Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact
Ufology Paranormal Investigation Scientific Biography True Crime New Age / Mind Body Spirit Collectible Non-Fiction Adult Non-Fiction
Jacques Vallée’s Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact is the 1990 hardcover first edition that serious UFO researchers still hunt for. Published by Profile Books Ltd. and printed in the United States, this 304-page, illustrated volume stands apart from sensational “alien” paperbacks: Vallée is a Stanford-trained computer scientist who approaches the phenomenon as a data set, not a belief system. The book chronicles his on-site investigations of landing traces, entity reports and physiological effects across South America and the American Southwest, pairing first-hand testimony with satellite imagery, maps and the author’s own photographs. Collectors prize the intact dust jacket and the oversized 242 × 162 mm format, a quality production that has become genuinely scarce in the three decades since release.
What makes Confrontations especially valuable to modern readers is Vallée’s refusal to endorse either blind skepticism or uncritical acceptance. Instead he applies forensic rigor—soil assays, medical records, geospatial overlays—to cases that conventional science has dismissed, and he lets the inconsistencies speak for themselves. The result is a narrative that reads like a thriller yet footnotes every source, a style that bridges true-crime storytelling and peer-review standards. Young adults exploring anomalous phenomena for the first time and seasoned researchers looking for primary-source interviews will find the same takeaway: a disciplined framework for evaluating extraordinary claims without abandoning scientific method.
This vintage copy retains its original dust jacket and all illustrations; pages show the gentle yellowing and occasional outer-edge foxing typical of 1990 paper stock, but the text block is unmarked, tightly bound and free of dog-ears or inscriptions—ideal for the collector who wants a reader-friendly copy that still displays well on the shelf. With ISBN 9780285629769 long out of print and demand for Vallée’s classic titles rising, acquiring a clean first-issue hardcover is becoming increasingly difficult; securing one now ensures both a cornerstone text for any UFOlogy library and a tangible piece of late-20th-century scientific counterculture.
Refer to our eBay listing for a full condition report and many more high-quality pictures of this item.
Buy Now