The public has been led to believe that the US government and the military have tried to cover up the recovery of a crashed saucer and its alien occupants from near Roswell, New Mexico. This book reveals what crashed on the Brazel ranch, and the serious flaws in the tales told by witnesses, some of whom have drastically changed their accounts.
Written by an expert in new religions, this book contains twenty articles that cover the many variations of UFO-based religions. It aims to demonstrate that there are persistent and salient themes underlying the diversity of beliefs centred on the UFO phenomenon.
Presenting a study of the Roswell incident, this book views that after an exhaustive investigation, no alien craft or bodies were found at Roswell. It shows that the US government has no physical evidence of aliens, how critical weather data refute claims of Roswell believers, and why the case rises and falls on the testimony of just one witness.
Discusses the popular iconography depicting alleged extraterrestrial (ET) visitors and the widespread appeal of this New Age craze as a mass cultural phenomenon. Placing the contemporary cultural moment in historical context, this book demonstrates how typical portrayals of aliens reflect long-running (even ancient) cultural motifs.
One night in 1989, nine glowing objects appeared over an empty stretch of the Mojave desert in the south-western US - and turned a couple's quiet weekend into an unearthly nightmare of terror. Elise and Tom Gifford say they were held captive in their camper by nonhuman creatures, and through love and prayer were able to live through psychological ......
Provides a look at the flying saucer controversy which lampoons the full spectrum of the UFO "invasion", from the ancient astronaut theories to the evolution of alien abduction "epidemic". This work also relates how Noah and his sons inadvertently caused aliens to flood the Earth for forty days and nights.
For centuries, from the earliest legends of the man on the moon, mankind has fantasized and speculated about other life in the universe. With the discovery of biochemical evolution - which showed how life could evolve out of simple compounds - those speculations took on a new dimension. Most scientists now believe that it is possible that there is ......