UFOs, ETs, and Alien Abductions by Don Donderi -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction

Why I Study UFOs A Close Encounter in Quebec Humanoids Abductions Witnesses, Investigators, and Evidence

PART ONE: UFOs

1: UFOs and the Cold War

The Index Case: Kenneth Arnold The RB-47 Case The Coyne Helicopter Incident The 1948 Air Force Estimate of the Situation After the Arnold Sighting A Sketch of the Cold War Contactees Edward J. Ruppelt and Project Blue Book Project Grudge to Blue Book Project Grudge/Blue Book Under Ruppelt 1952: Washington, DC The CIA's Robertson Panel

2: A Chronology of Doubt

The Protagonists UFO Groups UFO Waves and the Government's Response Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 What Is the Problem: The Evidence or the Explanation? The Socorro, New Mexico Case The Michigan Sightings The Condon Committee: 1966-1968 The Low Memorandum Condon's Conclusions The Case Studies The Congressional Hearing: 1968 R. V. Jones: My Favorite Skeptic

3: Low, Big, and Slow: The End of Doubt

J. Allen Hynek Changes Sides The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Symposium Debunkers and Skeptics During the Transition Low, Big, and Slow The Taconic State Parkway Sightings Belgium, 1989 More Low, Big and Slow Yukon Territory Event Stephenville, Texas Event The End of Doubt

PART TWO: Extraterrestrials

4: Humanoids

J. Allen Hynek Again National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) The Ririe, Idaho Close Encounter The French George O'Barski and Budd Hopkins An Occupant Round Up

5: Abductions: The Index Case—Barney and Betty Hill

A Close Encounter of the Third Kind More Than a CE-III Anxiety, Nightmares, and Flashbacks Publicity and Therapy The Hills and Dr. Simon The Hills' Memories Under Hypnosis Dr. Simon's Explanation Physical Evidence Correlations The Aftermath Conclusion

6: Abductions: The Touchstone Cases

Encounter at Buff Ledge The West Nyack, New York Incident The Allagash Abduction UFO Abduction Near Goodland, Kansas New York City UFO Abduction

7: The Abduction Narrative

Abduction and Reality The Prototypical Abduction Abduction Skeptics Abduction Psychology Personality and Memory Hypnosis and Memory Consciousness and Memory Hypnosis Traumatic Amnesia Hypnotically Induced Amnesia Hypnosis, Recovered Memory, and Abduction Memories The Intelligence Analysis Are Abduction Reports True?

PART THREE: Us

8: What We Know

A Summary of the Evidence How UFOs Might Work Unconventional Flying Objects What UFOs and Occupants Can Do Occupant Telepathy What We Don't Know

9: Science and UFOs

Inductive Science The Psychology of Modern Science Thomas S. Kuhn: Paradigms and Normal Science William James: The Conservative Pleasure of Science Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Sigmund Freud: Repression and Sublimation The Escape to Popular Culture

10: Extraterrestrial Politics

Who Knows What? Government Secrets Roswell Investigating Roswell Behind the Scenes Alaska UFO Sighting: 1986 Disinformation Paul Bennewitz Linda Moulton Howe UFOs and Government Fear of Extraterrestrials The Spaniards and the Aztecs Extraterrestrials and Public Policy What Happens Next? A Final Word

Acknowledgments Notes Selected Readings

Books and Articles Video Journals and Magazines Websites

Index About the Author Bonus Material