The Emergence of a Phenomenon: UFOs from the Beginning Through 1959 (The UFO Encyclopedia)

The second book in the three-volume reference that covers all aspects of UFOs, including cases, theories, organizations, personalities, government and media responses, effects on popular culture, hoaxes, flying-saucer religious movements, and debunkers. Volume 2 surveys UFO phenomena from its somewhat nebulous origins through 1959, by which time definitions had been made, lines had been drawn, and the stage had been set for all that would come after. In the 113 entries that comprise this book, no aspect of pre-1960 ufology is skipped.