Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind

Acclaim for Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind "This is solid investigative journalism at its best brought to bear on a con­ troversial subject. Whether you have read many books on the subject or none, this serious and thought-provoking study will keep you enthralled. A must read for anyone who is interested in what is really happening to these people." -Anne Rice "May be the clearest and most comprehensive assessment of the phe­ nomenon to date." -The Dallas Morning Neu•s "Brings a rare combination of skepticism and open-mindedness to the tortured debate about the flying saucer phenomenon . ... The book chronicles the w ay an astonishing body of data pushed Bryan to ques­ tion his most deeply rooted beliefs about reality." -San Francisco Examiner "As in his brilliant Friendly Fire, C.D.B. Bryan has dared to give uncon­ ventional wisdom its due and has come upon a tantalizing puzzle." -Tom Wolfe "Eye-opening ... A solid, witty, one-of-a-kind work." -Boston Sunday Herald "An engrossing work on unearthly visitors, wrinen for a nonbeliever." -Kirkus Reviews classic pio � eer, th� "Mr. Bryan brought to the task the courage of a mtell e�tu� l ngor of a skepticism of an indomitable journalist, and the . . in ahen v ttatlon lore and scientist. If you are even remotely interested . a good thmg . speculation ' reading this book would be -The Baltimore Sun �: ARKANA CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan graduated from Yale Uni­ versity in Yorker in 1958. He sold his first short story to The 1961. His articles have appeared in The New New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. Bryan has been a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is the author of The National Air & Space Museum, The National Geographic Society, Friendly Fire, and three works of fiction, P.S. Wilkinson, The Great Dethriffe, and Beautiful Women; Ugly Scenes. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut. . . '•. ��· CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND A Reporter's Notebook on Alien Abduction, UFOs, and the Conference at M. I. T. C. D. B. Bryan PENGUIN ARKAN� ARKANA Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books USA Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Books Ltd, 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5TZ, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia Penguin Books Canada Ltd, 10 Alcorn Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3B2 Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, 182-190 Wairau Road, Auckland 10, New Zealand Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England First published in the United States of America by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1995 Reprinted by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Published in Arkana 1996 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Copyright © Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan, 1995 All rights reserved Frontispiece: Louise Bourgeois, Ibe Puritan, plate I, variant. 1990. Engraving with chine colle, with pencil and ink additions; plate: 16 3/4 x 10 11/16". The Museum of Modem Art, New York. Gift of the artist. Photograph © 1995 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Owing to limitations of space, all permissions to reprint from previously published material can be found im