So that those of you interested in the idea of a Code of Behavior for persons working in the subject area of UFO, we present a short bibliography of articles on the subject.

We thank Edoardo Russo of the Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici for this bibliography and ask that any reader who knows of any additional articles on Ufological codes of conduct please advise us and Edoardo with the reference at:

Edoardo Russo
Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici
CISU, Casella postale 82, 10100 Torino
Italy
tel 011-3290279 fax 011-545033
e-mail: e.russo@cisu.org    http://www.cisu.org 

The listings are presented chronologically:

• Kor, Peter: "The Ethics of Saucer Research,"  Flying Saucers, 31, July 1963, 20-23

• Musgrave, John Brent: "The UFO Investigator as Counsellor and Healer," Canadian UFO Report, 26, winter 1976-1977, 15-17 (also in  Flying Saucer Review, 22:5, February 1977, 26-27)

• Tokarz Harry: "UFO Witnesses: Public Property?" MUFOB, 11, summer 1978, 7-8, 13-1

• Moravec, Mark: "The Ethics of UFO Investigation,"  ACOS Bulletin,  17, February 1979 (also in MAPIT Skywatch, 33, August-September, 1979, 15-18)

• Schwarz, Berthold E.: "The Ethical Ufologist," Magonia, 1, autumn 1979, 13-14

• Randles, Jenny:  "Ethical factors of a UFO Investigation," Investigation, 1, January 1980, 12-15

• McClure, Kevin: "Philately will get you nowhere!," Magonia, 4, summer 1980, 18-20

• Rank, Peter: "Witness Protection: a Comment," MUFON UFO Journal, 169, March 1982, 16-17

• "Code of Practice for UFO Investigators," BUFORA Bulletin, 3, March 1982, 10-11 (also in: Randles, Jenny & Warrington, Peter: Science and the UFOs, 1985, 193-197)

• CECRU: "Charte de l'ufologie," Ufo Bulletin (SLUB), 13, 1982, 4-6

• Westrum,  Ron: "The Field Investigator's Code of Ethics," MUFON Field Investigator's Manual, 3rd edition, 1983, 3-5

• Campbell, Steuart: "Code of Practice" [letter], BUFORA Bulletin, 19, November 1985, 39-41

• Keul, Alexander: "The Councelling Aspect of Investigation," BUFORA Bulletin, 24, January 1987, 7-8

• Gotlib, David A.: "Who Speaks for the Witness? Medical and Ethical Issues in Abduction Research," 1990 MUFON Symposium Proceedings, Seguin, 1990, 25-35

• "Draft Code of Conduct for UFO Investigators," UFO Reporter, March 1992, 51-52

• Haines, Richard F.: "A Code of Ethics for Persons Working with Abductees," in Pritchard, A. (ed.), Alien Discussions, 1994, 444-447

• Gotlib, D. & al.: "Ethics Code for Abduction Experience Investigation and Treatment," Journal of UFO Studies, 5, 1994, 55-81

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