After the Flying Saucers Came

A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

By: Greg Eghigian

Narrated by: David Colacci

Greg Eghigian tells the story of the world's fascination with UFOs and the prospect that they were the work of visitors from outer space. While accounts of great wonders in the sky date back to antiquity, reports of UFOs took place against the unique backdrop of the Cold War and space age, giving rise to disputed government inquiries, breathtaking news stories, and single-minded sleuths. After the Flying Saucers Came traces how a seemingly isolated incident sparked an international drama involving shady figures, questionable evidence, suspicions of conspiracy, hoaxes, new religions, scandals, unsettling alien encounters, debunkers, and celebrities. It examines how descriptions, theories, and debates about unidentified flying objects and alien abduction changed over time and how they appeared in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Russia. And it explores the impact UFOs have had on our understanding of space, science, technology, and ourselves up through the present day.

Replete with stories of the people who have made up the ufology community, the military and defense units that investigate them, the scientists and psychologists who have researched these unexplained encounters, and the many novels, movies, TV shows, and websites that have explored these phenomena, After the Flying Saucers Came speaks to believers and skeptics alike.

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A great overview of UFOs and alien contact

Greg had been researching this topic for a long time and it comes through. More importantly, Greg presents the UFO phenomenon in as wide a lens as possible and on many continents as possible, an aspect missing from most books on the topic, which are typically Amerocentric. It’s not without its flaws, but its strengths far out measure them.

Old news = snooze

Simply a long drawn out survey of the trends in UFO study and discussion.

No mention of relatively new documented but unexplained US Navy aircraft sensor and photo recordings of UAP’s.aircraft