The UFO Phenomenon: Fact, Fantasy and Disinformation
by John Michael Greer
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Author: John Michael GreerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-08
ISBN: 0738713198
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
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- ISBN13: 9780738713199
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Book Reviews of The UFO Phenomenon: Fact, Fantasy and Disinformation
Book Review: Comprehensive Look at the UFO Phenomenon
Summary: 5 Stars
Although the other "two reviewers" (or actually, it seems to be the SAME "kid" reviewer doing two reviews!) give this book one star, they didn't really explain why they did, at least not very well, other than it being a rehash of material from an occultist instead of a real live UFO enthusiast. Fair enough. But as the blurb from Shepherd Express notes, Greer's book is not the usual book on UFOs, instead focusing on "epistemology, logic, Jungian archetypes, occultism, pop culture and the politics of deception." Most books on UFOs generally fall into one of three paradigms:
1. UFOs are all easily explained away as hoaxes, delusions, or misperceived natural phenomena... this is the skeptics' point of view, based on dogmatic scientism.
2. UFOs are part of a government (or intergalactic) (or extradimensional) conspiracy by MIBs, Grays, Reptilians etc etc. to make us into galactic TV dinners or slaves of one kind or another.
3. UFOs are here to save us from ourselves, ET has come home and so have the angels to save us from our dastardly ways and save the planet...or at least take some of us away in an extraterrestrial Rapture.
Few of the popular UFO books fall outside these three formats, although some like Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Vallee and Keel's The Mothman Prophecies do bring some interesting alternatives to bear on the interaction of culture, cultural expectations, and the anomalies and unexplainable things we see in the skies...or scratching at our bedroom windows. Although one CAN find much of what Greer discusses in various sources around the Internet (and in old fashioned books!), only Greer has taken a historical view of the phenomenon, then compared the evidence to ALL THREE paradigms, in addition to a helping of sociocultural materials on such allied historical movements as the Spiritualists, and religious apparitions and laid it all right in front of the reader to look at and decide for themselves.
Basically, there is no ONE answer to the mystery of the UFO phenomenon. It is a whole -spectrum- of various phenomena (misperception, disinformation, observer's bias, psychological archetypes, geology, etc.) all lumped together into one box we call "the UFO phenomenon." And that's probably going to be why this book won't sell as well as if it were one of the BIG THREE in UFO circles, because it won't be square-pegged that way, it won't fit into one of the three paradigms, and the people who buy UFO books usually fit into one of those paradigms of skeptic, true believer, or conspiracist.
Greer does take a broad view and approach with an application of scientific methodology in this book, to the point where he even offers several predictions in the forms of Null Hypotheses, that the UFO phenomenon will eventually morph with the changes in military technology, and dwindle with the eventual passing of the "big voices" (UFO celebrities) in the debate and changes in our culture as we begin to deindustrialize (see Greer'sThe Long Descent: A User's Guide to the End of the Industrial Age)...although some form of the "contactee faith" will be with us for a long time to come.
My final caveat is that, while I give Greer's book five stars, and although 95% of UFO "incidents" are explainable, that leaves 5% that remain mysterious...and I think it is human to need mystery and the unknown, so let's leave that 5% alone, shall we? ;-)
Summary of The UFO Phenomenon: Fact, Fantasy and Disinformation
Are the lights and strange craft in our skies aliens from other galaxies?or the product of fraud, delusion, or mistaken identity?
John Michael Greer?a respected authority on the occult and the unexplained?reveals the secret hidden at the center of the UFO labyrinth. This meticulously researched guide plunges into the thick of the controversy with an unexpected and compelling approach to the UFO mystery, from Kenneth Arnold's 1947 sighting of the first "flying saucers" to present-day encounters.
Moving beyond the familiar debate between those who believe that UFOs are extraterrestrial in origin and those who believe UFOs do not exist at all, this unique work goes further to examine stranger and more rewarding topics?the nature of apparitions, the history of secret American aerospace technologies, the mythology of progress, and the role of popular culture in defining experienced reality.
Praise for Atlantis by John Michael Greer
"A fair, fascinating, and clearly referenced overview of Atlantis...[with] thought-provoking reflections about our present culture."?Mysteries Magazine
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