Jacques Vallee
Dr. Jacques Vallee, a former principal investigator on Department of Defence
computer networking projects, was born in France, where he was trained in
astrophysics. He moved to the United States in 1962 and received his PhD in
computer science in 1967 from Nortwestern University where he was a close associate
of the late Dr. J Allen Hynek.
The author of numerous articles and three books about high technology, Dr. Vallee
first became interested in UFOs when he witnessed the destruction of tracking tapes
of unknown objects at a major observatory. His research into the phenomenon has
taken him to many places in the United States and to many countries around
the world, including France, Scotland, Australia, Brazil and Russia. This last journey
resulted in his landmark study, 'UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union'.
Dr. Vallee's unique approach to this phenomenon was crystallised when he served as the
real-life model for the character of the French scientist played by Francois
Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Dr. Vallee lives in San Francisco with his wife and 2 children
Books:
Anatomy Of A Phenomenon: Unidentified Objects In Space (1974)
Confrontations: A Scientist's Search For Alien Contact (1990)>BR>
Dimensions: A Casebook Of Alien Contact (1988)
Fastwalker (1996)
Forbidden Science Journal
Forbidden Science : Journals 1957-1969 (1996)
Messengers Of Deception: Ufo Contacts And Cults. (1979)
Passport To Magonia: From Folklore To Flying Saucers (1969)
Revelations: Alien Contact And Human Deception (1991)
Ufo Chronicles Of The Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat (1992)