Title: Chroniques des apparitions extra-terrestres
Publisher: Éditions J’ai Lu
Year: 1972 (originally 1969)
Language: French
Format: Softcover
Condition: Good
Weight: 165 g
Dimensions: 11 × 16.5 × 2 cm
This French edition is a vintage exploration of early UFO studies, capturing the shift from naive belief to psychological and sociological analysis in the early 1970s. Vallée, a NASA computer scientist and astronomer, approached UFO phenomena as a lens into human consciousness, culture, and myth, blending scientific credibility with speculative inquiry. The book’s retro design and typography reflect the era’s intellectual curiosity and continue to make it a collectible work.
