by Don Lincoln
nature of, 127–29
Lilienthal, David, 31
Linnaeus, Carl, 108
liquid advantage, 145–50
little green men, 50, 99
Liven, Larry, 131
Lockyear, Sir Norman, 12
Lotharians, 59
Lowell, Percival Lawrence, 20–24, 54, 71, 159
LUCA (last universal common ancestor), 137–38, 152
Lucas, George, 85
magnetism, 124
Mammalia, 109
Manifest Destiny, 2
Marconi, Guglielmo, 169–70
Marden, Kathleen, 44
Mars, 8, 19–24, 32, 57–62, 153–55, 159, 169–70
Martian(s): black, 59–60
green, 59, 100
red, 59
white, 59
yellow, 59
“Martian Odyssey, A” (Weinbaum), 155
Martian Chronicles, The (Bradbury), 126
Marvin the Martian, 98
McCarthy, Joseph, 64
McCarthyism, 67
men in black, 92
Men in Black (movie), 98
Merlin, 90
methane, 126, 148–49
microbes, 152–53
millipedes, 117
Ming the Merciless, 63, 82
mitochondria, 111
Morrison, Philip, 172
Mount Palomar, 38
Mount Rainer, 29
movies: Avatar, 60, 98–99, 109
blockbusters, 79–102
classic alien, 65–77
Contact, 176
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, 76–77
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 97, 101, 183
Forbidden Planet, 74–75
Independence Day, 36, 77
Invaders from Mars, 73–74
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 101
Jaws, 87
Paul, 36, 47
Predator, 100–101
Red Planet Mars, 71–73, 69
Starship Troopers, 100
Terminator, 157
Thing from Another World, The, 68–71, 184
2001: A Space Odyssey, 80, 157. See also Alien (movie); Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Day the Earth Stood Still, The; Men in Black (movie); Stargate; Star Wars
Murrow, Edward R., 32
NASA, 150, 176–77
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), 171–72
National Radio Silence Day, 170
Na’vi, 109
Neimoidian, 85
nervous system, 118–19
neuralizer, 98
newspapers: Chicago Sun, 31
Chicago Times, 32
Chicago Tribune, 34
Phoenix Gazette, 39. See also New York Sun; New York Times; Roswell Daily Record
New York Sun, 13–19. See also 1835 moon hoax
New York Times, 24, 32, 34, 37, 56, 169, 172
NICAP, 45
nitrates, 139
nitrogen, 133, 140–41, 144–45, 151
Niven, Larry, 100
Nordics, 50
Ococconi, Giuseppe, 172
octopus, 116
Odo, 101
Opabinia, 107–8, 117
Organians, 101
Orthon, 41
oxygen, 120, 122, 126, 130, 132, 136, 138–45, 151–52, 160, 183
Ozma, 173–74
ozone, 139, 178
Panama Canal, 20
panspermia, 154
penny press, 14
periodicals: Amazing Stories, 61–62
Analog, 61–62, 64
Astounding, 52
Astounding Stories of Super Science, 61
Astronomy Magazine, 47
The Boston Traveler, 46
Collier’s Weekly, 169
East Oregonian, 30
Edinburgh Journal of Science, 14
London Daily Mail, 34
National Enquirer, 35
Nature, 53
New Yorker, 181
Pearson’s Magazine, 54
Playboy, 49
Psychiatric Opinion, 46
Saturday Review, 172
Scientific American, 170–71
Time, 29, 172. See also newspapers; individual newspapers
phosphoribose, 150
photosynthesis, 111, 138–39, 183
pi, 71
planet(s): 141
Saturn, 149
Venus, 32. See also Mars
plants, 112–15, 121, 129
Possible Worlds and Other Papers (Haldane), 127
pressure, 148
primates, 109
Prokarya, 138
proteins, 131
protists, 111
Psychlos, 101
Pu-36 Space Modulator, 98
pulp fiction, 61–63
Q, 83, 101
radio, 169–76
radio bubble, 166
radio waves, 124
Raëlians, 41–42
Ramu, 41
Replicators, 89
Reptilians, 51
respiration, 121–22, 139
River Iss, 58
Robby the Robot, 74–75
Roddenberry, Gene, 75, 80
Romulans, 82
Roswell, 33–37, 91
Roswell (hoax movie), 36
Roswell (television show), 36
Roswell Daily Record, 34–35
Roswell Incident, The (Berlitz and Moore), 35
Royal Order of Tibet, 38
Saberhagen, Fred, 157
Sagan, Carl, 3, 21, 47–48, 80, 141, 157, 179
salt, 121, 144, 146–47, 151, 153
sand, 133
Santilli, Ray, 36
Schiaparelli, Giovanni, 19–21, 23
Schklovsky, Iosif, 48
Schrödinger, Erwin, 127
Scientology, 42, 61
