Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

By Jacques Vallée

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Science & Math

Jacques Vallée compares modern reports of UFO landings and their occupants with folklore of fairies, elves and other otherworldly visitors. Its title borrows from a ninth-century account by Archbishop Agobard of Lyon of peasants who believed ships from Magonia sailed the clouds. Vallée traces recurring motifs such as abductions, changelings and gifts of strange food, setting the 1961 case of a Wisconsin man handed pancakes by a saucer crew beside Celtic fairy lore. An appendix catalogs 923 landing reports from 1868 to 1968.

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