Anatomy of a Phenomenon: Unidentified Objects in Space - A Scientific Appraisal
Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1965.
First edition, first printing. Signed by Jacques Vallee on the title page and inscribed to the recipient with date 17 May 2019. Near Fine with light rubbing and toning to extremities, small bump to upper left corner of rear board, and light toning to contents. Offsetting from jacket to front endpapers, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and toning and moderate edgewear, including chip to upper edge of front panel.
Kirkus Reviews called this "a serious, objective appraisal of the 'Flying Saucer' question." The French-born information scientist and paranormal researcher Jacques Vallee inspired the character Claude Lacombe in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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