Title The lure of the edge : scientific passions, religious beliefs, and the pursuit of UFOs / Brenda Denzler.

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
	©2001

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Description	1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-286) and index.
Contents	1. A short history of the UFO myth -- 2. A short history of alien encounters -- 3. Ufology : on the cutting edge or the fringe of science -- 4. Ufology and the imaginal -- 5. Ufology, God-talk, and theology.
Summary	UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from astonished witnesses of encounters with unknown aerial objects captured the attention of the United States military and the imagination of the press and the public.
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Subject	Alien abduction.
	Alien abduction.
	Human-alien encounters.
	Human-alien encounters.
	Unidentified flying objects -- Religious aspects.
	Unidentified flying objects -- Religious aspects.
	Religion and science -- Miscellanea.
	Religion and science.
Genre/Form	Trivia and miscellanea.
	Electronic books.
	Trivia and miscellanea.
Other Form:	Print version: Denzler, Brenda, 1953- Lure of the edge. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001 0520224329 (DLC) 2001027670 (OCoLC)46836738
ISBN	9780520930278 (electronic book)
	0520930274 (electronic book)
	0520239059
	9780520239050
	1597347248
	9781597347242