El. knyga: Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO

"It takes a classical scholar to fully challenge the belief in flying saucers, and David J. Halperin is the right expert for the job. Nearly fifty years after we realized we were pursuing the same mystery, I am delighted to see he has valiantly continued on this colorful and occasionally terrifying path."Jacques Vallée, author of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers "David Halperin doesn't believe in the literal reality of flying saucers, but he understands that they needn't physically exist to teach us lessons about a culture that sees them. Part folklorist and part psychologist, Halperin reads our UFO mythos like an alienist analyzing an extended collective dream."Jesse Walker, author of The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory "Whatever it is, the UFO is a real phenomenon. What David Halperin explores is how to interpret phenomena that are neither imagination nor physics but somehow both. Intimate Alien is a thoroughly fascinating dive into a third domain, a genuine twilight zone that is perpetually shimmering between mind and matter."Dean Radin, author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe "On one level, this is a book about the UFO phenomenon. On another, this is a book about how a scholar of religion comes to be."Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University "True believers in the UFO phenomenon are unlikely to find Halperin's book satisfying, but scholars of religion will find it quite illuminating of the ufological culture. One does not need to accept the entire Jungian scholarly apparatus to accept Halperin's clearly argued position that a collective unconscious fed the experience, memory, and mythic continuation of UFO folklore"Benjamin E. Zeller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "[ Intimate Alien] will hopefully contribute to a growing willingness on the part of scholars of religion and related disciplines to delve into this phenomenon, an important if often neglected facet of modern Western culture."Ethan Doyle White, Reading Religion "Halperin has spent more than six decades wrestling with the UFO phenomenon, and he is refreshingly honest about the origins and extremity of this obsession, which led not only to his academic career but to the main occupation of his retirement."Daniel Socher, Jewish Review of Books