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The Gods Have Landed: New Religions From Other Worlds
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2898:Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (current)
1951:Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens among Us
1200:, pp. 1–13. Albany: University of New York Press.
1965:Space Is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra
1878:, UFOrum, Grand Rapids Flying Saucer Club, 1956,
1548:The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters
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909:interest—contactees were generally seen as the
3176:United States Congress hearings on UFOs (2022)
1568:Messages from the People of the Planet Clarion
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1269:"Profiles in Pseudoscience: George Adamski!"
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2150:1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund
2140:1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
1776:, Los Angeles: DeVorss & Co., 1959,
1443:Scott-Blair, Michael (August 13, 2003).
1131:The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
1411:Allingham, Cedric (February 14, 1955).
1318:The UFO Verdict: Examining the Evidence
1179:, pp. 93–108. Smithsonian Institution,
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2286:Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)
1491:, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc.,
835:Concerning Earths in the Solar System
461:Prizes for evidence of the paranormal
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2145:1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
2031:Another overview of 1950s contactees
1876:My trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus
55:adding citations to reliable sources
3225:Alleged extraterrestrial encounters
1793:Roy Britt, Robert (June 15, 2009).
2843:Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)
2500:High-altitude object events (2023)
2129:Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 BC)
1795:"End of the World in 2012 (Cont.)"
451:James Randi Educational Foundation
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2903:NASA's UAP independent study team
2004:. Nova Distribution. p. 109.
1823:"Chapter One - The Coming of Tan"
1250:(2003), p. 8. London: Routledge.
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1645:The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1639:Hendrick, Bill (June 29, 1997).
1360:, p. 90. Henry Regnery Company.
885:For over two decades, contactee
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3160:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
2341:John Lennon UFO incident (1974)
2155:José Bonilla observation (1883)
1935:L. D. Meagher (July 29, 1998).
1340:, pp. 34–35. Prometheus Books.
1134:, p. 5. Henry Regnery Company.
436:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
42:needs additional citations for
2893:Identification studies of UFOs
2371:Valentich disappearance (1978)
2356:Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)
2236:McMinnville photographs (1950)
2108:List of reported UFO sightings
1899:. Saga. pp. 22–25, 90–94.
1755:My contact with flying saucers
1609:Ortega, Tony (March 5, 1998).
1391:The UFO Controversy In America
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2853:Project Blue Book (1952–1970)
2533:Aztec, New Mexico hoax (1949)
2528:Twin Falls, Idaho hoax (1947)
2381:Robert Taylor incident (1979)
2346:Travis Walton incident (1975)
2291:Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)
2186:Ă„ngelholm UFO memorial (1946)
1895:Binder, Otto O. (June 1970).
1859:(Second Edition). Steelmark,
844:In 1891, Thomas Blott's book
765:Contactees usually portrayed
390:Reportedly haunted locations:
2396:Cash–Landrum incident (1980)
2296:Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)
2271:Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)
1570:, Inner Light Publications,
1393:. Indiana University Press.
1155:, Harvard University Press,
897:Response to contactee claims
3155:List of scientific skeptics
2883:Project Condign (1997–2000)
2826:The Flying Saucers Are Real
2386:Val Johnson incident (1979)
2336:Pascagoula Abduction (1973)
1855:Moosbrugger, Guido (2004).
1449:The San Diego Union-Tribune
1338:UFO Sightings: The Evidence
1320:, p. 18. Prometheus Books.
811:Other sinister beings, the
748:described contactees thus:
229:Electronic voice phenomenon
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2848:Project Magnet (1950–1962)
2505:David Grusch claims (2023)
2276:AntĂ´nio Villas Boas (1957)
1728:Christopher, Paul (1998).
1379:"The Burden of Skepticism"
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2873:Condon Report (1966–1968)
2553:Alien Autopsy (1995 film)
2366:Zanfretta incident (1978)
2266:Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)
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1987:Centralia Daily Chronicle
1910:Paz Wells, Sixto (2002).
1592:, New Age Publishing Co,
1509:In Advance of the Landing
1389:Jacobs, David M. (1975).
1336:Sheaffer, Robert (1998).
