Jacques Vallee

Jacques Vallee

Name(s):	Dr. Jacques Vallee

French astrophysicist and ufologist who believes that UFOs come from both a physical and psychic origin and that some characters in folklore, like elves, could have originated from aliens. He reshaped the UFO rating system by expanding upon the HYNEK CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

See Vallee Classification System.

Dr. Jacques Vallee, a formaer 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 Nortwestern 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 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 places in the United States and to many countries around the world, including France, Scotland, Australia, Brazil and Russia. This last journey resulted in his landmark study, 'UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union'.

Dr. Vallee's 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'.

Books:

• Anatomy Of A Phenomenon: Unidentified Objects In Space (1974)
• Confrontations: A Scientist's Search For Alien Contact (1990)
• Dimensions: A Casebook Of Alien Contact (1988)
• Fastwalker (1996)
• Forbidden Science Journal Forbidden Science : Journals 1957-1969 (1996)
• Messengers Of Deception: Ufo Contacts And Cults. (1979)
• Passport To Magonia: From Folklore To Flying Saucers (1969)
• Revelations: Alien Contact And Human Deception (1991)
• Ufo Chronicles Of The Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat (1992)