Benson Saler

Instead of the standard book looking at the evidence of Roswell (there is some of that), this book examines the growth of the myth of Roswell, tracing it to the anti-government sentiment that took off in the late 1970s following Watergate, Vietnam, and a lot of other government cover ups. They trace the evolution of the myth itself, showing how it wasn't originally tied to aliens, and in fact, flying saucers weren't initially meant to mean aliens. This book is probably more valuable as a psychological examination of myth creation than as an evaluation of the Roswell event itself, though there is plenty of information on what we know and when we knew it. The authors make some semantic errors that weaken the book, but otherwise, it's a decent work for people interested in why people believe weird things.… (mere)