The World of Flying Saucers A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age
By Donald H. Menzel &
Length11h 54m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "Both as scientists and as devotees of science fiction, we have long been interested in space travel. When reports of unidentified flying objects began to increase in the years between 1947 and 1952, one of us (D.H.M.) collected and studied the limited information available about the sightings. He soon concluded (with a slight feeling of disappointment!) that the flying saucers were not vehicles from other worlds but were only mundane objects and events of various kinds, some of them commonplace, some familiar chiefly to meteorologists, physicists, and astronomers."
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.1 (11)
Includes Goodreads
GenreScience and Nature, Science Fiction
Length11 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Acknowledgments
2PREFACE
3Chapter I THE SAUCER WORLDS
4Chapter II LO!
5Chapter III AIR-BORNE UFOS: BALLOONS TO BUBBLES
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6Chapter IV THE SPANGLED HEAV’NS: STARS AND PLANETS
7Chapter V OUT OF THE SKY: METEORS AND FIREBALLS
8Chapter VI LIVING LIGHTS
9Chapter VII PANIC
10Chapter VIII PHANTOMS ON RADAR
11Chapter IX E-M AND G-FIELDS IN UFO-LAND
12Chapter X CONTACT!
13Chapter XI ANGEL HAIR, PANCAKES, ETC.
14Chapter XII SPECIAL EFFECTS
15Chapter XIII INVESTIGATORS: AIR FORCE AND CIVILIAN
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