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UFOs and Alien Contact
Two Centuries of Mystery
By Robert E. Bartholomew and George S. Howard
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345 Pages, Hardcover
Cover Size: 6 x 9 inches
Prometheus Books
Related listings: UFO Skeptics
Date: March 1998
ISBN: 1-57392-200-5
Added to Catalog: 8/5/98
WIRT: 34433423
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Features: Table of Contents, Index, Footnotes, Bibliography, Appendix, Drawings
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Our Review |
Opinion of the webmaster, subject to debate |
Credibility
3
Moderate |
Research Value
4
High |
Cultural Interest
4
High |
Visual Information
3
Moderate |
Style
3
Functional |
Silliness
4
High |
Wow Factor
2
Routine |
Bargain
3
Moderate |
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Explanation of Ratings
Visual Information = Moderate: Includes only a few period drawings of phantom airships.
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We were skeptical of this skeptical UFO history:
There are plenty on the market already, and
the world doesn't need another.
(See Peeble's Watch the Skies
for the best and least expensive.)
However, this book does address a few earlier cases that other
skeptics books have only skimmed over: namely, the many
"phantom airship" sightings of the early 1900s and the
Swedish "Ghost Rockets" of 1946. Fully half the book concerns
these pre-1947 episodes, and this is obviously the authors'
main interest. The other half
is a generic and relatively useless treatment
of all UFO history since then:
Unsurprisingly, UFO sightings are seen
as a collective delusion, while abduction and contactee claims
are the product of fantasy-prone personalities.
The book concludes with a catalog
of over 200 reports of alien-human
contact from 1906 to 1983 -- obviously chosen for their absurdity.
It you happen to have a
special interest in the pre-1947 cases, you may find the
book worthwhile for its bibliographic references and skeptical
"take", but you can stop reading halfway through.
-- Glenn Campbell
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Publisher's Synopsis
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of people the world over have
claimed to see strange things in the sky. Often there were just a few sightings; then
their numbers would escalate dramatically.
UFOs and Alien Contact is the most detailed and comprehensive examination
yet of 100 years of UFO reports, sighting waves, and abduction claims spanning two
centuries. Utilizing rare press reports and incorporating copious notes, the authors
document the initial stories, explaining how some of the tales spread across whole
countries in a matter of a few short days.
This timely volume explores the psychology of how one person's story can
become the belief of thousands. The authors examine collective behavior, failable
human perception, deviance, religion, popular culture, history, the powerful role of the
media, and relationships to the paranormal. From alien contact with humans to
wellorganized New Age religious cults such as Heaven's Gate, UFOs and Alien Contact
is gripping, humorous, and at times horrifying.
Robert E. Bartholomew (Queensland, Australia) is a lecturer in
sociology at James Cook University of North Oueensland, and a former news reporter
for CNN and other news agencies. The author of ten books,
George S. Howard
(Notre Dame, IN) is a psychology professor at the University of Notre Dame, has held
fellowships at Southern Illinois University and Vanderbilt University, and is an editorial
board member of numerous psychology journals.
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