Flying Saucers Over America - The UFO Craze of 1947

On June 24th, 1947, a private pilot reported numerous dazzling objects rushing through the sky above Mount Rainier in Washington state. It was the start of the current UFO phenomena, one of the country's most perplexing and persistent mysteries. Within a few weeks, hundreds of sightings of flying saucers were reported to news media. Surprising reports of a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico further added to the mystery that July. Since then, UFOs have sparked a slew of incredible claims and speculations.
This is a sober and honest history of America's first major saucer craze, based on many sources including previously classified government records. The book cuts through decades of mystique and confusion, beginning with the 1947 UFO wave and ending with the launch of Project Blue Book in 1952. Balanced and comprehensive, this history provides background, social context and other tools for reframing perceptions of a controversial subject.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Things Seen in the Sky

¿2.¿In Search of a Missing Plane

¿3.¿Flashes of Light

¿4.¿Wildfire

¿5.¿Contagion

¿6.¿Visitors from Mars

¿7.¿Fever Pitch

¿8.¿Looking for Answers

¿9.¿In from the Ranch

10.¿Center of Attention

11.¿About Face

12.¿Unknown Knowns

13.¿Down the Rabbit Hole

14.¿A Laughing Matter

15.¿Taking Another Look

16.¿National Security and the Culture of Secrecy

17.¿Dangerous Skies

18.¿The Bureaucratic ­Merry-Go-Round

19.¿The Twining Memorandum

20.¿Life on Mars

21.¿Project Sign

22.¿Quest and Conspiracy

23.¿Project Grudge

24.¿The Flying Saucers Are Real

25.¿Project Twinkle

26.¿Fate

27.¿Going Hollywood

28.¿The UFO Myth

29.¿A Tangled Web

30.¿Project Blue Book

Postscript

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Gordon Arnold has taught at several colleges, including Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. He lives in the Boston area.

Summary

Offers a sober and honest history of America’s first major saucer craze, based on many sources including previously classified government records. The book cuts through decades of mystique and confusion, beginning with the 1947 UFO wave and ending with the launch of Project Blue Book in 1952.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Arnold, Arnold Gordon
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781476687667
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8766-7
• No. of pages: 227
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / UFOs & Extraterrestrials, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, UFOs and extraterrestrial beings, UFOs & extraterrestrial beings, Popular beliefs, Mount Rainier; UFO; Flying Saucers