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to noise other than sonic booms will lead to results in terms of develop- ing new methods that can also be applied to the study of human response to sonic booms. Certain reviews of literature can be helpful to those sponsoring or conducting research. Topics to be reviewed include: human reactions to jet noises and to noises in general; protest movements associated with noise and other types of environmental pollution; and studies of community conflict. These literature reviews should enable us to design better research in the future and to interpret more adequately the data from past and present sonic boom research. V. METHODOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT In order to accomplish the recommended sonic boom research, certain methodological and organizational support activities become a critical part of the program. Several of these essential activities follow. Standby research plans should be prepared. Opportunities for many types of research, especially social psychological studies of individual, group, and community reactions are likely to occur as the result of some unusual circumstance, such as special types of military overflight. Past experience indicates that such opportunities force researchers to design their research hurriedly. Such research for which limited time has been available for detailed planning in the past has been carried out to date by highly competent persons and highly competent organizations; yet, we have no idea what innovations and improvements might be effected if an additional first rate group of researchers were given a fair amount of time to review past, present, and possible future research special event designs, and to prepare one or more plans for research on such problems as opportunities for such research present themselves. Standby research facilities should also be set up to take advantage of special opportunities that arise with brief forewarning. Existing research organizations, at small additional cost, can be prepared to commit professional personnel on short notice with research instruments already designed, and with plans to organize field personnel as needed. A senior manager can be appointed to authorize such action within some specified time period. What is required is the designation of some appropriate research agency for the organization of such a facility, authorization of reason- -11-
