The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age — John Shaqi
The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space AgeMenzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard)
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The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age
Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard)
Unidentified flying objects
No longer editor of _Amazing_, Palmer continued to promote the
cause of flying saucers in the pages of _Fate_. During the early
nineteen-fifties, the boom years of science fiction, he started other
magazines--_Search_, _Mystic Universe_, _Other Worlds Science Stories_.
After a time, _Fate_ began to concentrate on tales of the mystic and
occult, while _Other Worlds_ eventually took over the flying-saucer
theme.
Starting as an orthodox magazine of science fiction, _Other Worlds_
flourished until the general slump in the market caused it to suspend
publication. Revived after a time, it has undergone several changes
of editorial policy reflected in its changing names: _Other Worlds
Science Stories_, _Flying Saucers from OTHER WORLDS_, _FLYING SAUCERS
from Other Worlds_, _Flying Saucers the Magazine of Space Conquest_,
and, since the spring of 1961 when the magazine became pocket-size,
just _Flying Saucers_. Classic science fiction long ago vanished from
its pages and all articles are “true” accounts of flying saucers and
similar Fortean incidents.
_Flying Saucers_ is probably unique in modern publishing history.
Issued monthly or bimonthly at a price of thirty-five cents, the
magazine does not pay its authors because, as the editor explains,
“_Flying Saucers_ is _not_ a commercial project.” Published by
Palmer Publications, edited by Palmer, containing liberal amounts of
editorial comment and at least one article by Palmer, a typical issue
in 1960[II-6] contained sixty-six pages and carried a small number of
advertisements for telescopes, binoculars, Rosicrucian and similar
mystic publications. The remaining ads featured books and magazines
issued by Palmer Publications, Amherst, Wisconsin; books issued by
Amherst Press, also of Amherst, Wisconsin; Saucerian Books, published
under the aegis of Gray Barker, a contributing editor to _Flying
Saucers_. “Austrogen,” described as a face cream or clay for skin
ailments, was obtainable from Palmer at a dollar an ounce. Another
ad recommended something (the wording does not specify exactly what,
perhaps a powder?) that helps make good chili. Readers could buy this
too, from Palmer, for a dollar a pound or $3.50 for five pounds. A
combination dandruff remover, itch preventer, and restorer of hair
color personally recommended by Palmer sold for $5.00 a bottle, number
of ounces not specified.
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