Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination

In a brilliant stroke, Keith Thompson takes a subject usually confined to checkout-counter-tabloids and reveals its surprising literary richness, intellectual energy, and symbolic depths. By offering a new, open-ended perspective which avoids the dogmatism of true believers and debunkers alike, “Angels and Aliens” invites readers to enter a fascinating world with profound implications for our understanding of the human spirit.

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