The book also includes an index of hundreds of reports of UFO sightings from across the world, along with short overviews of the reports. This made for fascinating reading. This book weaves a fascinating series of stories and folklore and anecdotes, of varying veracity (from individual reports to phenomenon witnessed by dozens, if not hundreds of people) to suggest that there is a continuous line from ancient and medieval encounters with angels and demons to modern UFO encounters. This is something I’ve heard before, but it has always been in a sensationalized form out of typical UFO media and pop culture. Here Vallée reveals is below mediocre methodology and inexistant critical thinking : He choses what he wants in a text (if the part about Agobard debunking the superstitions is deemed false, why the part where Agobard tells the very story should be deemed true ?) and doesn’t hesitate to privilege bad sources, as long as they confirm his pre established beliefs. So many of these accounts are beyond belief, which makes for great reading, but which Vallee reminds the reader, cannot be taken at face value.

Group Communication Through Computers, Vol. 1: Design and Use of the FORUM System, with Hubert M. Lipinski and Richard H. Miller. Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for the Future (July 1974). Vallée uses a story debunked in the very and only source by the very author of the source, using a parody he can’t even understand ! Vallee uses the first half of his book to expound on his theories and the second half to present an annotated chronicle of a century of UFO sightings (1868-1968). These sightings come from all over the world, but key similarities emerge. While most of the stories are too short and leave us hankering to learn much more about them, there is enough specific detail in each to make them and their experiencers seem convincing. Today, the Internet provides us with instant access to information about key UFO sightings. I marvel at the meticulous chronicling Vallee amassed without the benefit of modern-day data access. He dug up the info dirt the hard way. Even today, we should be most grateful for his efforts. is just another argument from ignorance. We don’t know their technology therefore interdimensional beings/psychism etc... As an alternative to the extraterrestrial visitation hypothesis, Vallée has suggested a multidimensional visitation hypothesis. This hypothesis represents an extension of the ETH where the alleged extraterrestrials could be potentially from anywhere. The entities could be multidimensional beyond space-time; thus they could coexist with humans, yet remain undetected.Improved instrumental techniques, including isotopic analysis, applicable to the characterization of unusual materials with potential relevance to aerospace forensics," with Garry P. Nolan, Sizun Jiang, Larry G. Lemke. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, vol. 128 (Jan. 2022). doi: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2021.100788. ISSN 0376-0421. the humanoid body structure of the alleged "aliens" is not likely to have originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel; In the late 60’s, Vallee began exploring the commonalities between UFOs, the paranormal, and folklore. His observations were detailed in his book, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers, in which he suggested a multidimensional hypothesis. Vallée's opposition to the ETH theory is summarised in his paper, "Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1990:

One day, among other instances, it chanced at Lyons that three men and a woman were seen descending from these aerial ships. The entire city gathered about them, crying out they were magicians and were sent by Grimaldus, Duke of Beneventum, Charlemagne's enemy, to destroy the French harvest. In vain the four innocents sought to vindicate themselves by saying that they were their own country-folk, and had been carried away a short time since by miraculous men who had shown them unheard-of marvels, and had desired to give them an account of what they had seen. The frenzied populace paid no heed to their defense, and were on the point of casting them into the fire, when the worthy Agobard, Bishop of Lyons, who having been a monk in that city had acquired considerable authority there, came running at the noise, and having heard the accusations of the people and the defense of the accused, gravely pronounced that both one and the other were false. That it was not true that these men had fallen from the sky, and that what they said they had seen there was impossible.Today there are still students of the phenomenon who reject the notion that the UFO phenomenon was reported before 1947.” Remote Viewing and Computer Communications: An Experiment." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 2, no. 1 (1988) pp.13–27. ISSN 0892-3310. Vallee has written two dozen books, including Passport to Magonia, Wonders in the Sky, Dimensions, Forbidden Science, and The Invisible College. Charles Godfrey Leland, in his book Etruscan Roman Remains, relates certain stories about Magonia's origins and slaves. [2] I wanted to be open-minded on this, because there are some interesting cultural parallels and I think this sort of anthropology is a perfectly viable approach. But ultimately I end up judgmental myself: this book is for people who are too credulous about human nature and seek a meaningful vibe over analysis.

Anatomy of a Phenomenon: Unidentified Objects in Space – a Scientific Appraisal. NTC/Contemporary Publishing (January 1965). ISBN 0809298880. This was a ground-breaking cultural work, exploring the overlap between traditional folktales (such as encounters with fairies, elves, angels, etc.) and more contemporary encounters with what are often called UFOs or a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena). of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Jacques F. ValléeBad reasoning, bad translations, bad sources and forgeries”, you now can see the title kept its promises... This book doesn't exactly dwell upon what it would mean for the phenomena to have been the same over millennia, but the mere fact that this book considers it is important enough. Throughout Vallée's career he did delve deeper into the idea and I truly look forward to reading more about it. For a beginning book, however, this is a fascinating one. If possible, I recommend getting a later addition of it as the introduction was a great read that truly highlights why this book is important and deserves to still be read. As well as the occult and esoteric I am very deeply interested in UFOs and alien beings. I don't post those books here because this isn't what this sub is about, but this particular book crosses over between all kinds of different subjects, UFOs included. Vallee's correlations between UFOs and folklore is just fascinating and this book is an absolute staple in the UFO community. Recommended reading. Y eso es otra cosa a favor del libro es que no es como un programa de alienigenas ancestrales donde ALIENS DID IT todo el tiempo, sino que el solo te presenta lo que encontró y te dice cual es su teoría al respecto pero ya está en ti creerlo o no, lo cual lo hace bastante único en cuanto al género.