John Otto
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| John Otto | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Patent development engineer |
| Nationality | American |
| Affiliations | Chicago Rocket Society |
John Otto was an American engineer and saucerian, noted for various efforts to communicate with alien intelligences using both conventional radio and a "light beam" apparatus he designed.
Selected Bibliography
- Otto, John (Mar. 1954), "Space Visitors", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 2 (1), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%202%20no%201.pdf
- Otto, John (Mar. 1955), "Light-Beam Communication Progress", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 3 (1), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%203%20no%201.pdf
- Otto, John (Jun. 1955), "Space Craft and Interstellar Communication", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 3 (2), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%203%20no%202.pdf
- Otto, John (Dec. 1955), "Interplanetary Visitor Communications", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 3 (4), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%203%20no%204.pdf
- Otto, John (Mar. 1956), "Report on Communication Attempt", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 4 (1), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%204%20no%201.pdf
- Otto, John (Winter 1958/1959), "An 'Extra-Terrestrial Communication'?", Saucers (Los Angeles, Calif.: Flying Saucers International) 6 (4), http://files.afu.se/Downloads/Magazines/United%20States/Saucers%20(Max%20B%20Miller)/Saucers%20vol%206%20no%204.pdf
(Otto also served as a staff editor on the Chicago Rocket Society's Journal of Space Flight from the mid-1950s.)
Reading
- Miller, Max B. (1957), "Space Communication and Detection", Flying Saucers, Fact or Fiction?, Los Angeles, Calif.: Trend Books, p. 41-47 — details about Otto's devices for extraterrestrial communications, including schematics for "light beam" transmitter and receivers, from articles in Miller's Saucers magazine.
Press Coverage
- Leech, Alfred (12 Jan. 1955), "Chicago Electronic Experts Build 'Saucer-Talk' Radios", Tucson Daily Citizen: 7, https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen-jan-12-1955-p-7/