Book Description
Focusing on possibly the greatest saga of all time, this book documents many fascinating events long forgotten by today's sound-bite generation. It is one of the very few books that approaches the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) from a historical perspective. The stories comprising the book are taken from the best sources available. The first chapters deal with the period from 1896 to 1946, a time of interesting legends and lore. In 1947, a very shocking and more contemporary story unfolds. That year started the first large wave of UFO sightings with the famous sighting by pilot Kenneth Arnold.
By 1952 the most famous UFO wave unfolded. Incidents became so numerous in the U.S. that the Democratic National Convention in July had to fight for headline space with flying saucers--especially after they appeared over the White House! Fearing Cold War hysteria, the government discouraged future reports and investigations.
UFOs: A Century of Sightings does not stop there, however. Hall seeks to detail the reports from the famous UFO flaps of 1954, 1957, the mid-60s, and 1973. Amazing encounters that have occurred since then are also discussed, including the most recent developments. It's chilling, it's mystifying, and it's amazing because it is a very real part of our history.
About the Author
Michael David Hall is executive director of the Montgomery County Historical Society, Crawfordville, Indiana. He holds a B.A. from Illinois College and an M.A. in American History from Western Illinois University. He has previously authored a biography of mid-nineteenth-century Indiana Senator Henry S. Lane: The Road to Washington: Rise of an Indiana Politician. Interest in the subject of UFOs began while Hall was working at Purdue on a paper about American WW II bombing raids on Germany. He happened across some obscure UFO reports filed by Allied pilots concerning foo-fighters and the stories fascinated him.
