Anatomy of a Phenomenon

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by  Vallee Jacques.

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ANATOMYO F A PHENOMENON
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Aboutth aeu thor:
JacqueVsa llebeo,r na nde ducatiendF rancheo,l ds
degreeisn m athematiacnsd astronomHye. i sa
consultoann tth eM arsM ap Projeacntd,a math­
ematician-anacloynsnte ctewdi th Northwestern
UniversiFtoyr.m erhley was a researacshs ociate
att heM acDonalOdb servatoorfy t heU niversity
ofT exasB.e forceo mingt ot heU niteSdt atehse
wasa ' governmsecnite ntaitts hteP ariOsb servatory
associawtietdh t hea rtificsiaatle llpirtoejse acntd,
participaitnet dh et heoretisctauld yof a radar
alersty steam ,c lassiffireedn cdhe fensper oject.
Anatoofm y
aP henomenon
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by
JACQUEVSA LLEE
ACEB OOKSI,N C.
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CONTENTS
THELG EEND OF" FYlINSGA UCRES"
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LIFAEN DI NETLLIGEINNTC HEE UNIVERSE
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MODERNU FOR EPROTSA NDT HEIRRE LILAIBTIY
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THES CITEINFPIRCO BML E
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FYLINSGA UCERASN DH UMAN REASON
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TYPICPAHALS EOSF U FO BEHAVIOR
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THEORISE ANDH YOPTHESES 220
REFERES NCE
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PREFACTEO THER EVISEADC EE DITION
THE APPEARANoCfEt hibso oko'risg inaeld itiionJn u ne1 965
hasc oincidweidt htw o remarkaebvleen ttsh:e s ucceosfs
theM arineIVr missiwohni,c hh asg iveuns t hefi rsotb jec­
tivevi ew oft heM artianl andscaapneda suddebnu rsotf
sightionfgu sn identifiefldyin g objecotvse ral l fivec onti­
nentosfth e worlFdo.r t hem onthosf J ulayn dA ugusatl one,
theU niteSdt atAeisrF orcree ceivmeodr er eporttsh ainn t he
previoutsh reyee arcso mbineAdt. t hes ame titmheeA, i r
Forcees timattheedn umbeorf o bjecitths adb eenu nable
toi dentifsyi ncien ceptoifo n ProjBelcutBe o oaktc lose
its
tos evehnu ndred.
Takingi ntaoc coutnhte stew oe ventwsh,i chh aveg reatly
contributteod t hee volutoifon t hep ublicvi'esw of our
probletmh,i bso ok'asp pearainnca e p aperbaecdki tihoans
givemne the opportuntiotm ya kec ertaaidnd itiaonnds
changeins th e textS.o meo ft hesmeo dificatsiuogngse sted
themselavsep sa ttenrnost iceainb elaer loyb servatwihoincsh
appeariendf ullli ghdtu ring wthoer lwda ve soifg htiinng s
1965O.t heard ditifiollng sa psw hiche xisitnt hel iterature
oft hes ubjeFcotr.i nstantchee", l ososf"a planebty nine­
teentche nturays tonomerss-ttohroeyf t heo bservatoifo ns
Vulcan-hnaesv erre ceivtehdea ttentiitod ne servSeism.­
ilarlIy h,a vei ncludiendm y chapteorn "Theoriaensd
Hypothesae nse"w r evieowft hea rgumenitnsf a voorf t he
conceopftU FO "hostility."
