{"product_id":"ufo-crash-at-roswell-the-genesis-of-a-modern-myth-9781588340634","title":"UFO Crash at Roswell: The Genesis of a Modern Myth","description":"In the summer of 1947 something mysterious crashed in the New Mexican desert near the town of Roswell. Whether it was an alien spacecraft manned by tiny humanlike beings or--the US government's official explanation--a scientific research balloon has long been a subject of passionate debate. Transcending the believer-versus-skeptic debate, anthropologists Benson Saler and Charles A. Ziegler contend that the Roswell story is best understood as a modern American myth. They show how the story--and its continual retelling--tap into modern fears about the power of technology, the duplicity of the government, and the power of the media. \u003ci\u003eUFO Crash at Roswell\u003c\/i\u003e also includes physicist Charles Moore's meticulous account of how 1947 experiments to launch balloon-borne radar reflectors may have led to the Roswell UFO myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Smithsonian Books (DC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781588340634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.02w x 0.60d","brand":"Benson Saler, Charles a. Ziegler, Charles Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40422933561525,"sku":"9781588340634","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_627378bf-c10b-4a3d-8529-da22e758eb22.jpg?v=1625575034","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ufo-crash-at-roswell-the-genesis-of-a-modern-myth-9781588340634","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}