Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Vallee, Jacques

Published by Contemporary Books, Chicago, Illinois, 1988

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Fine unread condition black boards, black cloth spine, and silver spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Jacques Vallee; Author Dedication; Foreword by Whitley Strieber; Introduction: Closed Minds, Open Questions; Conclusion: Exploring Other Dimensions; About the Author and Index. "Masterful and Ground-Breaking" - Whitley Strieber, author of Communion. "Dr. Vallee argues that the force that now appears in the form of UFOs and attendant manifestations has emerged into history many times, operating as a sort of control mechanism that has altered and shaped human affairs, often profoundly . It could very well be the single most important influence on our history. And it is arguably more active now on a global scale than it has ever been before. This should tell us something about the importance of this moment in history, and should suggest to us that the time to come to a clear and correct understanding of the phenomenon is now. The longer we remain ignorant of it, the more we guarantee that it will retain its power over us. It is time to approach this phenomenon with all of the clalrity of mind that it deserves. Dr. Vallee, it seems to me, has taken a dramatically important step in this direction." - from the Foreword by Whitley Strieber. "In ancient times, the Tzeltal Indians of Mexico observe half-human beings who can fly and who kidnap Indians. In medieval France, chroniclers report that men have flown aboard "cloudships" coming from the aerial realm of Magonia. Across the United States in 1897, there is a wave os sightings of a "marvelous airship" and encounters with its humanoid pilots. In Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, seventy thousand people witness the apparitions of a shining disk and a being assumed to be the Virgin Mary. In 1987, a bestselling author reports that he has been abducted and experimented on by humanoid aliens - and concludes his account with a transcript of the lie-detector test that confirms he is telling the truth. Can all be manifestations of the same phenomenon? And how can this phenomenon have such a profound effect on the lives of millions of people, on our entire culture? Dr. Vallee spent thirty years researching virtually every claim and theory, and his startling and provocative conclusion - that "alien visits" are neither imaginary nor extraterrestrial - will help change our view of science and mankind itself. This is a monumental casebook of alien contact that challenges every previous UFO theory." - from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: An astrophysicist by training and a computer scientist by profession, Dr. Jacques Vallee was born in France, moved to the United States in 1962, and now lives in California with his wife and two children. After receiving the Jules Verne prize fat age twenty-one for his first novel, Vallee published twelve other books, most of them in English. Today these books represent well over a million copies in print. The author of many articles about high technology, Dr. FVallee first became interested in the subject of UFOs when he witnessed the destruction of tracking tapes of unknown objects at a major observatory. His research into the phenomenon has taken him to many places in the United States and to many countries around the world - from France to Scotland and from Australia to Brazil. He served as the real-life model for the character of the French scientist played by Francois Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's classic movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Seller Inventory # 007878

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dimensions: A Casebook of Alien Contact [...

Publisher: Contemporary Books, Chicago, Illinois

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Whitney, Frank (front jacket photograph); Jung, Irmeli (author photograph)

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition