The Study of UFOs: Exploring History and Beliefs

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This chapter introduces the topic of UFOlogy, discussing its history, cultural impact, and the recent Pentagon report on UAP. Two experts in the field, a science writer and a historian, share their insights and beliefs about UFOs. The chapter dives into the fascination, motivations, and different perspectives surrounding unidentified flying objects.

UFOs are real. Straight up. There are unidentified objects flying around — but does that mean they’re aliens? Two experts in the research and culture of Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) -- science journalist/author Sarah Scoles and Dr. Kate Dorsch, a scholar in the History and Sociology of Science -- joined Alie moments after Friday’s breaking news of the Pentagon’s UAP report. Strap in for “tic tacs,” space rocks, black triangles, fighter pilot sightings, Roswell, abduction trends, secret military missions, surprising conclusions, and the -ologists’ own wacky field experience researching UFOs … and the people obsessed with hunting town the truth. Which is out there.

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Learn more about Sarah Scoles

And Dr. Kate Dorsch

Buy Sarah’s new book, “They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers”

Or Sarah’s previous book “Making Contact”

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