Richard F. Haines Ufology papers
Scope and Contents
The Richard F. Haines Ufology papers includes documents that cover the period between the 1970s and 2010s. It includes personal and professional correspondence, administrative documents of NARCAP and drafts of its research projects, Haines' own drafts and printouts for conference presentations. It also contains a large set of UFO photos with notes and photo analysis, and well as audio tapes with interviews of UFO witnesses. The audio cassettes have been digitized and once completed, will be filed on the Woodson Research Center's nearline server, and accessible by request. The recordings will also be transcribed.
Dates
- Creation: 1947 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access
This material is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center and requires 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, woodson@rice.edu, 713-348-2586.
Biographical / Historical
Richard F. Haines, PhD, was an American psychologist working for NASA and various other research organizations between 1967 and 1988. Since the 1980s Haines became actively involved into the study of UFO phenomena and after retirement he dedicated most of his time to this topic. During the late 1980s he also participated in the study of parapsychology in collaboration with Dr. Edwin C. May and Stanford Research Institute. However, Haines' biggest passion was a study of UFO cases that involved pilots of civil and military aircrafts. In 1999, a National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP) was created to accumulate such reports, and Haines assumed a position of a chief scientist for the organization.
Extent
17 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Richard F. Haines Ufology papers includes documents that cover the period between the 1970s and 2010s. It includes personal and professional correspondence, administrative documents of NARCAP and drafts of its research projects, Haines' own drafts and printouts for conference presentations. It also contains a large set of UFO photos with notes and photo analysis, and well as audio tapes with interviews of UFO witnesses, primarily commercial and military pilots.
- Title
- Guide to the Richard F. Haines Ufology papers, 1947-2015
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stanislav Panin
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu