Intimate alien : the hidden story of the UFO / David J. Halperin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halperin, David J. (David Joel), author.

Series:

Spiritual Phenomena

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halperin, David J. (David Joel).

Halperin, David J.

Unidentified flying objects--Psychological aspects.

Unidentified flying objects.

Social psychology--United States.

Social psychology.

Unidentified flying objects--Mythology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 292 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"A voyage of exploration to the outer reaches of our inner lives. UFOs are a myth, says David J. Halperin—but myths are real. The power and fascination of the UFO has nothing to do with space travel or life on other planets. It's about us, our longings and terrors, and especially the greatest terror of all: the end of our existence. This is a book about UFOs that goes beyond believing in them or debunking them and to a fresh understanding of what they tell us about ourselves as individuals, as a culture, and as a species. In the 1960s, Halperin was a teenage UFOlogist, convinced that flying saucers were real and that it was his life's mission to solve their mystery. He would become a professor of religious studies, with traditions of heavenly journeys his specialty. With Intimate Alien, he looks back to explore what UFOs once meant to him as a boy growing up in a home haunted by death and what they still mean for millions, believers and deniers alike. From the prehistoric Balkans to the deserts of New Mexico, from the biblical visions of Ezekiel to modern abduction encounters, Intimate Alien traces the hidden story of the UFO. It's a human story from beginning to end, no less mysterious and fantastic for its earthliness. A collective cultural dream, UFOs transport us to the outer limits of that most alien yet intimate frontier, our own inner space."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1. Confessions of a teenage UFOlogist

Chapter 2. Scenes from Magonia

Chapter 3. The abductions begin

Chapter 4. The lure of the unremembered

Chapter 5. Ancient abductees

Chapter 6. “Three men in black”

Chapter 7. Shaver mystery

Chapter 8. Roswell, New Mexico

Epilogue. John Lennon in Magonia

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503612129 (electronic book)

1503612120

OCLC:

1198929168