Scoriton Mystery, The (Buckle), 42
Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. See SETI
Serling, Rod, 49
Sermon on the Mount, 72
SETI, 173–76, 180
shape shifters, 101
Shoefield, Gary, 36
silicon, 133, 140–41, 143, 154–58
Simon, Benjamin, 45
Sirius Mystery, The (Temple), 49–50
Soter, Steve, 47
Space Brothers, 37–42, 50, 100, 183
spectroscopy, 12
Spock, 183
Sputnik, 77
SRI International, 175
Stargate, 50, 87–90, 100
stars/galaxies, 141
Aldeberan, 176
Altair, 4, 74
Milky Way, 162
Sirius B, 50
supernovas, 140, 178
Star Trek, 4–5, 63, 74–75, 80–84, 88, 100–101, 108, 131, 157, 162, 176
Deep Space Nine, 81, 83, 101
Enterprise (ship), 80–83
Enterprise (television show), 81
Next Generation, 81–83, 157
the Original Series (TOS), 81–82
Voyager, 81. See also Rodenberry, Gene; individual characters and types of Aliens
Star Wars, 4, 84–86
sterilizing events, 177
Struve, Otto, 172
Suez Canal, 20
sugars, 130
sun, 141
sunlight, 114–15, 129–30
Superman, 98
Swift, Jonathan, 83
SyFy, 79
Syndicate, 91–92
Tarzan, 57, 60, 62
Tau Ceti, 173
taxonomy, 108
television shows, 80, 97–98, 99
ALF, 97, 101
Battlestar Galactica, 101
In Search of Ancient Astronauts, 49
Nova, 49
Outer Limits, 46–47, 51
The Twilight Zone, 49, 80
Unsolved Mysteries, 36. See also Doctor Who; Roswell; Star Trek; X-Files, The
Teller, Edward, 161
temperature, 146–48, 151–52
regulation of, 120
Temple, Robert, 49–50
Tesla, Nikola, 169–70
thermodynamic disequilibrium, 128–130, 149
Therns, 59
Thor, 89
Titan, 149–50
Toydarian, 85
trees, 114
Tribbles, 101
trilobite, 107
Twain, Mark, 103
UFO(s), 5–6, 9–10, 57, 109, 160–61, 182
George Adamski report of, 37–38
Kenneth Arnold report of, 29–33
classic film depiction of, 74–75
in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 93–97
cultural penetration of, 27
Betty and Barney Hill and, 42–48
UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry, The (Hynek), 96
ultraviolet light, 124, 139
universe, 140
valences, 131
Vega, 176
Verne, Jules, 53
vespertilio-homo, 16–17
V’ger, 101
vision, 123–24
von Clausewitz, Carl, 28
von Däniken, Erich, 48–50, 51, 89
Vulcans, 81
War of the Worlds, The (book), 23, 53–55, 57
War of the Worlds (radio show), 55–57
“watch the skies,” 71, 184
water, 129, 143, 146–49, 151–54
Watson, James, 127
Watterson, Bill, 159
Webb, Steven, 162
Weinbaum, Stanley G., 155
Welles, Orson, 55–57
Wells, H. G., 5, 23, 53–57
What Is Life? (Schrödinger), 127
“Where are they?,” 161–63
“Who Goes There?” (Campbell), 68, 101
Wood, Ed, 79
World War II, 63–64, 71, 94
“Wow!” signal, 174–75
xenomorph, 86–87
Xenu, 42
X-Files, The, 26, 90–92
Yamski, 42. See also Adamski, George
Yoda, 85
Zeta Reticuli, 47
zombies, 118–19
KEY TO ICONIC ALIENS Clockwise from top left: Marvin the Martian (from Haredevil Hare, Warner Brothers); Yoda (from Star Wars, Lucas Films); Neytiri (from Avatar, 20th Century Fox); Little Green Men (from Toy Story, Pixar/Disney); Alien (from Alien, 20th Century Fox); Spock (from Star Trek, Desilu Productions); Superman (from Superman, National Allied Publications); E.T. (from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Universal Pictures); and (center) a stereotypical Gray (multiple sources as discussed in the text).
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgement
Prologue the Question
One Beginnings
Two Encounters
Three Fictions
Four Blockbusters
Interlude
Five Life-Forms
Six Elements
Seven Neighbors
Epilogue the Visitors
Suggested Reading
Index
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgement
Prologue the Question
One Beginnings
Two Encounters
Three Fictions
Four Blockbusters
Interlude
Five Life-Forms
Six Elements
Seven Neighbors
Epilogue the Visitors
Suggested Reading
Index