The Demon-Haunted World | Objects, Setting & Important Places

The Demon-Haunted World Objects/Places

Roswell, N.M.appears in non-fiction

Roswell, N.M.—the location of the first widely-reported incident of a space ship crashing on Earth, with its on-board crew of small aliens allegedly undergoing autopsies. Believers say the real story of this incident was covered up by Air Force investigators. However, no solid evidence has been produced to support those claims.

Mount Palomar Observatoryappears in non-fiction

Mount Palomar Observatory—the large sky watch station operated by the University of California in Los Angeles. Perched high atop a mountain, the observatory is beyond interference from the lights of the city, and within a stone's throw of supposed alien abductee, George Adamski's home.

SETIappears in non-fiction

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)—a massive project to scan the universe for any sign or signals, radio waves or other sources, of intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos. The project is an international undertaking that relies partly on volunteers who agree to donate the capacity of their computer when not in use to help tabulate...
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