Thomas E. Bullard is a board member of the Center for UFO Studies and Fund for UFO Research and author of UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery and The Sympathetic Ear: Investigators as Variables in UFO Abduction Reports.
"A wide-ranging and wonderfully informed look at an elusive and
difficult subject. Bullard, a folklorist, does a remarkable job of
analyzing the UFO-and-abduction phenomenon's similarities with
ancient myths and legends."--David M. Jacobs, editor of UFOs and
Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge"A compelling and
admirable study that combines lucidity and intellectual rigor.
Bullard outlines in eloquent prose the difference between the
stimulus (puzzling sightings and encounters) and the stimulated
(witnesses, investigators, theorists, hoaxers, skeptics, and
spiritual seekers) to reveal a complex and shifting phenomenon that
continues to challenge our understanding of reality."--Jerome
Clark, author of The UFO Encyclopedia
"Echoes Hynek in holding that [UFOs] point to an aspect of the
natural world not yet explored by science."--London Review of
Books"Seldom has there been such a careful and exhaustive
cataloguing of UFOs as historic, modern, spiritual, cultural, and
pop myth."--Fortean Times"Thick and rich with historical and
sociological references that constitute a scholarly literature of
ufology. An outsider will get a thorough introduction to the
subject as an academic topic. This includes a reductionist approach
to the subject that forms the basis for study by distinguishing
between phenomena, experiencers, and the resultant downstream
flotsam. Highly recommended."--Choice"Bullard looks at UFOs through
his own training as a university professor with a Ph.D. in folklore
and comes to many fascinating conclusions. . . . His bibliography
is impressive, and the book is a full account of UFO sightings and
the development of 'Ufology.' Those interested in the UFO
phenomenon will find tons of interesting material to ponder and a
different way of looking at it."--Library Journal
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