Description
Missing Time: Startling Revelations About Alien-Human Contact
Author Budd Hopkins
Publisher Ballantine Books, April 1988 (First Ballantine Edition)
Format Mass Market Paperback
Condition Very good with age tanning protected with archival book sleeve
Description
This 1988 mass-market paperback represents a foundational milestone in modern ufology and the study of anomalous human experiences. Written by pioneering researcher Budd Hopkins, Missing Time originally introduced the chilling concept of unexplained memory gaps to the public, documenting the specific phenomenon that would go on to reshape the landscape of alien abduction research.
Hopkins systematically compiles the detailed accounts of seven ordinary individuals who experienced hours of unaccounted-for time, later utilizing hypnotic regression and structural investigation to piece together a shared, startling pattern of non-human contact, experimental encounters, and deep psychological trauma. Backed by contemporary investigative frameworks, this book transformed popular culture and remains an essential historical text tracking the evolution of late twentieth-century esoteric and alternative histories.
Presented in its original 1988 Ballantine layout featuring striking cover art, this exceptionally clean copy serves as an exceptional addition to any collection dedicated to classic UFO literature, anomalous research, and counterculture history.
Why This Copy Belongs in Your Collection
- First Ballantine Printing State: This volume features the explicit "First Ballantine Books Edition: April 1988" declaration alongside the full print line on the copyright page, a key asset for libraries tracking pulp and esoteric publishing history.
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Superior Softcover Preservation: Vintage mass-market paperbacks from this era are notoriously fragile, frequently arriving with split spine joints, deep reading creases, or heavy corner chipping. This copy stands as a remarkably fresh exception.
Curated Vintage Condition Notes
- Condition: Very Good Plus / Near Fine.
- Details: The original illustrated wraps remain flat, bright, and vibrant, displaying only the most minor, negligible shelf rubbing along the extreme edges. The spine is square, tight, and completely uncreased, indicating an unread or meticulously handled state. The internal text block is solid, holding clean pages that display uniform, natural age-toning typical of 1980s pulp paper stock. Completely free of owner names, ink annotations, or dog-ears.
- Preservation: Carefully preserved and supplied directly to you housed inside a premium archival protective sleeve to shield it from ambient wear.