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(Out) Of This World

Historian Greg Eghigian is digging into the social phenomenon of UFOs in science, politics, and popular culture—with the understanding that how we think about unidentified flying objects says less about alien visitors than it does about ourselves.

illustration of people shielding their eyes against the light from a UFO overhead with Old Main in the background as the Nittany Lion is beamed up, by Jonathan Bartlett

By Robyn Rydzy '95 Com

Illustrations by Jonathan BartlettJuly / August 2023

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