"Wonders in the Sky": Why we've always been obsessed with UFOs - Nonfiction - Salon.com

"Wonders in the Sky": Why we've always been obsessed with UFOs - Nonfiction - Salon.com: "UFO skeptics take note: Strange flying objects have been haunting our planet for much longer than many people think. Over 3,000 years ago, in the Egyptian Nile Valley, a man reported looking into the sky to see a 'shining disk' descend and tell him to build a new city. On Sept. 11, 1787, in Edinburgh, Scotland, a group of people reported, 'a fiery globe larger than the sun' moving eastward in a horizontal direction and dipping below the horizon before exploding behind a cloud. Eight years later, in the Quangxi province of China, a 'large star' rose and fell three times, followed by another star that 'crashed in a village.'

According to Jacques Vallee, the French-born astronomer and co-author (with Chris Aubeck) of the hypnotic new book 'Wonders in the Sky: Unexplained Aerial Objects from Antiquity to Modern Times,' these stories are important not only because they show that flying things have been capturing our imagination for centuries, but because of what they say about our most cherished beliefs and deepest fears."