Flying Saucers

✍ Scribed by Donald H. Menzel

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Year: 1953
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 336
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Menzel Donald H. :

Donald H. Menzel was Director of Harvard College Observatory, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, and Professor of Astrophysics at Harvard University.

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CONTENTS
1. The saucers start to fly
2. Flying saucers seen from the air
3. Flying saucers seen from the ground
4. Hoaxers and jokers
5. The scientific detective
6. The flying–saucer scare of 1897
7. The great saucer of 1882
8. The unknown lights of Japan
9. “Strange signes from Heaven”
10. Flying saucers of the Bible
11. The invasion from Mars
12. The little men from Venus
13. Sight and saucers
14. How far away is a rainbow?
15. Ice crystals in the sky
16. Lenses of air
17. The aurora borealis
18. Comets, meteors, and other astronomical apparitions
19. The galloping ghosts of radar
20. Interplanetary saucers and space travel
21. Visits to Mars and Venus
22. What to do if you see a flying saucer
Appendix: THEORY OF MIRAGES
Notes
Index