charlesdee
2/8/2017
When I was in seventh grade, I wanted to believe in flying saucers. It was the early 1960's. and I got what books I could from my school library. One of these was the government report that debunked the whole phenomenon. Unlike a true believer, I did not immediately assume a government cover-up. It made sense to me, and so I grew up watching the fashions in UFOlogy shift from dangerous aliens, to benign alien messengers, to ancient aliens, and of course those aliens with an unhealthy interest in the human anus, wondering all the time, "Why do people beieve this stuff?"
Jack Womack has an in depth collection of UFO literature, and this book is the catalog that accompanied an exhibition of his collection in New York City. It is not an analysis of the phenomenon, but rather a pictorial guide to how devotees, scam artists, and the occasional sceptic got the word out. The material is at times strangely touching and often hilarious. Only those who still take notes while watching ancient astronaut documentaries will not be entertained.