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"""David Halperin doesn't believe in the literal reality of flying saucers, but he understands that they needn't physically exist to teach us lessons about a culture that sees them. Part folklorist and part psychologist, Halperin reads our UFO mythos like an alienist analyzing an extended collective dream."" -- ""Jesse Walker, author of The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory"" ""It takes a classical scholar to fully challenge the belief in flying saucers, and David Halperin is the right expert for the job. Nearly fifty years after we realized we were pursuing the same mystery, I am delighted to see he has valiantly continued on this colorful and occasionally terrifying path."" -- ""Jacques Vall�e, author of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers"" ""On one level, this is a book about the UFO phenomenon. On another, this is a book about how a scholar of religion comes to be."" -- ""Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University"" ""Whatever it is, the UFO is a real phenomenon. What David Halperin explores is how to interpret phenomena that are neither imagination nor physics but somehow both. Intimate Alien is a thoroughly fascinating dive into a third domain, a genuine twilight zone that is perpetually shimmering between mind and matter."" -- ""Dean Radin, author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe"""

Whatever it is, the UFO is a real phenomenon. What David Halperin explores is how to interpret phenomena that are neither imagination nor physics but somehow both. Intimate Alien is a thoroughly fascinating dive into a third domain, a genuine twilight zone that is perpetually shimmering between mind and matter. -- Dean Radin, author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe On one level, this is a book about the UFO phenomenon. On another, this is a book about how a scholar of religion comes to be. -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University It takes a classical scholar to fully challenge the belief in flying saucers, and David Halperin is the right expert for the job. Nearly fifty years after we realized we were pursuing the same mystery, I am delighted to see he has valiantly continued on this colorful and occasionally terrifying path. -- Jacques Vallee, author of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers David Halperin doesn't believe in the literal reality of flying saucers, but he understands that they needn't physically exist to teach us lessons about a culture that sees them. Part folklorist and part psychologist, Halperin reads our UFO mythos like an alienist analyzing an extended collective dream. -- Jesse Walker, author of The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory

David Halperin doesn't believe in the literal reality of flying saucers, but he understands that they needn't physically exist to teach us lessons about a culture that sees them. Part folklorist and part psychologist, Halperin reads our UFO mythos like an alienist analyzing an extended collective dream. -- Jesse Walker, author of The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory It takes a classical scholar to fully challenge the belief in flying saucers, and David Halperin is the right expert for the job. Nearly fifty years after we realized we were pursuing the same mystery, I am delighted to see he has valiantly continued on this colorful and occasionally terrifying path. -- Jacques Vallee, author of Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers On one level, this is a book about the UFO phenomenon. On another, this is a book about how a scholar of religion comes to be. -- Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University Whatever it is, the UFO is a real phenomenon. What David Halperin explores is how to interpret phenomena that are neither imagination nor physics but somehow both. Intimate Alien is a thoroughly fascinating dive into a third domain, a genuine twilight zone that is perpetually shimmering between mind and matter. -- Dean Radin, author of Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe

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David Halperin taught Judaic studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, until his retirement in 2000. He has published five nonfiction books on Jewish mysticism and messianism, as well as the coming-of-age novel Journal of a UFO Investigator (2011). He blogs about UFOs, religion, and related subjects at DavidHalperin.net. Kevin T. Collins, an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator, is an actor, singer, recording artist, and director who can be seen off Broadway, on television, and in films.

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