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The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
Mark O´connell
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Description for The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PG; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of Close Encounters with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster classic science fiction epic film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs. In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific community-led by J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer hired by the Air Force-debunked this and many ... Read more
The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of Close Encounters with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster classic science fiction epic film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs. In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific community-led by J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer hired by the Air Force-debunked this and many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Dey Street Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062484178
SKU
V9780062484178
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About Mark O´connell
Mark O'Connell is a screenwriter, teacher, and blogger. He wrote episodes for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and has developed feature film projects with major studios, including Walt Disney and DreamWorks Animation. He is also the founder of the UFO blog High Strangeness. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife, Monica, and teaches screenwriting ... Read more
Reviews for The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
Mark O'Connell's compelling biography of lone wolf Air Force investigator J. Allen Hynek is a testimony to the complex nature of belief and its effect on the human condition. -Leslie Kean, bestselling author of Surviving Death and UFOs.
Leslie Kean, bestselling author of Surviving Death and UFOs No serious study of the UFO phenomenon could be ... Read more
Leslie Kean, bestselling author of Surviving Death and UFOs No serious study of the UFO phenomenon could be ... Read more