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Firestorm: Dr. James E. McDonald's Fight for UFO Science

A biography of the atmospheric physicist James McDonald, who used his scientific standing to publicly challenge the Air Force's dismissive UFO stance in the late 1960s — a campaign that made him ufology's most credentialed scientific advocate before his death by suicide in 1971 amid professional and personal turmoil.

Author
Ann Druffel
Published
2003
Library rank
#81

Why it matters

The definitive account of ufology's most credentialed and tragic scientific champion.