My analyosfit sh eorcioensc erningl ifaen di ntelligine nce
theu niverhsaesb eeng reatelxyp andeAdl.s oh asm y sec­
tiono np sycholoagnidce amlo tiopnaatlt ernasss ociawtiethd
theg eneratoifto hne s ightiAn gpsr.e sentaotfiU oFnO phe­
nomenwai thitnh ef ramewoorfkr ationailsip srmo posiend
answetroc riticoiffsemrseb dy s omes cientTihsetsswe.ri ters
havei nsisttheadUt F O observatiownesr ee ssentivaolilodyf
anys cientvifialcu ea nds houlsdi mplbye disregarndoe d,
mattehro w reliaobrlq eu alifiedt heo bservaesrb ,e longing
tot hes ame categoarsym anifestaotfiwi otncsh craofrta p-
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PRFEAEC TTOH ER EVID SAECEE DITION
paritioofng sh ost"sU.F O Phenomenaw,ro"t eC harlAe.s
SchweighaustehreM coDfo nnePllla netar"imuums,bt e r eg­
ulatetdo t hes ame classificatiotnou naiscsoirnagsnn de d
leprheacun.s"W e feeolu rn ewp resentaotifot nhe p roblem
willa nswetrh imsi sconception.
Oncea gaiIn wantt o makev eryc leatrh ee xplicit
distincbteitowne edne aliwnigt hr epoartsss cientdiafitca
('thmeayy l ieb,u tt heyli ein patterns'a)n db elievini ng
theciorn teanstss uch.
Althoutghhe b ook hasn otb eenr eceivbeyd" Hyinsga u­
cerg"r oupasn dc ults twhiete hn thusiwahsimc hg enerally
charactetrhiezmet,sh er evieowfsA NATOMY OF A PHE­
NOMENON int heg enerparle shsa veb eene xceptionally
serioaunsdp rovocatisvheo,w intgh atth eA mericoapni nion
is muchb etteinrf ormeadn dm ore sericoounscleyrn ebdy
the subjecti stg heanne rablelliye ved.
Whath asp romptemde top ublishg enersaulr veoyf
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thefi elandd tom akea newa ppraiosfat lh es cientific value
ofth e accounint qsu estiowna st her ealizatthiaoutnn usual
aeripahle nomeannad t hem ythsa ssociatedt hewmic tohn ­
stitutoen eo ft hel ivies suoefso urt imeasn dt,h erefore,
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propefire lfdo rd etailed inveansdti rgeastieoanr Hcohw. s uch
researccahnb e conductweidt hitnh ef ramewoorfk ration­
alisma ndw hy itc anl eatdo ainn creaofso eu rlm owledge
oft hep hysicaanldm entauln iverasreet hes ubjeocftthiss
book.
JACQVUEASL LEE
Chicago, J1a9n6u6a ry
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PREFACTEO T HEO RIGINLAE DITION
EVER sincteh ea mazinsge rioefss ightionfgu sn identified
Hyinogb jecitnsF rancien 1 95I4 h,a veb eend eepliyn ter­
esteidn th e probleomf t heo rigibne,h aviaonrd p hysical
naturoef t heU FO phenomenoWnh.e n I wasa uthorized
tos tudtyh eg enerfialle osf t heU niteSdt ates ForcIe
Air
welcometdh iosp portuntiot cyl arimfyy i deacso ncerning
theo fficiaalp proatcoht hes ightianngdts o u nderstbaentdt er
thea ttitoufdt eh es cientainfidcm ilitarayu thorittoiweasr d
this problem.
Int hec oursoef t hirse searIc hha da ccestsom anyin ­
terestrinegp orwthsi chha dn evebre enm adep ubli\)S.i mul­
taneousIl wya,s a blteo c onducat t horouagnha lyosfit sh e
Europeafinl ekse ptu p-to-dbayt ae n umbero fr esearchers,
someo f whom workedin collaborawtiitohpn r ofessional
scientaicsttisnp gri vatTehliysr. e sultientd h ea ccumulation
ofa uniquceo llectofid oant at,h ev olumoef w hichi sa t
presednotu blteh aotf t heo fficifilaels .
