More UFO current events circa 1968, this time from the fine folks at Science & Mechanics Magazine. At this point the truth about UFOs will be unveiled any day now! A shocking sighting at a reservoir in Wanaque, NJ is followed next year by a flurry of sightings in Ithaca, NY, the TERRIFYING SAUCER EPIDEMIC promised on the cover. What's next, our intrepid writers wonder?
Creationist trailblazer Frank B. Salisbury covers the typical UFO timeline from Kenneth Arnold and onwards with citations from Keyhoe, Vallee, Klass and others, while Gordon H. Evans brings us some deeper UFO history such as Matthew of Paris's account from 1239, Ezekiel's Wheel (of course), and some interesting comparisons to sightings of leprechauns and wee folk. Evans also tracks Charles Fort's assembly of scattered reports into a ground breaking extraterrestrial hypothesis. We finish with an excerpted chapter from Project Blue Book with saucer illustrations taken from sighting reports. All told, not a bad primer for the time. Consider yourself schooled!
Ace Books, 1968
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