{"product_id":"the-flying-saucer-reader","title":"the flying Saucer Reader","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jay David\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e The New American Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlace:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition; no later printing indicated\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with original dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good hardcover in a Fair to Good original dust jacket. The book remains sound, with light age toning to the pages. The dust jacket has substantial edge wear, including chips, tears, creasing, rubbing, and areas of paper loss, particularly along the upper and lower edges. The jacket’s dramatic flying-saucer artwork remains striking and is now protected in a removable archival Brodart cover. Please review the photographs, which show the actual copy offered.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003ePublished during the formative years of modern UFO literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Flying Saucer Reader\u003c\/em\u003e gathers notable reports, arguments, eyewitness accounts, and speculative writings about unidentified flying objects into a single historical anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eEditor Jay David draws from the work of prominent early UFO writers and investigators, including Major Donald E. Keyhoe and Harold T. Wilkins. The selections explore reported sightings, government secrecy, possible extraterrestrial contact, biblical interpretations, and the growing debate over whether flying saucers represented genuine unexplained phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThe book also preserves the story of “World Contact Day,” the 1953 experiment in which members of the International Flying Saucer Bureau attempted to send a collective telepathic message to extraterrestrial visitors. That account later helped inspire the song “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft,” first recorded by Klaatu and subsequently popularized by the Carpenters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"auto\"\u003eWhy We Love This Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis is more than a collection of UFO stories—it is a fascinating artifact from the period when flying saucers became a major part of American culture. Readers can encounter influential early accounts in their original historical context and see how reports of strange lights, alleged government secrecy, and possible extraterrestrial contact shaped the UFO literature that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44875291721908,"sku":"208-1","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/coverflyingsaucer.jpg?v=1789915736","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/products\/the-flying-saucer-reader","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}