Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds

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Vallée's opposition to the ETH theory is summarised in his paper, "Five Arguments Against the Extraterrestrial Origin of Unidentified Flying Objects", Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1990: And we also saw and heard many, deep into madness*,* alienated from so much stupidity*, that they believe and say that a certain country exists, named Magonia, from where, through the clouds, come boats...* Forbidden Science, Volume Three: Journals, 1980-1989 — On the Trail of Hidden Truths (self-published with Lulu Press, 2016) Vallee has written two dozen books, including Passport to Magonia, Wonders in the Sky, Dimensions, Forbidden Science, and The Invisible College.

What happened? Do you suppose that ignorant age would so much as reason as to the nature of these marvellous spectacles? The people straightaway believed that sorcerers had taken possession of the Air for the purpose of raising tempest and bringing hail upon their crops. The learned theologians and jurists were soon of the same opinion as the masses. The Emperor believed it as well; and this ridiculous chimera went so far that the wise Charlemagne, and after him Louis the Debonair, imposed grievous penalties upon all these supposed Tyrants of the Air. You may see an account of this in the first ehapter of the Capitularies of these two Emperors. There is a work that is widely known in the UFO community that often comes up in discussions, Jacques Vallée’s “ Passport to Magonia”. Here i shall analyse the main case from which the book gets its name. Group Communication Through Electronic Media: Fundamental Choices and Social Effects," with Robert Johansen and Richard H. Miller. Educational Technology, vol. 14, no. 8 (August 1974): 7-20. ISSN 0013-1962. JSTOR 44420906. the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time suggests radically different and richer alternatives. Scientific opinion has generally followed public opinion in the belief that unidentified flying objects either do not exist (the "natural phenomena hypothesis") or, if they do, must represent evidence of a visitation by some advanced race of space travellers (the extraterrestrial hypothesis or "ETH"). It is the view of the author that research on UFOs need not be restricted to these two alternatives. On the contrary, the accumulated data base exhibits several patterns tending to indicate that UFOs are real, represent a previously unrecognized phenomenon, and that the facts do not support the common concept of "space visitors". Five specific arguments articulated here contradict the ETH:Yes. Those high schoolers did crop circles in one night using just wooden planks (sorry, it’s in french, i know)...

In the late 60’s, Vallee began exploring the commonalities between UFOs, the paranormal, and folklore. His observations were detailed in his book, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers, in which he suggested a multidimensional hypothesis. Some of the standout examples for me are: Juan Diego's tilma and the sky anchor that was left behind in 1211 a.d. at a church in Cloera, Ireland. And, Aleister Crowley's run in with two gnomes or aliens. He has also served on the National Advisory Committee of the University of Michigan College of Engineering and authored four books on high technology, including Computer Message Systems, Electronic Meetings, The Network Revolution, and The Heart of the Internet. In 1979, Robert Emenegger and Alan Sandler updated their 1974 UFOs: Past, Present, and Future documentary with new 1979 footage narrated by Jacques Vallée. The updated version is entitled UFOs: It Has Begun.Anatomy of a Phenomenon: Unidentified Objects in Space – a Scientific Appraisal. NTC/Contemporary Publishing (January 1965). ISBN 0809298880. Estimates of Optical Power Output in Six Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Defined Luminosity Characteristics." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 12, no. 3 (1998) pp.345–358. ISSN 0892-3310. Six Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Defined Luminosity Characteristics." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 12, no. 3 (Autumn 1998) pp.345–358. ISSN 0892-3310. Y eso es otra cosa a favor del libro es que no es como un programa de alienigenas ancestrales donde ALIENS DID IT todo el tiempo, sino que el solo te presenta lo que encontró y te dice cual es su teoría al respecto pero ya está en ti creerlo o no, lo cual lo hace bastante único en cuanto al género. And for those who are interested in continuing the conversation, save yourself some time : you can keep to yourself your credentialism (“but he has a PhD and was in a Spielberg movie”, irrelevant to the fallacies, forgeries, bad reasoning he provided in the rest of his career), your concerns about age (“how dare you criticize an old man”, irrelevant... and yes i had those in the past), your ad hominem, all your cult of personality instincts or the fact that “you made too many friends in the UFO community for you to criticize it” (not kidding, someone literally said this to me once in this very subreddit).

Agobard’s manuscript is titled “ Contra insulsam vulgi opinionem de grandine et tonitruis”, which means “ Against the stupid popular belief about hail and thunder”. Yes, the source itself says the story is "stupid". Vallée's ideas about Miracle at Fatima and Marian apparitions are that they are a class of UFO encounters. Vallée is one of the first people to speculate publicly about the possibility that the " solar dance" at Fatima was a UFO. Vallée has also speculated that UFO activity may have caused other religious apparitions, including Our Lady of Lourdes and the revelations of Joseph Smith. Vallée believes that religious experiences such as these should be studied outside of their religious contexts. [5] [6] [7]Obviously, and the author states this directly, all of this needs to be taken with a large grain of salt. Beyond his theory that there’s more than a passing similarity with encounters of fae and demons, he really makes no judgement calls about coverups or if they’re real or what. So for it’s incredibly fantastical subject matter it takes a surprisingly measured approach. In the 70’s, Vallee served as one of the Principal investigators of DARPA and led the team which built the world's first software collaboration system, running on Arpanet, the prototype for the Internet. Joining Stanford Research Institute and the Institute for the Future in Silicon Valley, Vallee formed friendships with Hal Puthoff, Russell Targ, and Kit Green and consulted on SRI’s classified remote viewing programs (including the Stargate Project), which were supported by several government agencies. In 1978, Vallee was part of a panel of experts (which included NASA Astronaut Gordon Cooper, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, military and government officials) that presented a plan for UFO research at the United Nations.