Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds

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Vallée's opposition to the ETH theory is summarised in his paper, "Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1990: People would rather believe in a doctor’s hood than in their own eyes. There has been in your native France a memorable proof of this popular mania.” Vallée is also an important figure in the study of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), first noted for a defense of the scientific legitimacy of the extraterrestrial hypothesis and later for promoting the interdimensional hypothesis.

Vallée served as the real-life model for Lacombe, the researcher portrayed by François Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. [8] He also attempted to interest Spielberg in an alternative explanation for the phenomenon. In an interview on Conspire.com, Vallée said, "I argued with him that the subject was even more interesting if it wasn't extraterrestrials. If it was real, physical, but not ET. So he said, 'You're probably right, but that's not what the public is expecting— this is Hollywood and I want to give people something that's close to what they expect.'" [9] Filmography [ edit ] Electronic Meetings: Technical Alternatives. Addison-Wesley Series on Decision Support. Addison-Wesley Publishing (July 1979). ISBN 0201034786. aside the fact that the credibility of abductions can be easily contested, he once again makes an argument from ignorance (see “1” above, we don’t know what they’re doing/why). This book weaves a fascinating series of stories and folklore and anecdotes, of varying veracity (from individual reports to phenomenon witnessed by dozens, if not hundreds of people) to suggest that there is a continuous line from ancient and medieval encounters with angels and demons to modern UFO encounters. This is something I’ve heard before, but it has always been in a sensationalized form out of typical UFO media and pop culture.UFO Consensus" (letters), with Richard J. Rosa, William T. Powers, Thomas R. P. Gibb, Jr., Philip C. Steffey, Isabel R. A. García, and George Cohen. Science, vol. 158, no. 3806 (December 1967): 1265-1266. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1722714. Vallée's opposition to the popular ETH was not well received by prominent U.S. ufologists, hence he was viewed as something of an outcast. Indeed, Vallée refers to himself as a " heretic among heretics". In this story there is only one (yes, ONE, which should already incite to prudence) source, Agobard’s very writings, from which the story is quite interesting and surprising : The Heart of the Internet: An Insider's View of the Origin and Promise of the On-line Revolution. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Pub. Co. (2003). ISBN 978-1571743695.

This is the only genuinely intelligent book on the flying saucer/ UFO myth that appears to have been written. However, even the most casual of UFOlogists may find this legendary piece disappointing. Almost every major case Vallee cites has been reported elsewhere, so there is no major revelation in this. The magic lies in Vallee's own interpretation of the data tying it into earlier myths specifically of fairies, goblins, and even religious miracles suggesting that something other than extraterrestrial visitors is going on. This was my first Jaques Vallee book I have read and it did not dissapoint. In this book Jaques compares many modern day (for the time as this was written in 1969) UFO sightings to folklore, religious lore and myths of the past. He presents the argument that many similarities can be drawn between the UFO phenomenon and stories of old from flying objects, similar entities, gases, food and interactions. He paints this canvas with no attempt to come to a conclusion that will settle your mind, instead he leaves you thirsty to explore more that this narrow section of ufology has to offer. Jaques does state many of the cases are hard to substantiate due to time that has past or the credibility of oral tradition, but he is frank about this fact and wishes to more so look at the bigger picture of similarities. The book ends with a vast account of UFO reports from 1864-1968. There were many cases I was not aware of within this book. I could not put this book down just due to the sheer curiosity of what the next case will be. Physical Analyses in Ten Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Material Samples." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 12, no. 3 (1998) pp.359–375. ISSN 0892-3310.

Obviously, and the author states this directly, all of this needs to be taken with a large grain of salt. Beyond his theory that there’s more than a passing similarity with encounters of fae and demons, he really makes no judgement calls about coverups or if they’re real or what. So for it’s incredibly fantastical subject matter it takes a surprisingly measured approach. unexplained close encounters are far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth;