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An astrophysicist by training and a computer scientist by profession, Dr. Jacques Vallee was born in France, moved to the United States in 1962, and now lives in California with his wife and two children. After recieving the Jules Verne prize at age nineteen for his first novel, Vallee published twelve other books, most of them in English. Today these books represent well over a million copies in print. The author of many articles about high technology, Dr. Vallee first became interested in the subject of 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 — from France to Scotland and from Australia to Brazil. He served as the real-life model for the character of the French scientist played by Francois Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's classic movie Close Encounters of The Third Kind. Correspondence can be addressed to the author at 1550 California Street, #6L, San Francisco, CA 94109. About the Author