Project Gutenberg 2021-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 1053 Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard) 1901 1976 Menzel, Donald Howard Boyd, Lyle Gifford 1907 1982 Boyd, L. G. Boyd, Lyle G. Boyd, Lyle Ardetia Gifford 63012989 The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age $aUnited States :$bDoubleday & Company,$c1963. Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library and Doane University.) "The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age" by Donald H. Menzel and Lyle G. Boyd is a scientific publication written in the early 1960s. The book delves into the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), arguing that many sightings can be explained through natural and psychological phenomena rather than extraterrestrial visitors. It seeks to debunk the myth of flying saucers by examining various types of reported UFOs and the evidence surrounding them. The opening of the book introduces the authors’ intention to address the surge of UFO sightings that gained immense public attention from the late 1940s onward. They recount how key reports, such as those of Kenneth Arnold's nine disks, sparked national fascination, leading to widespread belief in alien spacecraft. Menzel and Boyd underscore the frequent misinterpretation of natural phenomena, offering insights into how initial sightings may have been influenced by factors like atmospheric conditions and human perception. Through scientific analysis, they aim to separate fact from fiction in the narrative surrounding flying saucers, laying the groundwork for the detailed investigations that will follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015008089008 20200217222004menzel 1963 US Reading ease score: 59.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Unidentified flying objects TL Text Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 893148 2025-06-26T09:35:27.082753 text/html 835329 2024-10-18T16:52:54 text/html 6354286 2025-06-26T09:35:52.875657 application/epub+zip 6356405 2025-06-26T09:35:34.862721 application/epub+zip 391244 2025-06-26T09:35:28.498775 application/epub+zip 11162131 2025-06-26T09:36:02.316671 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 11089448 2025-06-26T09:35:46.237694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 568186 2022-09-29T22:37:44.916040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 698511 2025-06-26T09:35:24.990858 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 678243 2024-10-18T16:52:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17576 2025-06-26T09:36:02.486612 application/rdf+xml 14616 2025-06-26T09:35:28.745736 image/jpeg 2641 2025-06-26T09:35:28.621738 image/jpeg 7265646 2025-06-26T09:35:27.254749 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Ellanby, Boyd