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

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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). Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Remote Viewing and Computer Communications: An Experiment." Journal of Scientific Exploration, vol. 2, no. 1 (1988) pp.13–27. ISSN 0892-3310. 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. Vallee uses the first half of his book to expound on his theories and the second half to present an annotated chronicle of a century of UFO sightings (1868-1968). These sightings come from all over the world, but key similarities emerge. While most of the stories are too short and leave us hankering to learn much more about them, there is enough specific detail in each to make them and their experiencers seem convincing. Today, the Internet provides us with instant access to information about key UFO sightings. I marvel at the meticulous chronicling Vallee amassed without the benefit of modern-day data access. He dug up the info dirt the hard way. Even today, we should be most grateful for his efforts.

This book doesn't exactly dwell upon what it would mean for the phenomena to have been the same over millennia, but the mere fact that this book considers it is important enough. Throughout Vallée's career he did delve deeper into the idea and I truly look forward to reading more about it. For a beginning book, however, this is a fascinating one. If possible, I recommend getting a later addition of it as the introduction was a great read that truly highlights why this book is important and deserves to still be read. 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. Information and discussion about people who go missing in National Parks and forests, and rural and urban areas, as detailed in the Missing 411 media. After much argumenting, those who showed those tied up people were confused*, following this prophecy,* just as the thief is confused when he’s caught.”

A Century of UFO Landings (1868-1968)

Mahar, Ted. "UFO Scientist Says Search Needs Skeptics Jacques Vallee Employs both Respect and Analysis." Oregonian (June 4, 1990) p. D1. a b c Tattoli, Chantel (February 18, 2022). "Jacques Vallée Still Doesn't Know What UFOs Are". Wired . Retrieved February 27, 2022. British (English) School; The Prophet Ezekiel; National Trust, Chastleton House; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-prophet-ezekiel-217900

In 1979, Robert Emenegger and Alan Sandler updated their 1974 UFOs: Past, Present, and Future documentary with new 1979 footage narrated by Jacques Vallée. The updated version is entitled UFOs: It Has Begun. The book offers some intriguing thoughts on the phenomena, and how, throughout human history, what we now refer to as UFOs have also been called Fairies, Elves, Pixies and a variety of other fantastic legendary creatures. Could they be one and the same phenomenon, adjusting to our perceptions? This was a ground-breaking cultural work, exploring the overlap between traditional folktales (such as encounters with fairies, elves, angels, etc.) and more contemporary encounters with what are often called UFOs or a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena).This is the only genuinely intelligent book on the flying saucer/ UFO myth that appears to have been written. However, even the most casual of UFOlogists may find this legendary piece disappointing. Almost every major case Vallee cites has been reported elsewhere, so there is no major revelation in this. The magic lies in Vallee's own interpretation of the data tying it into earlier myths specifically of fairies, goblins, and even religious miracles suggesting that something other than extraterrestrial visitors is going on. As if it wasn’t ridiculous enough, Vallée even mistakes the original source’s references ! The proper chapter of Agobard’s work is the second, “II” (2) in latin numeration, but Vallée mistakes it for “11” and writes it in latin numeration “XI” (11) !!!

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. the humanoid body structure of the alleged "aliens" is not likely to have originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel; He has also served on the National Advisory Committee of the University of Michigan College of Engineering and authored four books on high technology, including Computer Message Systems, Electronic Meetings, The Network Revolution, and The Heart of the Internet. Forbidden Science, Volume Two: Journals, 1970-1979 — California Hermetica (San Francisco: Documatica Research, 2009; ISBN 0578032317) The book also includes an index of hundreds of reports of UFO sightings from across the world, along with short overviews of the reports. This made for fascinating reading.

Vallee compares the stories of UFO sightings and kidnappings with the Celtic "Fairy Faith" and other indigenous traditions involving fairies, elves, dwarves, leprechauns, trolls, etc. from around the globe and finds definite similarities. Citing newspaper articles, police reports, church records, and mythologies, he finds stories of "flying ships," behaving in impossible ways in the skies. The flying ships land, contain beings of various descriptions who kidnap people into the crafts or take them to their own worlds, releasing them later with memory lapse, unexplained time lapses, and nightmares about needles and medical experiments performed upon them. He then examines how these beings and craft appear differently to observers and victims according to the culture and collective psychology in which they live. And we also saw and heard many, deep into madness*,* alienated from so much stupidity*, that they believe and say that a certain country exists, named Magonia, from where, through the clouds, come boats...* Some of the standout examples for me are: Juan Diego's tilma and the sky anchor that was left behind in 1211 a.d. at a church in Cloera, Ireland. And, Aleister Crowley's run in with two gnomes or aliens.

But as a conclusion, i’ll leave you with an analysis of Vallée’s own conclusions, that he kept pretty much for all his career. He does not believe in UFOs in the traditional way but in the psychic/interdimensional beings way. He resumed why he thought so in 5 points :

Jacques F. Vallee was one of the first scientists to closely study UFO phenomenon. He goes beyond a simple examination and compares it to the fairy religions and mythologies from the past. Passport to Magonia is one of his most well-known works.