{"id":2297,"date":"2015-05-14T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T09:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2017-07-07T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T09:59:57","slug":"how-ufos-conquered-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/how-ufos-conquered-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"How UFOs conquered the World: the history of a modern myth – Dr David Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Title:<\/td>How UFOs conquered the World: the history of a modern myth<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher: <\/td>Aurum Press Ltd<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author:<\/td>Dr David Clarke<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publication date:<\/td>May 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Print ISBN:<\/td>978-1781313039<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Format: <\/td>135mm x 216mm, hardcover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of pages:<\/td>320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

A history of the various manifestations and shifting meaning of the Twentieth Century’s single great contribution to mythology: the UFO.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither a credulous work of conspiracy theory nor a sceptical debunking of belief in ‘flying saucers’,\u00a0How\u00a0<\/em><\/a>UFOs Conquered the World<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>explores the origins of UFOs in the build-up to the First World War and how reports of them have changed in tandem with world events, science and culture. The book also explores the overlaps between UFO belief and religion and superstition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A history of the various manifestations and shifting meaning of the Twentieth Century’s single great contribution to mythology: the UFO. Neither a credulous work of conspiracy theory nor a sceptical debunking of belief in ‘flying saucers’,\u00a0How\u00a0UFOs Conquered the World\u00a0explores the origins of UFOs in the build-up to the First World War and how reports of them have changed in tandem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":444,"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[6,172,111,411],"class_list":["post-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications","tag-communication-and-computing-research-centre","tag-david-clarke","tag-journalism-research","tag-ufos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/files\/2017\/06\/CLARKE-2015-May-How-UFOs-conquered-the-world.jpg?fit=245%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oFHo-B3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10256,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/a-brief-history-of-ufos-by-dr-david-clarke\/","url_meta":{"origin":2297,"position":0},"title":"A brief history of UFOs by Dr David Clarke","author":"Phoebe Bolton","date":"09\/06\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr David Clarke,\u00a0co-founder of the Centre for Contemporary Legend, has written an article for\u00a0BBC History Extra outlining a brief history and a list of the top ten notable sightings of UFOs in the UK from the bast century. 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