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(continued from front flap) An astounding document that is certain to provoke controversy, Reve/ations is part scientific detective story, part experiment in truth- seeking. Legitimized by the author's painstaking investigative techniques and skeptical approach to the material, this is a warning we cannot afford to ignore. Dr. Jacques Vallee, a former principal investigator on Department of Defense computer networking projects, was born in France where he was trained in astrophysics. He moved to the United States in 1962 and received his Ph.D. in computer science in 1967 from Northwestern University, where he was a close associate of the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek. The author of numerous articles and three books 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 U.S. and to many countries around the world, including France, Scotland, Australia, and Brazil. His unique approach to this phenomenon was crystallized when he served as the real-life model for the character of the French scientist played by Francois Truffaut in Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Dr. Vallee lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children. Jacket design by William Geller Jacket photograph by Mark Tomalty Printed in USA 10/91 Ballantine Books New York, N-Y. 10022 |