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"The modern, global belief in flying saucers and their occupants is identical to ... the fairy-faith ... and other forms of belief ... down through the ages."
Source
Jacques Vallée — Passport to Magonia
Vallée, Passport to Magonia (1969)
Author
Jacques Vallée
Date
1969
Credibility & evidentiary value

A computer scientist and UFO researcher's influential thesis linking modern UFO accounts to older folklore and 'apparition' traditions. Hypothesis, not proof.

Citation · Chicago

Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers (Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1969).

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