Brief comments to be added on this individual.
Books by this person include:
As noted in Part 3 of Isaac Koi’s “Best UFO Cases” article (i.e. in the Part entitled “Existing lists by various individuals”), Jacques Vallee has referred to the data of “our circumspect ‘Invisible College’ (a network of scientists who are privately investigating the mystery)” as being “probably the most detailed and best-investigated set of UFO cases ever selected”. Unfortunately, he failed to indicate the relevant selection of cases (see Footnote 3.50).
In another of his books, Jacques Vallee indicated that he considered that “The Valensole case is the best-authenticated close encounter incident in continental Europe” (see Footnote 3.51 and Case 22 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article).
It may be possible to draw inferences as to Jacques Vallee’s views on the “best” cases from some comments he made in a yet further book. He has complained that many ufologists confuse “the most publicized cases” with “the most convincing”. In particular, he has complained that the following cases “seem to be totally unknown” (see Footnote 3.52, and see also the discussion in Part 5 of this article), possibly indicating that he considered that these cases are among the most convincing:
(1) the Kelly landing,
(2) the Bismarck case,
(3) the Walesville incident (Case 92 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article),
(4) the Loch Raven Dam (Case 100 in Isaac Koi's “Top 100” article).
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Book References
For discussion of Vallee see the following:
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Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 390 (in the Notes) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition. |
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Andrews, George C in his “Extra-Terrestrial Friends and Foes” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 36 (in Chapter 1) of the Illuminet Press softcover edition. |
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Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 249 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, Dr Jacques Francis”) of the Virgin hardback edition. |
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Berliner, Don with Marie Galbraith and Antonio Hunees in their “UFO Briefing Document : The Best Available Evidence“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 198-199 (Part 3:Quotations, section entitled “Scientists”) of the Dell paperback edition. |
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Bryan, C D B in his “Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind: Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at MIT” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 423-424 (in Chapter 20) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Knopf hardback edition and the Penguin Arkana softcover edition) at pages 571-573 of the Orion paperback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 1 – UFOs in the 1980s” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 213-214 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, Jacques Francis (1939- )”) of the Apogee hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 3 – High Strangeness” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 374-378 (in an entry entitled “Paranormal and Occult Theories about UFOs”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 968-971 (in an article entitled “Vallee, Jacques Francis (1939- )”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) in Volume 2:L-Z at pages 702-703 (forming part of the entry entitled “Paranormal and Occult Theories about UFOs” at pages 696-713) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Conroy, Ed in his “Report on Communion” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 169 (in Chapter 4) of the Avon paperback edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Vallee, Jacques F. (1939- )”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/V/Vallee.html |
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Denzler, Brenda in her “The Lure of the Edge” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 116-118 (in Chapter 4) of the California hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 149-150 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 287-288 (in Chapter 6) of the Cambridge hardback edition. |
2 |
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Druffel, Ann in her “Firestorm : Dr James E McDonald's Fight for UFO Science” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 74-75, 76 (in Chapter 4), 141-142, 147-148 (in Chapter 7), 161-162 (in Chapter 8) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 94-95 (in Chapter 5) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “The Evidence for UFOs” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145-146 (in Chapter 7) of the Aquarian softcover edition. |
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Kanon, Gregory M in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 6-8 (in Chapter 1) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Koerner, David & LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 189 (in Chapter 8) of the Oxford softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 362-363 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”), 589-590 (in an entry entitled “threat, UFO-ET”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 353-354, 577 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 438-440 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”), 706 (in an entry entitled “threat, UFO-ET”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Lorenzen, Coral and Lorenzen, Jim in their “UFOs: The Whole Story” (1969) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 128-129 (in Chapter 5) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Matheson, Terry in his “Alien Abductions : Creating a Modern Phenomenon” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 279-280 of the Prometheus hardback edition. |
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Mauge, Claude and Clark, Jerome in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 1 – UFOs in the 1980s” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 113 (in an entry entitled “French Ufology”) of the Apogee hardback edition. |
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Peters, Ted in his “UFOs-God's Chariots?: Flying Saucers in Politics, Science & Religion” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 73 (in Chapter 4) of the John Knox hardback edition. |
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Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 57 (in Chapter 3) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Complete Book of Aliens and Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) a page 178 (in Part 5) of the Piatkus hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Study” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 223-224 (in Chapter 18) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Rimmer, John in his “The Evidence for Alien Abductions” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 120 (in Chapter 5) of the Aquarian softcover edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 223 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, Jacques, French-born American astronomer and UFO investigator (1939- )”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 52-54 (in Chapter 2) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 19 (in the Introduction) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 351-352 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, Jacques F.”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “The Demon Haunted World” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 122 (in Chapter 7) of the Headline softcover edition. |
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Saunders, David R and Harkins, R Roger in their “UFOs? Yes!” (1968) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60-61 (in Chapter 5) of the Signet paperback edition. |
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Schnabel, Jim in his “Remote Viewers : The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 255 (in Chapter 16) of the Dell paperback edition. |
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Smith, Paul in his “Reading the Enemy’s Mind” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 72 of the Forge hardback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 627-628 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, F Jacques”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 614-615 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of UFOs” (1980) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 377-378 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, Jacques”) of the NEL hardback edition. |
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Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 753-754 (in an entry entitled “Vallee, F Jacques”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Thompson, Keith in his “Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 117-119 (in Chapter 10) of the Fawcett softcover edition. |
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Turner, Karla in her “Into the Fringe” (1992) at pages 21-22 (in Chapter 2) of the Berkley paperback edition. |
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Westrum, Ron in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 325 of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition (in Chapter 5.2, entitled “UFOs and Scientists”). |
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Wilson, Colin in his “Alien Dawn” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 105-109, 113-142 (in Chapter 4) of the Virgin softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Virgin paperback edition). |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 199-200 (in Chapter 10) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition. |
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