The myth and mystery of UFOs /
Bullard, Thomas E. 1949-
The myth and mystery of UFOs / Thomas E. Bullard. - Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010. - ix, 417 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-398) and index.
Who goes there? The myth and the mystery of UFOs -- The growth and evolution of UFO mythology -- UFOs of the past -- From the otherworld to other worlds -- The space children : a case example -- Secret worlds and promised lands -- Other than ourselves -- Explaining UFOs : an inward look -- Explaining UFOs : something yet remains.
Bullard shows how ongoing grassroots interest in UFOs stems both from actual personal experiences and from a cultural mythology and also how UFOs have catalyzed the evolution of a new but highly fractured belief system that borrows heavily from the human past and mythic themes.
9780700617296 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700617299 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010026289
Unidentified flying objects.
TL789 / .B75 2010
001.942
The myth and mystery of UFOs / Thomas E. Bullard. - Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010. - ix, 417 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-398) and index.
Who goes there? The myth and the mystery of UFOs -- The growth and evolution of UFO mythology -- UFOs of the past -- From the otherworld to other worlds -- The space children : a case example -- Secret worlds and promised lands -- Other than ourselves -- Explaining UFOs : an inward look -- Explaining UFOs : something yet remains.
Bullard shows how ongoing grassroots interest in UFOs stems both from actual personal experiences and from a cultural mythology and also how UFOs have catalyzed the evolution of a new but highly fractured belief system that borrows heavily from the human past and mythic themes.
9780700617296 (cloth : alk. paper) 0700617299 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010026289
Unidentified flying objects.
TL789 / .B75 2010
001.942