Reveals that the alien abduction literary genre has been a part of our history. This book explains that traditional aliens were friendly or merely curious quite different from the ugly, fierce, sinister creatures being portrayed. It draws a parallel to the way societal myths are made, and that in these narratives we see a new myth in the making.
The UFO phenomenon is a controversy that gains strength with each report of strange happenings in the sky. This book gives an overview of the world of UFOlogy, dealing with most major cases and trends, while offering references and commentary. It also includes the Jimmy Carter UFO sighting and the "abduction" of Betty and Barney Hill.
Examines collective behaviour, fallible human perception, deviance, religion, popular culture, history, the role of the media, and relationships to the paranormal. This work explores the power of imagination, group psychology, and the concept of 'fantasy prone personalities'.
The public has been led to believe that the US government and the military have tried to cover up the recovery of a crashed saucer and its alien occupants from near Roswell, New Mexico. This book reveals what crashed on the Brazel ranch, and the serious flaws in the tales told by witnesses, some of whom have drastically changed their accounts.
Did a 'flying saucer' really crash near Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947, and have we been victims of a sinister government conspiracy to hide its alien occupants in a secret facility? Is there truth behind the swirled crops phenomenon? This book offers accounts of each case of extraterrestrial visitations and paranormal claims.
The case of Eduard 'Billy' Meier has gained world-wide attention for his claims of being in 'on-going contact' with aliens from the star cluster known as the Pleiades. Purported to be the most documented UFO account of all time, Meier has taken 1,000 photographs and 12 motion picture films of the visiting spacecraft. Through thousands of pages of ......
Provides a look at the flying saucer controversy which lampoons the full spectrum of the UFO "invasion", from the ancient astronaut theories to the evolution of alien abduction "epidemic". This work also relates how Noah and his sons inadvertently caused aliens to flood the Earth for forty days and nights.
UFO abduction claims have spawned a veritable cottage industry, providing the fodder for an explosion of magazine articles, television interviews, best-selling books, and movies. This book focuses on the invisible epidemic of UFO abduction claims. It traces the history of these claims since the celebrated Betty and Barney Hill case in 1966.
