The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age (Registro nro. 107461)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | TL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Menzel, Donald H. |
| Fuller form of name | (Donald Howard), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1901-1976 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2021 |
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| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2021-11-01 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library and Doane University.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age" by Donald H. Menzel and Lyle G. Boyd is a scientific publication written in the early 1960s. The book delves into the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), arguing that many sightings can be explained through natural and psychological phenomena rather than extraterrestrial visitors. It seeks to debunk the myth of flying saucers by examining various types of reported UFOs and the evidence surrounding them. The opening of the book introduces the authors’ intention to address the surge of UFO sightings that gained immense public attention from the late 1940s onward. They recount how key reports, such as those of Kenneth Arnold's nine disks, sparked national fascination, leading to widespread belief in alien spacecraft. Menzel and Boyd underscore the frequent misinterpretation of natural phenomena, offering insights into how initial sightings may have been influenced by factors like atmospheric conditions and human perception. Through scientific analysis, they aim to separate fact from fiction in the narrative surrounding flying saucers, laying the groundwork for the detailed investigations that will follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | United States: Doubleday & Company, 1963 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Unidentified flying objects |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Boyd, Lyle Gifford, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1907-1982 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008089008">https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008089008</a> |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66639">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66639</a> |
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