Ufos And Close Encounters

Author : Mark O'Connell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062484184
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Close Encounters Man written by Mark O'Connell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster classic science fiction epic film and is the subject of History Channel's Project Blue Book, and made an entire nation want to believe in UFOs. In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific community—led by J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer hired by the Air Force—debunked this and many other Unidentified Flying Object sightings reported across the country. But after years of denials, Hynek made a shocking pronouncement: UFOs are real. Thirty years after his death, Hynek’s agonizing transformation from skepticism to true believer remains one of the great misunderstood stories of science. In this definitive biography, Mark O'Connell reveals for the first time how Hynek’s work both as a celebrated astronomer and as the U. S. Air Force’s go-to UFO expert for nearly twenty years stretched the boundaries of modern science, laid the groundwork for acceptance of the possibility of UFOs, and was the basis of the hit film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With unprecedented access to Hynek’s personal and professional files, O’Connell smashes conventional wisdom to reveal the intriguing man and scientist beneath the legend. Tracing Hynek’s career, O'Connell examines Hynek’s often-ignored work as a professional astronomer to create a complete portrait of a groundbreaking enthusiast who became an American cult icon and transformed the way we see our world and our universe.

Author : Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN 13 : 9780140195279
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind written by Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan and published by Penguin (Non-Classics). This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Reporter's Notebook on Alien Abduction, UFOS, and the Conference at MIT Alien abduction is hardly the usual topic for a scientific conference, yet in 1992 just such a conference was held at MIT. Respected journalist C D B Bryan had serious doubts about UFO encounters , but decided to attend with an open mind. This startling and thought-provoking book is the result. Fascinating - compelling, terrifying, haunting, yet entirely rational' - The Baltimore Sun'

Author : Bob Teets
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Virginia UFOs written by Bob Teets and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul David Pursglove
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963869104
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zen in the Art of Close Encounters written by Paul David Pursglove and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gary Jeffrey
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404208087
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book UFOs written by Gary Jeffrey and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In graphic novel format, presents three events about unidentified flying saucers and human and alien encounters.

Author : Robert M. Stanley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781452839332
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Close Encounters on Capitol Hill written by Robert M. Stanley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most people know that UFOs repeatedly visited Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1952. Few people realize that UFOs returned to DC 50 years later, in the summer of 2002, and were photographed landing on Capitol Hill. But no one knew how many times UFOs had been sighted in the nation's capitol, until now." -- cover [p. 4].

Author : C.D.B. Bryan
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307803163
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind written by C.D.B. Bryan and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: cases in which personal contact between an individual or individuals is initiated by the “occupants” of the spacecraft. Such contact may involve the transportation of the individual from his or her terrestrial surroundings into the spacecraft, where the individual is communicated with and/or subjected to an examination before being returned. One might expect that a “scientific conference” devoted to people who have reported being kidnapped by “little green men” would be dismissed out of hand. But C.D.B. Bryan, the greatly admired journalist and author of Friendly Fire, did not dismiss it: the conference was to be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and would have as its chairmen a Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard psychiatry professor and a professor of physics from M.I.T. Bryan attended the conference throughout its five days. He approached the subject with no prior stand, no agenda, and an open (if slightly skeptical) mind. As the conference progressed, he was astonished by the quality of the stories told by the hundreds of men and women who came forward hesitantly and reluctantly with their utterly amazing—and utterly convincing—accounts of having been abducted and then examined aboard extraterrestrial spacecraft by spindly limbed, telepathic gray creatures with outsized foreheads dominated by huge, compelling, tear-shaped black eyes. What most astonished Bryan were the similarities found again and again in these accounts and the consistency of their details. It is here that the heart of the mystery lies: as the Harvard professor John E. Mack asked at the conference, “If what the abductees are saying isn’t happening to them, then what is?” This question—and the possible answers—are at the center of this richly explicit, serious, and riveting book. Bryan recreates the conference. He interviews ufology’s most prominent psychiatrists, psychologists, hypnotherapists, researchers, physicists, physicians, and folklorists. He interweaves throughout the testimony of the abductees themselves, who tell us their stories in chilling detail. He presents, in depth, the Close Encounter experiences of two women whose stories he tells on the basis of both their spontaneous recollections of the events and their memories that were retrieved through sessions of hypnosis of which Bryan himself was a witness. Finally, Bryan examines the current theories—psychological, psychiatric, medical, parapsychological—that have been put forward by the unconvinced to explain the abduction phenomenon. Are the abductees suffering from some sort of false memory syndrome? . . . a multiple or dissociative personality disorder? . . . Are they fantasy-prone? Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind is a detailed, objective exploration—the most concrete to date—of one of the enduring and amazing mysteries of our time. It is a book that will equally fascinate believers and nonbelievers.

