William R. Corliss

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William R. Corliss is an American writer best known as a collector of data regarding anomalous phenomena.

Since 1978, Corliss has published a number of works in the "Sourcebook Project": Each volume is devoted to a scientific field (archaeology, astronomy, geology, et cetera) and features articles culled almost exclusively from scientific journals.

Corliss was inspired by Charles Fort, who decades earlier also collected reports of unusual phenomena. Unlike Fort, Corliss offers little in the way of his own opinions or editorial comments, preferring to let the articles speak for themselves. Corliss quotes all relevant parts of articles (often reprinting entire articles or stories, including illustrations). Many of the articles in Corliss's works were earlier mentioned by Fort works.

In 2002, the Journal of Scientific Exploration published Corliss's "A Search for Anomalies", part memoir, part manifesto; see external links.

Corliss has written many other books and articles, notably including many books for NASA aimed at general audiences.

[edit] Bibliography

• Ancient Man (Archeology) (1978)
• Mysterious Universe (Astronomy) (1979)
• Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights (Geophysics) (1982)
• Tornados, Dark days, Anomalous Precipitation (Geophysics) (1983)
• Earthquakes, Tides, Unidentified Sounds (Geophysics) (1983)
• Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows (Geophysics) (1984)
• The Moon and the Planets (1985)
• The Sun and Solar System Debris (1986)
• Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos (1987)
• Carolina Bays, Mima Mounds, Submarine Canyons (Geological) (1988)
• Anomalies in Geology: Physical, Chemical, Biological (1989)
• Neglected Geological Anomalies (1990)
• Inner Earth: A Search for Anomalies (Geological) (1991)
• Biological Anomalies: Humans I (1992)
• Biological Anomalies: Humans II (1993)
• Biological Anomalies: Humans III (1994)
• Science Frontiers, The Book (1994)
• Biological Anomalies: Mammals I (1995)
• Biological Anomalies: Mammals II (1996)
• Biological Anomalies: Birds (1998)
• Ancient Infrastructure (Archeology) (1999)
• Ancient Structures (Archeology) (2001)
• Remarkable Luminous Phenomena in Nature (2001)
• Scientific Anomalies and other Provocative Phenomena (2003)
• Archeological Anomalies: Small Artifacts (2003)

[edit] External links

• The Sourcebook Project homepage
• Unofficial Sourcebook discussion group
• A Search for Anomalies, by William R. Corliss, Journal for Scientific Exploration, Volume 16: Number 3: Article 6 (2002)