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References

A list of the scholarly sources informing, and influencing, this formulation of this approach.

Foundations: Postbiological & Civilizational Trajectories

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  1. Dick, S. J. (2003). Cultural evolution, the postbiological universe and SETI. International Journal of Astrobiology, 2(1), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147355040300137X

  2. Dick, S. J. (2008). The postbiological universe. Acta Astronautica, 62(8–9), 499–504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.01.025

  3. Ćirković, M. M. (2018). Post-postbiological evolution? Futures, 99, 28–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.03.010

  4. Dyson, F. J. (1979). Time without end: Physics and biology in an open universe. Reviews of Modern Physics, 51(3), 447–460. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.51.447

  5. Smart, J. M. (2012). The transcension hypothesis: Sufficiently advanced civilizations invariably leave our universe, and implications for METI and SETI. Acta Astronautica, 78, 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.11.006

  6. Peters, T. (2018). Outer space and cyber space: Meeting ET in the cloud. International Journal of Astrobiology, 17(4), 282–286. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550416000318

  7. Frank, A., Grinspoon, D., & Walker, S. (2022). Intelligence as a planetary scale process. International Journal of Astrobiology, 21(2), 47–61. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147355042100029X

  8. Romanovskaya, I. K. (2023). Planetary biotechnospheres, biotechnosignatures and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. International Journal of Astrobiology, 22(6), 663–695. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550423000204

  9. Shostak, S. (2010). What ET will look like and why should we care. Acta Astronautica, 67(9–10), 1025–1029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.06.028

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Dysonian/Artifact SETI & Strategy

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  1. Bradbury, R. J., Ćirković, M. M., & Dvorsky, G. (2011). Dysonian Approach to SETI: A Fruitful Middle Ground? Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 64(5), 156–165.

  2. Benford, J. (2021). A Drake Equation for Alien Artifacts. Astrobiology, 21(6), 757–763. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2364

  3. Armstrong, S., & Sandberg, A. (2013). Eternity in six hours: Intergalactic spreading of intelligent life and sharpening the Fermi paradox. Acta Astronautica, 89, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.04.002

  4. Haqq-Misra, J. D., & Baum, S. D. (2009). The Sustainability Solution to the Fermi Paradox. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 62(2), 47–51.

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Von Neumann Replicators: Theory, Models, Engineering

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  1. Freitas, R. A., Jr. (1980). A Self-Reproducing Interstellar Probe. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 33, 251–264.

  2. Tipler, F. J. (1980). Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 21, 267–281.

  3. Sagan, C., & Newman, W. I. (1983). The Solipsist Approach to Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 24, 113–121.

  4. Ćirković, M. M., & Bradbury, R. J. (2006). Galactic gradients, postbiological evolution and the apparent failure of SETI. New Astronomy, 11(8), 628–639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newast.2006.04.003

  5. Borgue, O., & Hein, A. M. (2021). Near-term self-replicating probes — A concept design. Acta Astronautica, 187, 546–556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.03.004

  6. Matloff, G. L. (2022). Von Neumann probes: Rationale, propulsion, interstellar transfer timing. International Journal of Astrobiology, 21(4), 205–211. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000027

  7. Ellery, A. (2022a). Curbing the fruitfulness of self-replicating machines. International Journal of Astrobiology, 21(4), 243–259. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000246

  8. Ellery, A. (2022b). Self-replicating probes are imminent — implications for SETI. International Journal of Astrobiology, 21(4), 212–242. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000234

  9. Chen, Y., Ni, J., & Ong, Y. C. (2022). Lotka–Volterra models for extraterrestrial self-replicating probes. The European Physical Journal Plus, 137(10), 1109. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-03320-3

  10. Smith, G. H. (2023). On the first probe to transit between two interstellar civilizations. International Journal of Astrobiology, 22(3), 185–196. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550422000428

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UAP: History, Sociology, and Institutional Context

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  1. Hynek, J. A. (1972). The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry. Henry Regnery Company.

  2. Bullard, T. E. (2010). The Myth and Mystery of UFOs. University Press of Kansas.

  3. Eghigian, G. (2024). After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon. Oxford University Press.

  4. Murphy, M. P. A. (2023). The “UFO Taboo” Is What IR Theorists Make of It. International Studies Review.

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UAP Field Investigations & Instrumentation

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  1. Ailleris, P. (2011). The lure of local SETI: Fifty years of field experiments. Acta Astronautica, 68(1–2), 2–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.07.014

  2. Teodorani, M. (2004). A Long-Term Scientific Survey of the Hessdalen Phenomenon. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 18(2), 217–251.

  3. Watters, W. A., Loeb, A., Laukien, F., Cloete, R., Delacroix, A., Dobroshinsky, S., Horvath, B., Kelderman, E., Little, S., Masson, E., Mead, A., Randall, M., Schultz, F., Szenher, M., Vervelidou, F., White, A., Ahlström, A., Cleland, C., Dockal, S., & ... (2023). The scientific investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) using multimodal ground-based observatories. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 12(1), 2340006. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171723400068

  4. Tedesco, J. J., & Tedesco, G. T. (2024). Eye on the Sky: A UAP research and field study off New York’s Long Island coast. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 14, 2267–2295. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2024.148152

  5. Szydagis, M., Knuth, K. H., Kugielsky, B. W., & Levy, C. (2025). Initial results from the first field expedition of UAPx to study unidentified anomalous phenomena. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 156, 101099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2025.101099

  6. Knuth, K. H., Szydagis, M., Frolov, V., & et al. (2025). The new science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP). Progress in Aerospace Sciences.

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Materials & Forensics

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  1. Sturrock, P. A. (Ed.). (1998). Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: Proceedings of a Workshop. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 12, 179–229.

  2. Powell, R. M., Swords, M., Rodeghier, M., & Budinger, P. (2022). Isotope Ratios and Chemical Analysis of the 1957 Brazilian Ubatuba Fragment. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 36(1), 39–49.

  3. Nolan, G. P., Vallée, J. F., Jiang, S., & Lemke, L. G. (2022). Improved instrumental techniques, including isotopic analysis, applicable to the characterization of unusual materials with potential relevance to aerospace forensics. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 128, 100788.

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Risk, Policy, and Scenarios

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  1. Baum, S. D., Haqq-Misra, J. D., & Domagal-Goldman, S. D. (2011). Would contact with extraterrestrials benefit or harm humanity? A scenario analysis. Acta Astronautica, 68, 2114–2129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.10.012

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