Author : Coral E. Lorenzen
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encounters with UFO Occupants written by Coral E. Lorenzen and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1976 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jenny Randles
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780806981321
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of UFOs written by Jenny Randles and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of UFO sightings and alien abductions and explores the research methods, reports, speculations, and alleged physical evidence associated with these events.

Author : Preston Dennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book UFOs at the Drive-In written by Preston Dennett and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UFOs at the Drive-In!Just imagine: you're watching your favorite movie at the local drive-in theater when suddenly you see a strange flying object swoop down from above and hover right over the movie screen. The object is metallic, saucer-shaped, with portholes and colored lights, and is totally silent. It's a UFO! Cars start honking and flashing their lights. People exit their cars, pointing and screaming. Some drive away in terror. Then the UFO starts to move around over the theater putting on a show that's far more interesting than the movie itself! It may sound like science fiction, except it's true! This unique and groundbreaking book, by veteran UFO researcher Preston Dennett, documents more than 100 firsthand cases in which UFOs have targeted drive-in theaters. In these cases, UFOs hover at very low levels for long periods of time, and are observed by hundreds of witnesses. Often there are strange electromagnetic effects. Sometimes humanoids are seen. -ARIZONA, APRIL 1952: A metallic structured object hovers over the Yuma Drive-In Theater in Arizona, not once, but multiple times. -CALIFORNIA, AUGUST 1952: Visitors at the Terrace Drive-In undergo an incredible encounter, causing an investigation that reaches the highest levels of government. -MISSOURI, JULY 17, 1954: Peter Davenport and hundreds of others sight a glowing object at the Skyline Drive-In. Davenport later becomes the director of NUFORC. -MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 1963: A fleet of eight UFOs appears over the Wellington Circle Twins Drive-In, and puts on a display lasting an incredible 45 minutes long. -GEORGIA, JUNE 29, 1964: A large metallic saucer swoops repeatedly over the crowded Atlanta Drive-In, causing the audience to flee in panic. -OHIO, MID-1960s: UFOs swoop so low over the Mentor Drive-In that the movie is shut off so that the audience can enjoy the unexpected bonus show in the sky above. -KANSAS, 1966: Hundreds of people see a UFO hover directly next to the Southutch Drive-In, causing the entire audience to chase the object down the highway. -CALIFORNIA, 1972: The audience at the Paramount Drive-In flees in panic as a metallic saucer swoops down and hovers right next to the movie screen. -FLORIDA, 1973: When a metallic UFO hovers over the Fort Lauderdale Drive-In, the audience is amazed to see strange occupants peering from the portholes. -NEW YORK, 1974: Viewers at the East Park Drive-In are stunned to see a UFO hover over the parking lot and start sending beams of light onto the movie screen itself! -OHIO, 1974: A UFO targets the Ascot Park Drive-In, blacking out the movie and causing the entire audience to become hypnotically entranced. -MAINE, JUNE 15, 1975: A UFO buzzes the audience of the Portland Twin Drive-In Theater, causing the audiences for two separate movies to race away in fear. -CHINA, JULY 7, 1977: Three hundred people are injured and two are killed when a low-flying UFO targets an open-air showing of a movie to a crowd of 3000 people. -CALIFORNIA, 1983: The entire audience panics and drives away when a UFO swoops down and hovers right next to the movie screen of the Edgewood Drive-In. -OHIO, SEPTEMBER 2004: The entire audience observes a UFO which hovers above the Wilmington Drive-In and stays there for the entire length of the movie. There are too many cases to deny. This area of UFO research has been ignored for too long. Something profound is happening here. This book reveals a bizarre type of UFO behavior that only a lucky few have ever seen. So, come along on a fascinating journey that is sure to change the way you feel about UFOs.