| LC control no. | n 50047233 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Klass, Philip J. |
| See also | Employer: General Electric Company Employer: Aviation Week (Firm) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Washington (D.C.) |
| Located | Merritt Island (Fla.) |
| Birth date | 1919-11-08 |
| Death date | 2005-08-09 |
| Place of birth | Des Moines (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Cocoa (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Aerospace engineering Journalism Unidentified flying objects |
| Affiliation | Iowa State College General Electric Company Aviation Week (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Aerospace engineers Journalists Ufologists |
| Found in | His UFOs-identified, 1968. SDI--the technical challenge [MP] 1986: credits (editorial director and interviewer, Philip J. Klass) NUCMC data from Boston University, Dept. of Special Collections for Philip J. Klass collection, 1968 (Philip J. Klass; b. 1919) Washington post WWW site, Aug. 12, 2005 (in obituary published Aug. 11: Philip J. Klass; b. in Des Moines; d. Aug. 9, Cocoa, Fla., aged 85; aviation journalist who investigated UFO sightings and wrote books debunking reports of visits from outer space) Information from 678 converted Dec. 17, 2014 (B.S.) Wikipedia, viewed March 12, 2020 (Philip Julian Klass (November 8, 1919-August 9, 2005); American journalist, and UFO researcher; born in Des Moines, Iowa; graduated Iowa State College in 1941 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering; moved to Washington, D.C. in 1952 to work for Aviation Week, retiring in 1986; worked for General Electric as an engineer in aviation electronics; 1973 Klass was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the now-defunct Aviation/Space Writers Association, the National Press Club, and the National Aviation Club; died of cancer in Cocoa, Florida, on August 9, 2005, after moving the Merritt Island, Florida, in 2003) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Klass> |
| Associated language | eng |
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