Flying Saucers / / Donald H. Menzel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Menzel, Donald H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1953
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 p.) :; 56 halftones, 46 line illustrations, 1 chart
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; 1. The saucers start to fly --; 2. Flying saucers seen from the air --; 3. Flying saucers seen from the ground --; 4. Hoaxers and jokers --; 5. The scientific detective --; 6. The flying–saucer scare of 1897 --; 7. The great saucer of 1882 --; 8. The unknown lights of Japan --; 9. “Strange signes from Heaven” --; 10. Flying saucers of the Bible --; 11. The invasion from Mars --; 12. The little men from Venus --; 13. Sight and saucers --; 14. How far away is a rainbow? --; 15. Ice crystals in the sky --; 16. Lenses of air --; 17. The aurora borealis --; 18. Comets, meteors, and other astronomical apparitions --; 19. The galloping ghosts of radar --; 20. Interplanetary saucers and space travel --; 21. Visits to Mars and Venus --; 22. What to do if you see a flying saucer --; Appendix: THEORY OF MIRAGES --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674420823; 9783110353488; 9783110353549; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674420823
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald H. Menzel.