UFOs AND ABDUCTIONS:Challenging the Borders of KnowledgeDavid Jacobs (Editor)PRESS RELEASE:
Despite this pervasive presence, few scholars have been willing to study the perplexing phenomena behind these cultural signifiers. Wary of a field that seems tainted by suspect methods, outlandish theories, and zero government funding, as well as a disturbing array of cults, charlatans, debunkers, and self-promoters, many have logically stayed away. Meanwhile, the phenomenon continues to grow and evolve in the public awareness. In UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge, historian David Jacobs and his coauthors offer a kind of primer for scholars, skeptics, and others uneasy about investigating this field. Although not all in agreement concerning the elusive, complex, and compelling subject of UFO and abduction phenomena, they have come together to highlight key events, issues, themes, and theories. The authors cover the nature of UFO "evidence;" reactions of the government and military from the Cold War to the present; the methodological debates; and the use of research from science, history, mythology, and psychology in the study of UFOs and abductions. UFOs and Abductions also brings together for the first time in one book three bestselling authors-Jacobs, Budd Hopkins, and Pulitzer Prize winner John Mack-widely known for their writings on the highly controversial "alien abduction" phenomenon. Motivated by the same simple curiosity that has always fueled humanity's great discoveries, the authors of UFOs and Abductions hope that their efforts will help to encourage a fundamental shift in the academy's view of such research, ultimately leading to a better understanding of the phenomena, ourselves, and our place in the cosmos.
About the editor:
Publication Date: September 7, 2000
Contact: Jessica M. Pigza, Publicity Manager
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UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge
is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk ______________________________________________________
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS: Stuart Appelle, SUNY-Brockport Thomas E. Bullard Jerome Clark Don C. Donderi Budd Hopkins David Jacobs John E. Mack Michael A. Persinger Michael D. Swords Ron Westrum _____________________________________________________ ADVANCE PRAISE: "A timely, fascinating, and very important book." -Fred Alan Wolfe, author of The Dreaming Universe and Taking the Quantum Leap
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Whether interplanetary tourists, interlopers from a parallel universe,
or mere misfirings in the brain, UFOs and "aliens" permeate popular
culture. They've made the covers of Time, Life, and the New York Times
Book Review; garnered CNN coverage; turned up on Larry King Live and
other high-profile talk shows. They have attracted large audiences
for TV's X-Files, Roswell, and Third Rock from the Sun, and for films
like ET, Independence Day, Men in Black, and Close Encounters of the
Third Kind. And they have swamped the Internet with thousands of
websites and discussion groups dedicated to the topic.
