The purpose of this dissertation is to critically examine the emergence, maintenance, evolution, and dissemination of belief traditions in New Mexico and the United States that are most commonly associated with the UFO phenomenon. This critical analysis incorporates theoretical frameworks from a multitude of interrelated disciplines, including folklore, history, anthropology, popular culture studies, sociology, and psychology. The primary goal of this dissertation involves the attempt to formulate a typology of UFO accounts in American culture, and how said accounts are interpreted, communicated, and publicly evaluated. To achieve this end, a database of UFO-related experiences was compiled in New Mexico and accompanied with a sample of ...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
This study aims to show how UFO scientists have constructed the UFO phenomenon in relation to scienc...
The purpose of this dissertation is to critically examine the emergence, maintenance, evolution, and...
UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from ast...
This dissertation utilizes as its operative term, the UFO Phenomenon. This term represents the ful...
The paper indentifies pop-cultural precursors to contemporary ufology, an unusual amalgamation of be...
Although belief in ghosts or analogous concepts is prevalent cross-culturally, including in contempo...
Although belief in ghosts or analogous concepts is prevalent cross-culturally, including in contempo...
Since the beginning of the UFO movement in the late 1940s, beliefs about what the aliens are like an...
This dissertation sought to examine the potential impact of cultural contexts on the rate of endorse...
This dissertation sought to examine the potential impact of cultural contexts on the rate of endorse...
The untold account of the countless Americans who believe in, or personally experience, paranormal p...
What this paper will discuss is how paranoia mixed with conspiracy theories came to dominate this pe...
This study addresses the question of how preexisting beliefs influence the evaluation of ambiguous e...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
This study aims to show how UFO scientists have constructed the UFO phenomenon in relation to scienc...
The purpose of this dissertation is to critically examine the emergence, maintenance, evolution, and...
UFO phenomena entered American consciousness at the beginning of the Cold War, when reports from ast...
This dissertation utilizes as its operative term, the UFO Phenomenon. This term represents the ful...
The paper indentifies pop-cultural precursors to contemporary ufology, an unusual amalgamation of be...
Although belief in ghosts or analogous concepts is prevalent cross-culturally, including in contempo...
Although belief in ghosts or analogous concepts is prevalent cross-culturally, including in contempo...
Since the beginning of the UFO movement in the late 1940s, beliefs about what the aliens are like an...
This dissertation sought to examine the potential impact of cultural contexts on the rate of endorse...
This dissertation sought to examine the potential impact of cultural contexts on the rate of endorse...
The untold account of the countless Americans who believe in, or personally experience, paranormal p...
What this paper will discuss is how paranoia mixed with conspiracy theories came to dominate this pe...
This study addresses the question of how preexisting beliefs influence the evaluation of ambiguous e...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
Based on eighteen months of field research in England, this dissertation is an ethnography of knowle...
This study aims to show how UFO scientists have constructed the UFO phenomenon in relation to scienc...