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The close encounters man : how one man made the world believe in UFOs / Mark O'Connell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connell, Mark, 1979- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hynek, J. Allen (Joseph Allen), 1910-1986.
- Hynek, J. Allen.
- United States. Air Force--Officials and employees--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force.
- Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters--United States.
- Unidentified flying objects.
- Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters.
- Unidentified flying objects in popular culture.
- Unidentified flying objects in popular culture--United States.
- Astronomers--United States--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Belief and doubt.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 403 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-386) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062484178
- 0062484176
- OCLC:
- 989972409
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