Jacques Vallée

Jacques Fabrice Vallée (born 24 September 1939 Pontoise ) is a French astronomer and computer scientist who was known primarily for his contributions to ufology.

Life and career

Vallée studied mathematics at the Sorbonne and completed a degree in astrophysics at the University of Lille with a Master from. He then worked as an astronomer at the Paris Observatory, before he moved to the United States, where he worked at the University of Texas at Austin and at the MacDonald Observatory for NASA mapped Mars.

In 1967 he received his PhD from Northwestern University in computer science. In the 1970s, Vallée employed on behalf of the National Science Foundation with the development of computer networks, in particular with regard to the ARPANET.

Since the 1980s he has been involved in the development of venture capital funds in the high technology area.

Jacques Vallée lives with his wife Janine in San Francisco. They have two children.

Ufology

His interest in UFOs awoke in his youth, when he sighted an unidentified flying object in his home in 1955. In 1961 he was accordance with his instructions at the Paris Observatory witnessed tapes were destroyed, on which the trajectories of mysterious objects were recorded.

At first he was inclined to extraterrestrial hypothesis, ie the view that UFOs are spaceships an extraterrestrial civilization. However, towards the end of the 60s he came to the conclusion that many aspects of the UFO phenomenon so that could not be explained, and henceforth worked with hypotheses which it set in the wider field of paranormal phenomena (eg with the interdimensional hypothesis of a non- human consciousness, which is not tied to our space time continuum ).

Specifically, he lists five arguments in his opinion against the extraterrestrial hypothesis:

" (I) unexplained close encounters are much more numerous than would be necessary for a physical examination of the earth; ( II) of the humanoid body of the alleged " aliens " is probably not originated on another planet and is not biologically adapted to space travel; (III ) in the thousands of reports of abductions described behavior contradicts the hypothesis, an advanced race led genetic or scientific experiments on humans; (IV ) shows the existence of this phenomenon during the entire recorded history of mankind, that UFOs are not a modern phenomenon; (V ) the apparent ability of UFOs to manipulate space and time, suggests a completely different and much more interesting possibilities ... "

Like his mentor, J. Allen Hynek, a renowned American astronomer, also Vallée engaged in the scientific classification of UFO sightings. He strongly criticizes both UFO believers as well as skeptics regarding the bias with which to examine these two groups the evidence. A similar attitude he takes towards conspiracy theories. Although he sees evidence that intelligence agencies carry out manipulations in the context of the UFO scene, but contest that it constitutes an " secret knowledge " had been established at government level about the true origin of UFOs. Vallée is next to John A. Keel assigned to the " fortianischen Ufology " because he, like Charles Fort in the early 20th century, the socio-cultural background of the phenomena takes seriously in his collection of enigmatic phenomena in the sky.

Vallée was the model for the figure of the French scientist Claude Lacombe in Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the third kind

Publications

UFO Research

• Anatomy of a Phenomenon. Henry Regnery, Chicago 1965; Ballantine, 1974, ISBN 0345242874
• With Janine Vallee: Les Phénomènes Insolites de l' Espace. La Table Ronde, Paris 1966 Challenge to Science. The UFO Enigma. Henry Regnery, Chicago 1966; Ballantine, 1974, ISBN 0345242637

• Dimensions. Encounters with aliens from our own planet. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 1994, ISBN 3-86150-061-2; Knaur Paperback, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-77197-7

• Confrontations. Encounters with aliens and scientific evidence. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 1994, ISBN 3-86150-062-0; Knaur Paperback, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426-77195-0

• Revelations. Encounters with aliens and human manipulation. Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 1994, ISBN 3-86150-063-9; Knaur Paperback, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-426-77196-9

• Journal 1957-69. North Atlantic, Berkeley, 1992; Documatica Research LLC, 2008, ISBN 0615187242
• Volume Two: Journals 1970-79. Documatica Research LLC, 2008, ISBN 0615249744

Other tangible topics

• Robert Johansen & Kathi Spangler: Electronic meetings. Technical Alternatives and Social Choices. Addison -Wesley, 1979, ISBN 0201034786
• The Network Revolution. Confessions of a Computer Scientist. And / Or Press, Berkeley (CA), 1982, ISBN 091590473X ( full text in the Google Book Search ) Computer networks. Dreams and nightmares of a new world. rororo Paperback, Reinbek 1984, ISBN 3-499-18101-0

Fiction

• ALINTEL. Mercure de France, Paris, 1986, ISBN 2715213956
• La Mémoire de Markov. Mercure de France, Paris, 1986, ISBN 2715214413
• Fast Walker. Frog Books, Berkeley (CA), 1996, ISBN 1883319439
• Stratagème. Editions de l'Archipel, Paris 2006, ISBN 2841877779 Stratagem. Documatica Research LLC, 2007, ISBN 0615156428

• Le Sub - Space. Hachette, Paris 1961
• Le Satellite Sombre. Denoël, Paris 1962
• Stories in Fiction Magazine: Les Calmar d' Andromède. No. 94, September 1961
• L' Oeil du Sgal. No. 107, October 1962
• Les Planètes d' Aval. No. 110, January 1963
• Le Satellite Artificiel. Spécial No. 4, 1963
• Le fabricant d' événements inéluctables. No. 145, December 1965 (PDF)