Daily Grail Publishing has been privileged to publish reprints of two seminal books on UFOs by the great Jacques Vallee, Messengers of Deception and Passport to Magonia. Equally important, in my opinion, but often overlooked, are Jacques’ more recent memoirs, Forbidden Science, published in three volumes.
With Jacques playing a central role in ufology since the 1960s, these books chart much of the history of ufology between 1960 and 1990 – anybody interested in the topic really should consider these required reading. So I was happy to find out that, while Jacques originally self-published Forbidden Science in a slightly expensive hardcover format, the good folks at Anomalist Books have recently re-released the three volumes in more affordable paperback editions:
Forbidden Science 1: A Passion for Discovery (1957-1969):
Beginning after the launch of Sputnik and ending with the landing on the moon, the first volume of Jacques Vallee’s journals details how UFOs, in the midst of a proliferation of sightings in the 1960s, became a forbidden science. In this beautifully written journal, Vallee reveals just how the scientific community was misled by the government, how the best data on UFOs was kept hidden, and how the public record was shamelessly manipulated.
Forbidden Science 2: California Hermetica (1970-1979):
With the end game in Vietnam and the turpitudes of Watergate in the background, the major topic of this second volume in the journals of Jacques Vallee is paranormal research. Vallee relates his behind-the-scenes experiences in California during the 1970s as the Human Potential Movement emerged, the Internet developed, and parapsychology secretly entered the physics laboratory. And all the while, as Vallee continued his examination of UFO encounters, the links to older mysteries became increasingly clear.
Forbidden Science 3: On the Trail of Hidden Truths (1980-1989):
The 1980s were a pivotal time in the development of venture capital that led to great innovations throughout the world. As recounted in this third volume of journals, Jacques Vallee found his passion in this world, while he witnessed with concern the increasing manipulation and disinformation that discouraged rational research into ufology. But he persisted in his first-hand UFO investigations in the US, Europe, and South America, and here strips from the historical record the secrecy behind which research into the paranormal was being conducted.
Links above will take you to each book’s respective page at Anomalist Books with more information, and links for ordering from Amazon.
Related stories:
- Jacques Vallee – A Man of Many Dimensions
- Jacques Vallee – On Messengers of Deception
- Jacques Vallee at TEDx
- “UFOlogy Has No Ontology”: Jacques Vallee at the CAIPAN Workshop 2014
- Jacques Vallee on UFOs, Remote Viewing and the COMETA Report
- Inhabited Sky: Researchers Discuss Historical Sightings of UFOs
- Vallee: Author of the Impossible
