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The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs
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The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs

by Brenda Denzler. 295 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Brenda Denzler

Publisher:

   University of California Press

Place of Publication:

  Berkeley, CA  

Publication Year:

  2001
Subjects:   Human-Alien Encounters, Alien Abduction, Unidentified Flying Objects--Religious Aspects, Religion And Science--Miscellanea
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