UFOs and Popular Culture: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Myth
- ISBN-10
- 1576072657
- ISBN-13
- 9781576072653
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 393
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Abc-Clio Incorporated
- Author
- James R. Lewis
Description
Looks at UFOs covering such topics as abduction phenomenon, religious meanings, and imaginative works related to ufology.
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- 2000-12-01
- 424 pages
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- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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