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The close encounters man how one man made the world believe in UFOs

Summary:

Details the life of the astronomer hired by the United States Air Force who spent years debunking sightings of UFOs across the country before shockingly changing his mind and using modern science to accept that they actually might be real.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062484178
  • ISBN: 0062484176
  • Physical Description: xi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-386) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Under the dome -- Unusual stars -- The crowded sky -- Debunked -- Scintillations -- Project Henry -- Hynek in wonderland -- Flying saucer conspiracy -- Interaction -- Obscuring influence -- Burned brush -- Will-o'-the-wisp, part one -- Will-o'-the-wisp, part two -- Mr. UFO -- Signal in the noise -- Invisible at last -- The UFO experience -- The spur -- Purple peach trees -- Hynek vs. Sagan -- Close encounters -- Arizona -- The supersensible realm.
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Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen) 1910-1986
United States. Air Force Officials and employees Biography
Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen) 1910-1986
United States. Air Force.
Unidentified flying objects Sightings and encounters United States
Unidentified flying objects in popular culture United States
Astronomers United States Biography
Belief and doubt
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT UFOs & Extraterrestrials
SCIENCE Space Science
Armed Forces Officials and employees
Astronomers
Belief and doubt
Unidentified flying objects in popular culture
Unidentified flying objects Sightings and encounters
United States
Unidentified flying objects
Belief and doubt
Astronomers Biography
Genre: Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.


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