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UFO Crash at Roswell
Genesis of a Modern Myth

By Benson Saler and Charles Moore Our Price: $24.95 Our Item Code: rosgen Postage Code: book2 198 Pages, Hardcover Cover Size: 6 x 9 inches Smithsonian Insitution Press Date: 1997   ISBN: 1-56098-751-0     Added to Catalog: 2/26/98 Availability: This item is usually in stock and available for immediate Priority Mail shipment. Order it today (by 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific), and you will probably have it in 2-3 days (in USA). Features: Table of Contents, Index, Footnotes, Bibliography, Appendix, Diagrams (You can remove items or change quantities later.) OR call us: 702-227-1818 (8am-9pm daily PT)

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This book reviews the Roswell Incident from two specialized perspectives: cultural anthropology and balloon technology. The Roswell "myth" is seen to have at its core the crash of a top secret balloon, Project Mogul, and one of the coauthors is uniquely qualified to discuss this program. Professor Charles Moore is one of the last surviving members of the New York University team that launched the balloons. He describes the flights in great detail, and shows that the debris that crashed in the Brazel field was probably flight #4. Another co-author, Benson Saler, is an anthropology professor at Brandeis University, and discusses how this one event evolved into an ever-changing series of stories. The claims about a UFO crash were born in a social environment where everyone was expecting flying saucers. The book does not argue about what happened at Roswell: The craft was a balloon, period. The focus instead is on how the story evolved in the subsequent years. -- Glenn Campbell

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• The Roswell Incident: Describes the six separate Roswell scenarios offered
• Farmington/Aztec UFOs: Discussion of Aztec crash claims, p.13-14.
• Sociology of UFO Claims: Discussion of the characteristic features of myths and
• Charles Berlitz: Berlitz background, p.60. (Grandson of language school founder;
• Stanton Friedman: Friedman background, p.61. (BS & MS degrees from Univ.
• Bill Moore: Moore background, p.61. (Graduated from Thiel College in 1965.
• Project Mogul: Detailed description of Project Mogul by its Project Engineer, Charles
• MJ-12: Version of Roswell crash as described by MJ-12 document
• Charles Moore: Author
• Karl Pflock: Pflock's 1994 Roswell scenario described, p.27-28.
• Kevin Randle: Randle & Schmitt's 1994 Roswell scenario described, p.25-26.
• Frank Scully: Mentions Time Magazine review of Scully book (9/25/1950, p.75-76),
• Benson Saler: Author

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