The Psychology of Public Belief in Unexplained Phenomena
Close Encounters, Extraterrestrials and UFOs
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 19 December 2025
- ISBN 9781041066668
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages216 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
This book explores the psychology behind public beliefs in extraterrestrial visitors and UFOs. Drawing on opinion poll and academic research data from around the world, Barrie Gunter delves into the complex psychological processes that shape our interpretations of ambiguous experiences.
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This groundbreaking book explores the fascinating psychology behind public beliefs in extraterrestrial visitors and UFOs (unidentified flying objects, now often termed Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). Drawing on extensive opinion polls and academic research data from around the world, Barrie Gunter delves into the complex psychological processes that shape our interpretations of ambiguous experiences.
The analysis reveals how psychological factors profoundly influence our beliefs about extraterrestrial life. The book explores how an individual's religious and paranormal beliefs, internalised cultural narratives, personality characteristics and cognitive biases create frameworks through which they process and recall unexplained phenomena. The book also investigates how these psychological predispositions affect responses to government secrecy, potentially fuelling conspiracy theories about extraterrestrial activity.
Neither dismissing unexplainable occurrences as bogus nor accepting them at face value, this nuanced exploration illuminates the crucial role of social and cognitive psychology in understanding why certain beliefs take hold. It fills a significant gap in current literature, offering valuable insights for students and scholars of cognitive, social and para-psychology interested in the psychological underpinnings of extraterrestrial beliefs.
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Chapter One: Extraterrestrial Theory, Ufology and Psychology. Chapter Two: Belief in Life Elsewhere in the Universe. Chapter Three: UFOs and Extraterrestrials on Earth: Reliability of Sightings. Chapter Four: UFOs and Extraterrestrials on Earth: Alien Contact and Abductions . Chapter Five: Parallel and Non-Parallel Belief Systems: The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis, the Paranormal and Religion. Chapter Six: UFOs and Extraterrestrials on Earth: Personality and the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. Chapter Seven: UFOs and Extraterrestrials on Earth: Social Group Influences and the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. Chapter Eight: Stories about Extraterrestrials and UFOs: Psychology of Media Priming. Chapter Nine: Cover-Ups, Secrecy and Public Disclosures: The Psychology of Conspiracy. Chapter Ten: The UFO Challenge: Clarifying Perception and Establishing Reality.
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