my 1st encounter with the pursuit was via don keyhoe's bk "flying saucers are real" abt 1953 picked up "flying saucers have landed" geo adamski/des leslie while being scientifically inaccurate revealed imaginative insights into disc aeroforms which have dominated the thinking of ufo buffs ever since/ film presentation of "close encounters of the third kind" caused a few ripples but gave the general public a bizarre notion of ufo realities/ if you want an overall appraisal read "ufos the final ans?"by d&t barclay uk viewpt