1316:Sheaffer, Robert (1986).
873:Contactees in the UFO era
2523:Maury Island hoax (1947)
2421:Voronezh incident (1989)
2406:Trans-en-Provence (1981)
2401:Rendlesham Forest (1980)
2331:Finnish Air Force (1969)
2261:Flatwoods monster (1952)
2113:Sightings in outer space
1914:. 1st World Publishing.
1757:, London, N. Spearman ,
1611:"The Hack and the Quack"
1589:The White Sands Incident
1566:Bethurum, Truman (1995)
1550:, New American Library,
1546:Story, Ronald D. (2001)
1489:UFOs and Popular Culture
1356:Vallee, Jacques (1965).
1226:Barkun, Michael (2003).
1175:Peebles, Curtis (1994).
1128:Hynek, J. Allen (1972).
501:Apparitional experiences
2771:extraterrestrial beings
2538:Southern England (1967)
2466:Campeche, Mexico (2004)
2426:Belgian UFO wave (1990)
2256:Washington, D.C. (1952)
2251:Nash-Fortenberry (1952)
2134:Airship of Clonmacnoise
1953:. Saint Martin's Press.
1507:Curran, Douglas (1985)
1487:Lewis, James R. (2000)
559:Argument from ignorance
526:Out-of-body experiences
239:Extrasensory perception
2858:Robertson Panel (1953)
2411:Japan Air Lines (1986)
2376:Kaikoura Lights (1978)
2226:Gorman Dogfight (1948)
2160:Airship wave (1896–97)
1586:Fry, Daniel W. (1954)
1304:April 5, 2007, at the
1151:Clancy, Susan (2005).
1098:George Hunt Williamson
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584:Communal reinforcement
2878:Institute 22 (1978–?)
2863:Ruppelt report (1956)
2838:Project Grudge (1949)
2548:Gulf Breeze (1987–88)
2495:Jetpack man (2020–21)
2471:O'Hare Airport (2006)
2441:Phoenix Lights (1997)
2361:Operação Prato (1977)
2246:Lubbock Lights (1951)
2221:Chiles-Whitted (1948)
2191:Kenneth Arnold (1947)
1425:on September 30, 2007
1413:"Meeting on the Moor"
1088:Samuel Eaton Thompson
1003:Betty and Barney Hill
931:Fermat's Last Theorem
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867:Christopher Partridge
798:and to other planets.
777:thermonuclear weapons
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564:Argumentum ad populum
496:Anomalous experiences
476:Scientific skepticism
294:Paranormal television
3169:Government & Law
3090:Government responses
2571:Sightings by country
2490:UFO incidents (2014)
2016:Man From Planet Rizq
1020:(aka Dino Kraspedon)
579:Cognitive dissonance
574:Begging the question
521:Ideomotor phenomenon
51:improve this article
2964:Conspiracy theories
2954:Trotskyist-Posadism
2833:Project Sign (1948)
2804:Reptilian humanoids
2461:UFO incident (2004)
2431:Ariel School (1994)
2326:Jimmy Carter (1969)
2321:Shag Harbour (1967)
1949:Strieber, Whitley.
1857:And Still They Fly!
1511:, Abbeville Press,
1293:"Calling Occupants"
1068:Reinhold O. Schmidt
935:Goldbach Conjecture
710:When Prophecy Fails
629:Scientific evidence
471:Scientific literacy
2919:Ancient astronauts
2543:Majestic 12 (1985)
2488:Theodore Roosevelt
2416:Ilkley Moor (1987)
2316:Falcon Lake (1967)
2181:Los Angeles (1942)
2002:Intelligent Design
1967:, Pantheon, 1997,
1731:Alien Intervention
1710:. October 17, 1995
1690:on April 14, 2009.
1666:2007-12-15 at the
954:List of contactees
852:, but in English.
831:Emanuel Swedenborg
339:Spirit photography
289:Paranormal fiction
214:Demonic possession
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2093:Claimed sightings
2014:York, Malachi Z.
1828:The Coming of Tan
1615:Phoenix New Times
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943:Temple University
887:George Van Tassel
846:The Man From Mars
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