The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age

Chapter 2: Acknowledgments

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The authors survey thousands of reports of unidentified aerial phenomena, categorizing sightings and offering natural explanations such as atmospheric optics, astronomical objects, meteors, weather balloons, radar artifacts, and mass suggestion. They analyze representative cases, discuss photographic and radar evidence, examine alleged contact claims and physical trace reports, and assess electromagnetic and gravitational theories proposed for reported effects. Illustrated examples, case studies, and discussion of investigative methods aim to separate misperceptions and hoaxes from genuinely unexplained incidents while outlining how ordinary natural or human-made causes can account for most sightings.

Acknowledgments

PLATE I: a, The Seattle Times. b, A Shell Photo

PLATE II: a, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. b, Wide World Photo

PLATE III: a, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. b, Gilberto Vazquez, El Imparcial, San Juan, Puerto Rico

PLATE IV: a, Wide World Photo. b, Wide World Photo. c, David Atlas, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, Bedford, Massachusetts

PLATE V: a, Bernd T. Matthias and Solomon J. Buchsbaum, Bell Telephone Laboratories. b, Dr. John C. Jensen, Nebraska Wesleyan University

PLATE VI: a, United Press Photo. b, United Press Photo

PLATE VII: a, C. L. Johnson. b, Mrs. William Felton Barrett

PLATE VIII: a, United Press Photo. b, Wide World Photo

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