UFOs | UFO Sightings Are Products of the Unconscious Mind

Ronald D. Story is the editor of The Encyclopedia of UFOs and author of Space-Gods Revealed and UFOs and the Limits of Science.

Summary: C.G. Jung, the famous Swiss psychiatrist, theorized that UFOs are a “living myth” that fill a void in people searching for spiritual meaning in their lives. UFO sightings and alien encounters can be seen as unconscious projections of human longings. Such yearnings can be exploited by unscrupulous people such as Marshall Applewhite, the leader of Heaven’s Gate, a UFO cult whose members committed mass...

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