Citing the saucers: astronomy, UFOs and a persistence of vision Armstrong, Daniel 2012, Citing the saucers: astronomy, UFOs and a persistence of vision, Culture and cosmos, vol. 16, no. 1 & 2, pp. 193-206. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Citing the saucers: astronomy, UFOs and a persistence of vision Author(s) Armstrong, Daniel Contributor(s) Campion, N. Sinclair, R. Journal name Culture and cosmos Volume number 16 Issue number 1 & 2 Start page 193 End page 206 Total pages 14 Publisher Sophia Centre Press Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2012 ISSN 1368-6534 Keyword(s) UFO Flying Saucer Percival Lowell Hoax photograph Summary This paper consists of two parallel and interweaving investigations regarding the UFO phenomenon and its origins with respect to observational astronomy. First, as a young child, I was fascinated with astronomy and would spend many hours with my toy telescope, viewing blurred images of the night sky. I also held a deep belief in UFOs and was committed to seeing and recording a flying saucer for myself. This led me to fabricate my own UFO photographs and from these I developed a critical relationship with photography as a means of documentation and as a medium of illusionary projection. This paper is therefore partly personal and reflexive.The second thread investigates the advent of the UFO phenomenon as a consequence of nineteenth and early twentieth century developments in observational astronomy, and the speculative theories regarding life on Mars that emerged during this period. I will be considering the work of Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell and the writings of Carl Jung. I will be arguing that the primary force that led towards a belief in flying saucers emerged from the speculations and misinterpretations of certain astronomical observations, together with a desire to project upon that which was observed, rather than to see that which was there. Notes This special issue contains forty papers from the Seventh Conference on the Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAPVII) held at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Bath, 24-29 October 2010. Language eng Field of Research 199999 Studies In Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified 2202 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields Socio Economic Objective 970119 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2012, Culture and Cosmos Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30081356 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Connect to publisher website Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 09:31:59 EST Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 16:41:27 EST Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 14:02:33 EST Mon, 15 Feb 2016, 04:00:11 EST Mon, 15 Feb 2016, 08:05:45 EST Fri, 11 Mar 2016, 05:06:58 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 14:42:33 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 14:43:09 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 14:46:19 EST Tue, 13 Sep 2016, 14:47:24 EST Mon, 27 Nov 2017, 15:01:30 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 120 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 14:02:33 EST

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