Jacques Vallee publishes 'Messengers of Deception'

When: 1979
Sources: 2 public sources

Jacques Vallee, author of 'Messengers of Deception' Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Jacques Vallee published Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults (And/Or Press), a critical look at contactee groups and UFO cults that questioned the motives of those promoting alien-contact beliefs.

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FirsthandResearch and literature (author bibliography) (opens in a new tab)Jacques Vallee (jacquesvallee.net)
OtherMessengers of deception: UFO contacts and cults (catalog record, LCCN 78073378) (opens in a new tab)Library of Congress Catalog (And/Or Press, Berkeley, Calif., 1979) / 1979

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