Watch the skies! : a chronicle of the flying saucer myth

Book 1994

"On June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold flew from Chehalis, Washington, on his way to Yakima. As he headed toward Mt. Rainier, he witnessed nine peculiar disk- or saucer-shaped aircraft flying in a line at incredible speed. Arnold's attempts to contact the authorities resulted in front-page news stories that referred for the first time to "flying saucers."" "Watch the Skies! chronicles the arrival and invasion of the UFO myth in American popular...

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ISBN:

9781560983439
1560983434

Description:

x, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The age of confusion begins
The classics
The myth defined
The 1952 flap
The Robertson panel
The contactee era
The rise of NICAP
The 1957 flap
NICAP's battle for congressional hearings
The sixties
The Condon report
The flying saucer myth in the 1970s
Dead cows
Abductions and abductionists
Cosmic debris
Aliens among us
The real aliens

LCCN:

93026819

Control Number:

50774

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