After the Flying Saucers Came, Greg Eghigian
After the Flying Saucers Came, Greg Eghigian
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After the Flying Saucers Came
A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

Author: Greg Eghigian

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 15 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2024

Synopsis

Greg Eghigian tells the story of the world's fascination with UFOs and the prospect that they were the work of visitors from outer space. While accounts of great wonders in the sky date back to antiquity, reports of UFOs took place against the unique backdrop of the Cold War and space age, giving rise to disputed government inquiries, breathtaking news stories, and single-minded sleuths. After the Flying Saucers Came traces how a seemingly isolated incident sparked an international drama involving shady figures, questionable evidence, suspicions of conspiracy, hoaxes, new religions, scandals, unsettling alien encounters, debunkers, and celebrities. It examines how descriptions, theories, and debates about unidentified flying objects and alien abduction changed over time and how they appeared in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Russia. And it explores the impact UFOs have had on our understanding of space, science, technology, and ourselves up through the present day.

Replete with stories of the people who have made up the ufology community, the military and defense units that investigate them, the scientists and psychologists who have researched these unexplained encounters, and the many novels, movies, TV shows, and websites that have explored these phenomena, After the Flying Saucers Came speaks to believers and skeptics alike.

About Greg Eghigian

Greg Eghigian is a professor of history and bioethics at Pennsylvania State University. An expert on the history of the abnormal and the paranormal in the modern world, his research has been supported by NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. He is the author of The Corrigible and the Incorrigible: Science, Medicine, and the Convict in Twentieth Century Germany and the editor of The Routledge History of Madness and Mental Health, among other works.

Reviews

Goodreads review by GrahamReads on July 01, 2024

Just finished: "After The Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" By: Greg Eghigian New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. A cultural history of the UFO phenomenon. The author doesn't weigh in on whether he believes the stories of the people who encountered UFOs but argues that i......more

Goodreads review by Emily on March 08, 2025

This gives some great context to the cultural and political times in which UFO sightings and believers became prolific. The hay day of sightings emerged during a time of recent world wars and a threat of nuclear warfare. Considering how history tends to repeat itself, perhaps it’s no surprise that a......more

Goodreads review by Wayne on August 12, 2024

For those that want an unbiased historical review regarding UFO / UAP phenomenon, this is a book for you. It's fact based on the key points of this phenomenon with anecdotes on those specific topics. And it is written in a method for anyone to understand. There is a lot of detail but it is explained......more

Goodreads review by Walker on April 03, 2025

It is impressive that such an interesting topic can be made so dull. This was a slog to finish. It is a litany of UFO researchers/groups, their approaches, cliques and especially their petty squabbles. It never gets deeper into the question of why. Not why do little men from Mars come here, but why......more

Goodreads review by Todd on September 07, 2024

This book does an excellent job tracing the history of UFO sightings, reports, and the community that was caught up in all that while situating it all in the historic, social, and political context it all was happening in. If you’re looking for a good history book to shed light on this part of histo......more

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