The close encounters man : how one man made the world believe in UFOs
(2017)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
001.942/O'CONNELL,M

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 001.942/O'CONNELL,M Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]
©2017
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780062484178, 0062484176, 9780062484178
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Under the dome -- Unusual stars -- The crowded sky -- Debunked -- Scintillations -- Project Henry -- Hynek in wonderland -- Flying saucer conspiracy -- Interaction -- Obscuring influence -- Burned brush -- Will-o'-the-wisp, part one -- Will-o'-the-wisp, part two -- Mr. UFO -- Signal in the noise -- Invisible at last -- The UFO experience -- The spur -- Purple peach trees -- Hynek vs. Sagan -- Close encounters -- Arizona -- The supersensible realm

Details the life of the astronomer hired by the United States Air Force who spent years debunking sightings of UFOs across the country before shockingly changing his mind and using modern science to accept that they actually might be real