Copyright Registration Application for Australian Flying Saucer Review

This document is a collection of administrative correspondence and forms related to the copyright registration of the 'Australian Flying Saucer Review' by the U.F.O. Investigation Centre in Australia. The file spans from 1966 to 1967 and documents the legal challenges faced by the Centre in securing copyright for their publication. The Patent Office initially rejected the application, noting that the Investigation Centre was not a legally constituted body capable of holding property in its own name. Consequently, the Centre had to resubmit applications under the name of Harry O'Brien, acting as a trustee. The correspondence includes various drafts of the application, examiner reports detailing deficiencies, and statements of address. Interspersed with these administrative records are several issues of the 'Australian Flying Saucer Review' itself. These issues contain articles on various UFO-related topics, including reports of sightings by X-15 pilots Robert White and Joseph Walker, the 'Mt. Shasta Mystery,' and the 'Ezekiel Saw Spaceship' theory. The publication also features editorials advocating for government transparency regarding UFO phenomena and lists various regional UFO research societies across Australia. The document provides a unique intersection between the bureaucratic process of copyrighting a niche publication and the content of the UFO research movement in Australia during the 1960s.