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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

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

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

Other titles: Spiritual phenomena.

Description: Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2020. | Series: Spiritual phenomena | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019033546 (print) | LCCN 2019033547 (ebook) | ISBN 9781503607088 (cloth) | ISBN 9781503612129 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Halperin, David J. (David Joel) | Unidentified flying objects—Mythology. | Unidentified flying objects—Psychological aspects. | Unidentified flying objects—Sightings and encounters—History. | Social psychology—United States. | Ufologists—United States—Biography.

Classification: LCC TL789 .H355 2020 (print) | LCC TL789 (ebook) | DDC 001.942092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033546

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019033547

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