Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds

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Physical Analyses in Ten Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Material Samples." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 12, no. 3 (1998) pp.359–375. ISSN 0892-3310. PDF / EPUB File Name: Passport_to_Magonia_-_Jacques_Vallee.pdf, Passport_to_Magonia_-_Jacques_Vallee.epub Sheaffer, Robert. "New X-Files Renews Cover-Up Conspiracy Claims." Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 40, no. 3 (May 2016): 14–15. (subscription required). Although this book was published over 40 years ago, I found it to be an amazing insight into the UFO phenomena from one of the most credible researchers in the field, Scientist Jacque Valles.

Group Communication Through Computers, Vol. 1: Design and Use of the FORUM System, with Hubert M. Lipinski and Richard H. Miller. Menlo Park, Calif.: Institute for the Future (July 1974). Vallée was married to Janine Saley until her death in 2010. [11] They have two children. [1] Publications [ edit ] Journal articles [ edit ] wants to prove that UFO aren’t merely exploring. The thing is that number doesn’t tell anything about intent here. The same arguments that can be used against Neil DeGrasse Tyson on why ETs wouldn’t be interested in us can be used here : ever heard of entomology (the study of ants) ? And guessing intent from beings from which we know nothing, not even their culture, is a logically jump.the reported behavior in thousands of abduction reports contradicts the hypothesis of genetic or scientific experimentation on humans by an advanced race;

Are UFO Events related to Sidereal Time? Arguments against a proposed correlation." jacquesvallee.com. De Grandine et Tonitruis pp. 8-10: "Plerosque autem vidimus et audivimus tanta dementia obrutos, tanta stultitia alienatos, ut credant et dicant quandam esse regionem, quæ dicatur Magonia, ex qua naves veniant in nubibus, in quibus fruges, quæ grandinibus decidunt, et tempestatibus pereunt, vehantur in eamdem regionem, ipsis videlicet nautis aëreis dantibus pretia tempestariis, et accipientibus frumenta vel ceteras fruges. Ex his item tam profunda stultitia excoecatis, ut haec posse fieri credant, vidimus plures in quodam conventu hominum exhibere vinctos quatuor homines, tres viros, et unam feminam, quasi qui de ipsis navibus ceciderint; quos scilicet per aliquot dies in vinculis detentos, tandem collecto conventu hominum exhibuerunt, ut dixi, in nostra præsentia, tanquam lapidandos. Sed tamen vincente veritate, post multam ratiocinationem, ipsi qui eos exhibuerant, secundum propheticum illud confusi sunt, sicut confunditur fur quando deprehenditur". Over two decades ago, eminent scientist Vallee wrote a provocative book about alleged UFO landings, folklore, and certain unexplained phenomena. That long-out-of-print book–which discussed the most interesting reports of more than 1,000 apparently reliable witnessess–has become an underground classic and is now being reissued. Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds by Jacques F. Vallee – eBook Details

One day, among other instances, it chanced at Lyons that three men and a woman were seen descending from these aerial ships. The entire city gathered about them, crying out they were magicians and were sent by Grimaldus, Duke of Beneventum, Charlemagne's enemy, to destroy the French harvest. In vain the four innocents sought to vindicate themselves by saying that they were their own country-folk, and had been carried away a short time since by miraculous men who had shown them unheard-of marvels, and had desired to give them an account of what they had seen. The frenzied populace paid no heed to their defense, and were on the point of casting them into the fire, when the worthy Agobard, Bishop of Lyons, who having been a monk in that city had acquired considerable authority there, came running at the noise, and having heard the accusations of the people and the defense of the accused, gravely pronounced that both one and the other were false. That it was not true that these men had fallen from the sky, and that what they said they had seen there was impossible.

That’s it. That’s the whole story. No “to be continued”, no additional text. In the whole world. Not even kidding : the word Magonia appears only one time in Agobard’s text. And in the whole medieval literature ! A common feature in fairy stories is a parallel world, and an element of missing time. Vallee very convincingly suggests that an experience such as this is always viewed within the framework of the current cultural context. In his treatise Agobard complains that in his region it is widely believed that there is a land called Magonia whose inhabitants travel the clouds in ships and work with Frankish tempestarii ("tempest-raisers" or weather-magi) to steal grain from the fields during (magically raised) storms. [1] He denounces such beliefs as ignorant and refutes them with many quotations from Scripture, to prove that God alone causes hail and thunder. This was my first Jaques Vallee book I have read and it did not dissapoint. In this book Jaques compares many modern day (for the time as this was written in 1969) UFO sightings to folklore, religious lore and myths of the past. He presents the argument that many similarities can be drawn between the UFO phenomenon and stories of old from flying objects, similar entities, gases, food and interactions. He paints this canvas with no attempt to come to a conclusion that will settle your mind, instead he leaves you thirsty to explore more that this narrow section of ufology has to offer. Jaques does state many of the cases are hard to substantiate due to time that has past or the credibility of oral tradition, but he is frank about this fact and wishes to more so look at the bigger picture of similarities. The book ends with a vast account of UFO reports from 1864-1968. There were many cases I was not aware of within this book. I could not put this book down just due to the sheer curiosity of what the next case will be. unexplained close encounters are far more numerous than required for any physical survey of the earth;Vallée uses a story debunked in the very and only source by the very author of the source, using a parody he can’t even understand ! Didn't really connect with me. I guess what irked me most is Vallées very narrow, very human and less than spiritual view of the topic. You're not getting the whole picture if you just choose to look at a slice of reality that feels comfortable to you. Ask indigenous people about their perspective on nature spirits and you will get a very different picture. Don't rule anything out, because another theory seems to be the better fit. Keep an open mind. Find proof. If you cannot find proof, search deeper. Look into every direction.