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Philip Klass publishes 'UFOs--Identified'

When: 1968
Sources: 1 public source

Philip Klass, author of 'UFOs--Identified' Robert Sheaffer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Aviation Week avionics editor Philip J. Klass published his first UFO book, arguing that many reports, including the Exeter sightings, could be explained by corona discharge and other plasma effects akin to ball lightning. It began his long career as a leading UFO skeptic.