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| Richard F. HAINES | Acknowledgments | iii |
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| Richard F. HAINES | Prologue | xi-xiv |
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| Richard F. HAINES | Introduction | 1-19 |
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| | Part I. Cultural Factors |
| Phillis FOX | Social and Cultural Factors Influencing Beliefs About UFOs | 20-42 |
| Armando SIMON | The Zeitgeist of the UFO Phenomenon | 43-59 |
| Frederick V. MALMSTROM, Richard COFFMAN | Humanoids Reported in UFOs, Religion, and Folktales: Human Bias Towards Human Life Forms? | 60-88 |
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| | Part ll. Eyewitness Factors |
| Ronald M. WESTRUM | Witnesses of UFOs and Other Anomalies | 89-112 |
| Berthold Eric SCHWARZ | Psychiatric and Parapsychiatric Dimensions of UFOs | 113-134 |
| Harold A. CAHN | Speculations on the UFO Experience | 135-146 |
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| | Part III. Eyewitness Reporting Factors |
| Ronald M. WESTRUM | UFO Reporting Dynamics | 147-163 |
| Michael A. PERSINGER | Limitations of Human Verbal Behavior in the Context of UFO-Related Stimuli | 164-187 |
| Roger N. SHEPARD | Reconstruction of Witnesses' Experiences of Anomalous Phenomena | 188-224 |
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| | Part IV. Selected UFO Research Data and Theory |
| Leo R. SPRINKLE | Investigation of the Alleged UFO Experience of Carl Higdon | 225-357 |
| Richard F. HAINES | What Do UFO Drawings by Alleged Eyewitnesses and Non-Eyewitnesses Have in Common? | 358-395 |
| Michael A. PERSINGER | Possible Infrequent Geophysical Sources of Close UFO Encounters: Expected Physical and Behavioral-Biological Effects | 396-443 |