--- product_id: 40525890 title: "The Myth and Mystery of UFOs" price: "190.71 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40525890-the-myth-and-mystery-of-ufos store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Myth and Mystery of UFOs **Price:** 190.71 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Myth and Mystery of UFOs - **How much does it cost?** 190.71 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/40525890-the-myth-and-mystery-of-ufos) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description When United Airlines workers reported a UFO at O'Hare Airport in November 2006, it was met with the typical denials and hush-up that usually accompany such sightings. But when a related story broke the record for hits at the Chicago Tribune's website, it was clear that such unexplained objects continued to occupy the minds of fascinated readers. Why, wonders Thomas Bullard, don't such persistent sightings command more urgent attention from scientists, scholars, and mainstream journalists? The answer, in part, lies in Bullard's wide-ranging magisterial survey of the mysterious, frustrating, and ever-evolving phenomenon that refuses to go away and our collective efforts to understand it. In his trailblazing book, Bullard views those efforts through the lens of mythmaking, discovering what UFO accounts tell us about ourselves, our beliefs, and the possibility of visitors from beyond. Bullard shows how ongoing grassroots interest in UFOs stems both from actual personal experiences and from a cultural mythology that defines such encounters as somehow "alien"—and how it views relentless official denial as a part of conspiracy to hide the truth. He also describes how UFOs have catalyzed the evolution of a new but highly fractured belief system that borrows heavily from the human past and mythic themes and which UFO witnesses and researchers use to make sense of such phenomena and our place in the cosmos. Bullard's book takes in the whole spectrum of speculations on alien visitations and abductions, magically advanced technologies, governmental conspiracies, varieties of religious salvation, apocalyptic fears, and other paranormal experiences. Along the way, Bullard investigates how UFOs have inspired books, movies, and television series; blurred the boundaries between science, science fiction, and religion; and crowded the Internet with websites and discussion groups. From the patches of this crazy quilt, he posits evidence that a genuine phenomenon seems to exist outside the myth. Enormously erudite and endlessly engaging, Bullard's study is a sky watcher's guide to the studies, stories, and debates that this elusive subject has inspired. It shows that, despite all the competing interests and errors clouding the subject, there is substance beneath the clutter, a genuinely mysterious phenomenon that deserves attention as more than a myth. Review: Simply Brilliant - This is a superb piece of scholarship and a joy to read. In this magnificent work Dr. Bullard proves that he is a thorough and meticulous researcher who is able to integrate many different themes into a smooth and compelling narrative. This book has it all: blurry lights in the skies, structured craft, aliens on Earth, abductions, government secrecy and cover-up, and yes, even crop circles and cattle mutilations. He explores UFOs as possible signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, as ancient myths recast in space-age garb, as products of our collective imagination, and as created by individual minds. A wide range of fields including astronomy, physics, anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and religion are all given their due. Classical UFO-lore is presented in a new light and he introduces many fresh ideas. Dr. Bullard maintains a delicate balance between critical thinking and an open mind but is not afraid to offer conclusions. If you are looking for resolute debunking, instructions for building a starship, or warning of an impending alien invasion this is not the book for you. If you are looking for an intelligent, instructive and engaging discussion of one of the greatest cultural phenomena of modern times, then read this. The Myth and Mystery of UFOs - no doubt many years in the making - is recommended for seasoned veterans (with scores of UFO books under their belts) and newcomers alike. Review: What About His Other Book???--UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery - This book is excellent. However, his definitive work on the abduction phenomenon: "UFO Abductions: The Measure of Mystery" (2 Volumes) remains unobtainable and out of print. For those interested in the UFO abduction issue--especially during its cultural height in the 1990s--this work should at least be digitally available. As someone interested in the abduction phenomenon as contemporary folklore--I would love to have a copy or at least access to a copy. Originally published by FUFOR--now defunct--it is impossible to find. Anyone with a copy should scan it and make it available on line. I would be willing to purchase a photocopied version if made available. In this age of information, hard to believe one cannot access this work. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,533,510 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,757 in UFOs (Books) #3,444 in Folklore & Mythology Studies #4,707 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences | | Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars 20 Reviews | ## Images ![The Myth and Mystery of UFOs - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71IPUjoIu1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simply Brilliant *by A***N on December 19, 2010* This is a superb piece of scholarship and a joy to read. In this magnificent work Dr. Bullard proves that he is a thorough and meticulous researcher who is able to integrate many different themes into a smooth and compelling narrative. This book has it all: blurry lights in the skies, structured craft, aliens on Earth, abductions, government secrecy and cover-up, and yes, even crop circles and cattle mutilations. He explores UFOs as possible signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, as ancient myths recast in space-age garb, as products of our collective imagination, and as created by individual minds. A wide range of fields including astronomy, physics, anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology and religion are all given their due. Classical UFO-lore is presented in a new light and he introduces many fresh ideas. Dr. Bullard maintains a delicate balance between critical thinking and an open mind but is not afraid to offer conclusions. If you are looking for resolute debunking, instructions for building a starship, or warning of an impending alien invasion this is not the book for you. If you are looking for an intelligent, instructive and engaging discussion of one of the greatest cultural phenomena of modern times, then read this. The Myth and Mystery of UFOs - no doubt many years in the making - is recommended for seasoned veterans (with scores of UFO books under their belts) and newcomers alike. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ What About His Other Book???--UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery *by M***L on November 26, 2021* This book is excellent. However, his definitive work on the abduction phenomenon: "UFO Abductions: The Measure of Mystery" (2 Volumes) remains unobtainable and out of print. For those interested in the UFO abduction issue--especially during its cultural height in the 1990s--this work should at least be digitally available. As someone interested in the abduction phenomenon as contemporary folklore--I would love to have a copy or at least access to a copy. Originally published by FUFOR--now defunct--it is impossible to find. Anyone with a copy should scan it and make it available on line. I would be willing to purchase a photocopied version if made available. In this age of information, hard to believe one cannot access this work. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bullard is at the top of his considerable game in this work *by R***E on December 29, 2012* The subject (UFO phenomena) is squishy, a big loose balloon we try to hold in our arms, and it always feels as if something is slipping out of our grasp. This book does justice to that fact of life, with a major focus on the human side of the equation, the "subjective field," the cultural and social and psychological models through which we necessarily filter everything we think we know (as if it is objective knowledge). When the subject is anomalous, that is, does not easily link in modular fashion to the other components of how we construct our world views, any book that does not address the subjective field and how it tames, distorts, and makes familiar the unfamiliar, the eerie, and the unknown, is lacking; so the approach Bullard chooses is essential to beginning at the beginning, and his wealth of knowledge and understanding tenderizes this subject appropriately, because he knows what he doesn't know, and when he doesn't, knows that he doesn't know what he doesn't know! Still, the data as described and examined objectively, leaves any reasonable explorer with unexplained and inexplicable events and Bullard concludes with these too, those encounters and observations that strongly suggest a phenomena that is real, approachable through SOME categories of thought, and well worth the effort, because of the implications for those very categories of thought that have been illuminated, including our place kin the natural world and in the cosmos. Along with "UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry," which approaches the subject from a different POV, this book is essential to understanding what we bring to this daunting subject and how that influences the subject itself. 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