A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A science journalist travels through contemporary UFO communities, meeting experiencers, investigators, skeptics, entrepreneurs, and believers while examining why the subject persists.
Good starting place if…
You want to meet the people and cultures around UFO inquiry before reducing them to either gullibility or proof.
Know before you begin…
Participant observation can illuminate a community without adjudicating its central claims. The book includes skepticism, belief, commercialization, and contested testimony.