Jacques Vallee publishes Passport to Magonia

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Portrait of Jacques Vallee in 2024
Jacques Vallee, author of Passport to Magonia, photographed in 2024 Cmichel67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Jacques Vallee's Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers (Henry Regnery) compared modern accounts of UFO occupants with fairy lore and religious legends, and listed a century of reported landings. It became the key text for treating UFO encounters as part of a folklore tradition.

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  1. PressPassport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers (review) (opens in a new tab)Kirkus Reviews / 1969-10-01

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