I soonr eachead p oinitn m y personraels earactwh h ich
I realiztehdaI t wasr apidalpyp roachtinhge l imiotfsm y
competenacned,t hait tw asb ecomingi ncreasiinmgployr ­
tantf orm e tor eceitvheea dvicoef s pecialiosfot ts hedri s­
ciplinUensf.o rtunactoemlmyu,n icabtieotnw een scientists still
follomwesd ievpaalt ternasn da nya ttempotn my partt o
brintgh es ubjeicntt toh eo penw ouldh aver esultienmd i s­
understandTihnugs.I determinetdor estricmty workt oa
fews pecipfioci ntwsh ichc oulbde investigawtietdhs cien­
tific -instrumenwtist hourte sultiinngs ensatioinnatle rpreta­
tionso re xaggeraptuebdl iciBtuyt.t her eactiotnoss ome
earlipeurb licatoinot nhses ubjelcetdm e tor ealitzhea bty
considertihnesg c ientiifiscs uael onaen dt ryintgoa voiad
publicd ebatIe w ass eeionng lpya rotf t hep robleIm t.h en
camet ob elietvhea to nes houlndo ttr y to" provet"h at
UFOs constitau nteew phenomenoofna n unknownp,o s­
siblartifiyc ial,n at�u rbeforoen eh asm adean attemtpotu n-
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PREFACTEOT HEO RINGAILE DITION
derstawnhdy suchv iolerneta ctiaornse p rovokebdy the
thougohfte xtraterriensttriealll igence.
My writintgh ibso oki na populafro rmis deliberbaet­e,
causiet is my opiniotnh atm y subjeisc ti mportaanntd
concernnso to nlyt hes cientbiusttt ,h em ilitamrayn ,t he
philosopthheerm ,a n oft hec lotahn dt heg enerpaulb lic
as well.
Itw ouldb e unrealiosnti mcy part nott oe xpectth is
bookt ob em isinterprIetst eeedm.cs e rtatihna atn ym ention
oft hep robleomf e xtraterresitnrtiealll igbeyn ac per ofes­
sionsacli ent(isetv eifn hei nsitshtastt h iiss o nlya conven­
ienhty potheasmiso ngo therwsh ichh ep lantso s tudyw)i ll
be commenteudp onb y grouposf e nthusiaassa tns i ndica­
tiont hante we videnucnekn,o wnt ot heg enerpaulb lihca,s
beeno btainIe cd.a nc ategorisctaaltlteyh astu chis nott he
caseF.u rthermotrheep, o sitioIn a m takinhge reis purely
individIutad lo.e sn otr eflectth evi ewpoinotfa groupn,o r
theo pinioofnt her esearch inswtiitthwu htiicohIn a m as­
sociatneodr,t haotf a nyo ft heg roupwist h whichI have
beena ssociaitnte hde p astI.n b ringinmgy opiniionnt toh e
openI simplmya keu seo fa privileevgeer syc ienthiasst,
namelyt,h er ightto p ublihsihs v iewesv enw hent heya re
ino pposittiogo enn eraalclcye ptiedde as.
Ih avee ndeavortoew dr itae b ookt hawti lhle lipn terested
researchbeecrosm es eriouasclqyu aintweidt ht hep roblem,
andI havet rietdo b e objectiinvp er esentsiunmgm aries
ofa lclu rretnhte orireesl atteodt hem ainp ointisnt hed is­
cussioTnh.is booki sd ocumentwietdh referencaensd,il "­
lustrawtietdhp icturdeess ignteoda idt her eadeinr v isual­
izinag difcfiulptr oblem-ownhei chi su nsolvaefdt etrw en­
tyy earosf a nalysbiys o utstandsicnige ntiEsvtesr.ys tate­
mento fi mportainscs eu pportbeyd d ocumentaaruyt hority.
On severoaclc asiIo nhsa veh adt oa dmitth aIt couldn ot
commimty seltfo a nyp articular opfov iinetwb ,u tI have
alwaykse pta n openm inda ndh aveb eenc arefnuolt t o
rejeecxtt remhey pothesmeesr eloyn theg rounodf t heir
"fantascthiarca"c tefro,rn othicnagn b em oref antastthiacn
naturaplh enomennoont y etr ecogniazneddc lassifibeyd
ta heh umanm ind.In so doing, howIe vhearv,en otl ost
"Numberisn p arenthewistehsi nt het exrte fetroth e bib­
liograaptht yh ee ndo fth e book.
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