Barker, Gray. They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers. Jung, C.G. Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies. Scully, Frank. Behind the Flying Saucers. Those were the three books under the subject heading “Flying Saucers” in the card catalog—remember card catalogs?—of the public … [Read more...]
“UFOs and Me,” on the Lit Fest Site
My post "The UFOs and Me" appeared today on the website of Lit Fest Magazine. It's the first of a four-part series of guest blogs on "the UFO myth. What it meant to me, what it still means to me. What it means for us all." I'll be posting here tomorrow, on a subject that has nothing to do with … [Read more...]
UFOs–A Myth
(This post originally appeared on my website last spring. Now that the site's been redesigned, I'm using it to inaugurate my new blog. New posts will appear here each Tuesday from now on.) Back during my teen-age UFO investigator days, Harvard astrophysicist Donald H. Menzel published a book … [Read more...]