Books by researchers who present some of the more unusual aspects of UFOlogy and/or have come to the conclusion that they are not extraterrestrial in origin, whether skeptics or believers in a more parapsychological hypothesis.
Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee
Jacques Vallee's long out of print classic on UFOs. folklore and parallel worlds has been reissued and is just as good a read as ever. Contains many of the more unusual aspects of the UFO phenomenon that many researchers would like to pretend doesn't exist, an index of UFO landings that would have been lost if it had not been for Vallee and some comparisons between ancient, medieval and modern UFO folklore that shows that not only are they here, they've been here for a long time.
Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee
From Ezekial's wheel through ancient and medieval faerielore through the half humans who kidnapped the Tzeltal Indians through the cloudships that visited medieval France the the miraculous visions in Fatima through the strange experiences of Whitley Strieber people have been experiencing strange things from the sky for thousands of years. People researching this phenomenon today usually dub them aliens from other planets. Is this book Jacques Vallee takes a look at these kinds of sightings through the ages and criticizes the extraterrestrial hypothesis suggesting that they are visitors from other dimensions. Not only are they here, they might be from here.
This is the first book in a trilogy which also contains: Confrontations: A Scientists Search for Alien Contact Revelations: Alien Contact and Human DeceptionThe Mothman Prophecies by John Keel
John Keel's classic 13 month investigation into the anomalous events that occurred in Point Pleasant, Virginia between 1966-1967, such as UFO sightings, ghostly manifestations, Men in Black, prophetic visions and a seven foot tall creature with red eyes and wings known a Mothman. An excellent example of some of the more unusual phenomena that can sometimes follow UFO sightings that no paranormal library is complete without. A chilling and bizarre story that just happens to be based on a real life incident.
Operation Trojan Horse by John Keel
Originally published over two decades ago, John Keel's blockbuster revelations sent shock waves through the field of Ufology and the paranormal. Keel's radical approach to viewing the unexplained provided the first major breakthrough, leading to an understanding of UFOs, poltergeists, angels, lake monsters and mothman as ultradimentional rather than extraterrestrial in origin.
Operation Trojan Horse deal with questions that remain unanswered to this day:
Is there actually a massive conspiracy to keep the truth about flying saucers from the American people?
Are some people being subjected to mind control and psychological injury by UFO activities?
Who was the mysterious stranger who appeared in San Francisco in 1896, convincing two leading attorneys that he was the inventor of a marvelous new airship seen by thousands of people in the California skies?
What roles do prophesy, the occult, and psychic phenomena play in the flying saucer mystery?
Are UFOs part of a larger phenomenon which is primarily hostile to the human race?
(From the Publisher)
Disneyland of the Gods by John Keel
One of the major questions this books leaves you with is how much of it should be taken seriously. Keel presents his views on various aspects of the paranormal, including UFOs, ghosts, lake monsters, big foot among others and comes to the conclusion that this is all part of something bigger that has been playing around with us since the beginning of civilization. What parts of this book are to be taken seriously is still up for debate reading this book definitely changed the way I look at life and should for anyone else with an open mind. Keel's fans will not be disappointed.
Angels and Aliens : UFO's and the Mythic Imagination by Keith Thompson
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! A plane! A UFO! An angel! It's all of this and more, according to free-lancer Thompson (New Age magazine, etc.), whose debut book champions the view that flying saucers have soared to earth from ``mythic horizons and imaginal realms,'' and that the public's fascination with these pixilated objects is really ``a religious search to recover lost intimacy.'' As Thompson observes, most ufologists fall into two camps- -those who identify UFOs as alien spacecraft, and those who see them as psychic constructions. Thompson tries to straddle the divide--he says that UFOs may yet turn out to be technological hardware--but clearly his sympathies lie with those who consider saucers to be ``an idea at work in the world soul.'' As a result, the authorities he cites are usually psychologists or New Age-y scientists (Jung, Bateson) rather than engineers or private eyes.
(From Kirkus Reviews)
Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky by Carl Jung
"In the threatening situation of the world today, when people are beginning to see that everything is at stake, the projection-creating fantasy soars beyond the realm of earthly organizations and powers into the heavens, into interstellar space, where the rulers of human fate, the gods, once had their abode in the planets.... Even people who would never have thought that a religious problem could be a serious matter that concerned them personally are beginning to ask themselves fundamental questions. Under these circumstances it would not be at all surprising if those sections of the community who ask themselves nothing were visited by `visions,' by a widespread myth seriously believed in by some and rejected as absurd by others."--C. G. Jung, in "Flying Saucers" Jung's primary concern in Flying Saucers is not with the reality or unreality of UFOs but with their psychic aspect. Rather than speculate about their possible nature and extraterrestrial origin as alleged spacecraft, he asks what it may signify that these phenomena, whether real or imagined, are seen in such numbers just at a time when humankind is menaced as never before in history. The UFOs represent, in Jung's phrase, "a modern myth."
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The Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan was by far the greatest scientist to research the UFO phenomenon and take a skeptical point of view. Although a huge supporter of extraterrestrial life who would love more than anything to see proof of aliens, Sagan needed more evidence before he could accept that they're visiting us, and this books reflects many of his reasons why he couldn't believe. If you can only read one book by a skeptic make it this one.
UFOs: The Public Deceived by Philip Klass
Philip Klass can accurately be described as the bad guy of the UFO phenomenon. Skeptics will say it's because he does such a good job of debunking UFOs that they'd rather ignore him while others may insist it's because he's not the best researcher. Klass analyzes the Travis Walton case, declassified CIA documents and dozens of alleged cases of UFOs of bases and encounters with aircraft, and very surprisingly finds them all fraudulent. But it's important to read both sides Klass is always a good place to start.
Watch the Skies by Curtis Peebles
It's not your typical UFO book, though it is full of contactees, conspiracy plots, and cattle mutilations. With an in-depth, although skeptical scrutiny of the UFO phenomenon, Peebles doesn't address every case but tackles the most widely quoted incidents from Kenneth Arnold's sighting of flying disks in the '40s through the abduction trends of the early '90s. While the book is biased, Peebles' research is impeccable, and he brings to light facts which many pro-UFO authors tend to neglect.
(Occult and Metaphsyics Editors)
UFOs : And the Alien Agenda by Bob Larson
Makes the case that UFOs are actually demons being controlled by Satan, and apparently if you see one you must call his radio show show so he can drive them out. Yes, this is mostly just here as a joke and if you believe anything you read in it you should probably have your head examined!
