Kathleen,
44

Mars,
8
,
19
–24,
32
,
57
–62,
153
–55,
159
,
169
–70

Martian(s): black,
59
–60

green,
59
,
100

red,
59

white,
59

yellow,
59

“Martian Odyssey, A” (Weinbaum),
155

Martian Chronicles, The
(Bradbury),
126

Marvin the Martian,
98

McCarthy, Joseph,
64

McCarthyism,
67

men in black,
92

Men in Black
(movie),
98

Merlin,
90

methane,
126
,
148
–49

microbes,
152
–53

millipedes,
117

Ming the Merciless,
63
,
82

mitochondria,
111

Morrison, Philip,
172

Mount Palomar,
38

Mount Rainer,
29

movies:
Avatar
,
60
,
98
–99,
109

blockbusters,
79
–102

classic alien,
65
–77

Contact
,
176

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
,
76
–77

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
,
97
,
101
,
183

Forbidden Planet
,
74
–75

Independence Day
,
36
,
77

Invaders from Mars
,
73
–74

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
,
101

Jaws
,
87

Paul
,
36
,
47

Predator
,
100
–101

Red Planet Mars
,
71
–73,
69

Starship Troopers
,
100

Terminator
,
157

Thing from Another World, The
,
68
–71,
184

2001: A Space Odyssey
,
80
,
157
. See also
Alien
(movie);
Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Day the Earth Stood Still, The; Men in Black
(movie);
Stargate; Star Wars

Murrow, Edward R.,
32

NASA,
150
,
176
–77

National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO),
171
–72

National Radio Silence Day,
170

Na’vi,
109

Neimoidian,
85

nervous system,
118
–19

neuralizer,
98

newspapers:
Chicago Sun
,
31

Chicago Times,
32

Chicago Tribune
,
34

Phoenix Gazette
,
39
. See also New York
Sun
;
New York Times
;
Roswell Daily Record

New York
Sun
,
13
–19.
See also
1835 moon hoax

New York Times
,
24
,
32
,
34
,
37
,
56
,
169
,
172

NICAP,
45

nitrates,
139

nitrogen,
133
,
140
–41,
144
–45,
151

Niven, Larry,
100

Nordics,
50

Ococconi, Giuseppe,
172

octopus,
116

Odo,
101

Opabinia
,
107
–8,
117

Organians,
101

Orthon,
41

oxygen,
120
,
122
,
126
,
130
,
132
,
136
,
138
–45,
151
–52,
160
,
183

Ozma,
173
–74

ozone,
139
,
178

Panama Canal,
20

panspermia,
154

penny press,
14

periodicals:
Amazing Stories
,
61
–62

Analog
,
61
–62,
64

Astounding
,
52

Astounding Stories of Super Science
,
61

Astronomy Magazine
,
47

The Boston Traveler
,
46

Collier’s Weekly
,
169

East Oregonian
,
30

Edinburgh Journal of Science
,
14

London Daily Mail
,
34

National Enquirer
,
35

Nature
,
53

New Yorker
,
181

Pearson’s Magazine
,
54

Playboy
,
49

Psychiatric Opinion
,
46

Saturday Review
,
172

Scientific American
,
170
–71

Time
,
29
,
172
.
See also
newspapers;
individual newspapers