On this site, you will find a list of books and magazines about UFOs and related subjects that are part of my collection.
For each book and magazine, publication details and cover images are provided. For many books and magazines, the table of contents is also included. If a digital version of the publication exists, a link to download it is provided. (Digital versions are NOT downloadable from the site).
The Mothman and the Crane: A Contemporary Perspective In cases where eyeshine wasn’t reported, is the sandhill crane the most likely candidate for Mothman sightings in the late 1960s? A contemporary look at the data and information “shines” new light on an alternative hypothesis.
Revisiting the ‘Stonehenge Surprise’: The ‘Best Case’ for Crop Circles? Mystery-mongering claims about a “suddenly appearing” intricate crop circle across from Stonehenge fail skeptical investigation
Martian Dreams: ‘Unusual Experiences’ and Perspectives on Space and Space Aliens Specific psychological factors are shown to influence thinking about UFOs and space issues in different ways, depending on the scientific or less-scientific basis of that thinking
What’s Going On with the Country? Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power. By Anna Merlan. New York: Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt and Company), 2019. ISBN 978-1250231277, 288 pp. Softcover
57-58
Terence HINES
UFO Believers: A Sympathetic Look at Tangled Connections They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers. By Sarah Scoles. New York: Pegasus Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1-64313-305-8. 248 pp. Hardcove
Aliens and UFOs: What They Tell Us about Ourselves
4
News and Comment
David MORRISON
Fear of Aliens: How to Protect Alien Microbes (and Us)
6-7
Joe NICKELL, James McGAHA
New York Times Again Hypes Saucers
7
James UNDERDOWN
The Salton Sea Flat Earth Test When Skeptics Meet Deniers
14-15
Joe NICKELL, James McGAHA
UFO Identification Process There is a wide variety of natural explanations for things we see in the sky that are easy to misinterpret
34-37
Eric WOJCIECHOWSKI
UFOs: Why Humanoid Aliens? Why So Varied? UFOlogy is replete with varying descriptions of UFOs and their occupants—so much so that concluding an alien intelligence is piloting them goes against the more logical and reasonable conclusion that the only intelligence behind the phenomenon is the human brain itself
38-40
David ZEIGLER
Those Supposed Aliens Might Be Worms Many believe life on alien planets would likely include intelligent humanoids, and much of science fiction uses this idea. Based on what we know of evolution on Earth, there is really no basis for this belief; however, one supportable prediction for alien lifeform would be worms
A Doctoral Dissertation on a Geocentric Flat Earth ‘Zetetic’ Astronomy at the University Level
11-14
Investigative Files
Joe NICKELL
Navy Pilot’s 2004 UFO: A Comedy of Errors
16-18
Notes on a Strange World
Massimo POLIDORO
Does the Vatican Hold a Painting of a UFO?
19
Skeptical Inquiree
Benjamin RADFORD
The Case of the Curious Christmas Light
24-25
Matthew J. SHARPS
Percival Lowell and the Canals of Mars The ‘canals’ of Mars don’t exist, and they never did; yet they were repeatedly reported and defended as scientific realities by many great astronomers. Why?
41-46
Osczevski. Randall J.
The 1849 Balvullich Ice Fall A mass of solid ice weighing nearly a ton fell on a Scottish farm on the estate at Ord during a thunderstorm on July 30, 1849. Theories abound as to its origin, some more fanciful than others. New analysis suggests that the ice originated locally and did not fall from the sky, as has long been thought.
Interstellar Visitor: The Strange Asteroid from a Faraway System
5-6
Benjamin RADFORD
Newly Revealed Secret DoD ‘UFO’ Project Less Than Meets the Eye
6-7
Six New Fellows Elected by Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
10
Lorence G. COLLINS
Twenty-One Reasons Noah’s Worldwide Flood Never Happened Here’s a geologist’s critical analysis of false perceptions held by many creationists about the origin of the Grand Canyon and the age of the Earth
50-53
Reviews
Brian REGAL
Strange Songs from the Fringe Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers. By Sharon Hill. Mc-Farland, Jefferson, N.C., 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1476672472. 277 pp
The Interplay of Science Fiction and Pseudoscience Pseudoscience and Science Fiction. By Andrew May. Springer, New York, 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-42604-4. 181 pp. Softcover
Collection: Libriufo
