In
Dimensions,
the first volume of a trilogy, Dr. Jacques Vallee reexamines the
historical record that led to the modern UFO phenomenon and to the
belief in alien contact. He then tackles the enigma of abduction
reports, which come from various times and various countries, as well
as the psychic and spiritual components of the contact experience. In
the last portion of the book, he notes the factors that inhibit
research into the phenomenon – the triple coverup and political
motivations – and concludes that the extraterrestrial theory is simply
not strange enough to explain the facts..
About Jacques Vallee...
Dr.
Jacques Vallee was born in France, where he received a Bachelor of
Science degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne and a Master of Science
in astrophysics from the University of Lille. He began his professional
life as an astronomer at the Paris Observatory in 1961. While on the
staff of the French Space Committee, he witnessed the destruction of
the tracking tapes of unknown objects orbiting the earth, initiating a
lifelong interest in the UFO phenomenon. Vallee arrived in the U.S. in
1962, worked in astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, and
wrote two highly respected scientific examinations arguing for the
Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) of UFO origins. In 1967, he received
a Ph.D. in computer science from Northwestern University, where he
became a close associate of J. Allen Hynek, then scientific consultant
for the U.S. Air Force on Project Blue Book. Eventually concluding that
the ETH was too narrow to encompass the burgeoning UFO data, he
conducted his own extensive global research, resulting in the “Alien
Contact Trilogy.” Dr. Vallee is presently a venture capitalist living
in San Francisco. His website is www.jacquesvallee.com.
Read the other two volumes in the trilogy: Confrontations
and Revelations.
CONTENTS
Introduction: Closed Minds, Open Questions ix
Part One: The Alien Chronicles 1
1 Ancient Encounters 5
2 Winged Disks and Crispy Pancakes 31
3 The Secret Commonwealth 75
Part Two: Another Reality 111
4 The Emotional Component: Cosmic
Seduction 115
5 The Celestial Component: Signs in
Heaven 151
6 The Psychic Component:
Metalogic 169
7 The Spiritual Component: A Morphology of
Miracles 195
Part Three: A Challenge to Research 219
8 Fighting the Triple Coverup
223
9 The Case Against
Extraterrestrials 225
10 The Control System 271
Conclusions: Exploring Other Dimensions 283
Index 293
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What they're
saying...
Dimensions
is “probably the most penetrating and comprehensive assessment of the
UFO experience, bar none… Dimensions
sums up both Vallee’s work since
[the 1960s] and UFO research in general, establishing new standards
against which all further ufological work must be measured.”
–
John White, New
Realities
“Provocative…Intensively researched, thoughtful...Watch the skies – and
read this book.”
– Kirkus Reviews
"Masterful and
ground-breaking."
– Whitley
Strieber
"A remarkable account of the phenomenon's maddening
multidimensionality...After Jacques Vallee, you will never again think
the same way about UFOs."
– Utne Reader
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