"The Great UFO Wave of '73: Interview with John A. Keel"

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“This planet is haunted by us; the other occupants just evade boredom by filling our skies and seas with monsters.”

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“I abandoned the extraterrestrial hypothesis in 1967 when my own field investigations disclosed an astonishing overlap between psychic phenomena and UFOs ... The objects and apparitions do not necessarily originate on another planet and may not even exist as permanent constructions of matter. It is more likely that we see what we want to see and interpret such visions according to our contemporary beliefs.”

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