William R. Corliss

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Anomalist
Biography
Name:	William R. Corliss
Education:	Physics, Bsc (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950), Physics, M. Sc (University of Colorado, 1953).
Resume
Field:	Writer
Paranormal Area:	Anomalistics
Affiliates:	AAAS

William R. Corliss is an American physicist and writer who has become known for his interest in collecting 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 (archeology, 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.

Corliss has written many other books and articles, notably including 13 educational books about astronomy, outer space and space travel for NASA and a similar number for the Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation.^[1][2]

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• Strange Phenomena (A Sourcebook of Unusual Natural Phenomena) (1974)
• 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)
• (Archeological Anomalies: Graphic Artifacts I) (2005)

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[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)
• [http:www.forteans.com] Homepage of the International Fortean Organization (INFO), William Corliss presentations at FortFest conferences