UFOs, chemtrails, and aliens : what science says / Donald R. Prothero and Timothy D. Callahan ; foreword by Michael Shermer.

A wide-ranging survey offers "entertainment as well as wisdom for everyone who's ever wondered what's behind so many conspiracy theories and paranormal phenomena" (Publishers Weekly). UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coas...

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Main Author: Prothero, Donald R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Science and the paranormal
  • The believing brain
  • Area 51: what is really going on in there?
  • The Roswell incident: what really happened?
  • Close encounters of the second kind: physical evidence of alien contact
  • Close encounters of the third kind: direct encounters with aliens
  • Close encounters of the fourth kind: alien abduction
  • The mythos of ancient aliens
  • Praying to aliens
  • Ancient myths and modern media
  • Cloud's illusions
  • Are they out there?
  • Why do people believe in UFOs and aliens?
  • The verdict.