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Richard F. Haines

Also known as: aviation researcher, Richard F. Haines, Richard Haines

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Amazon.com: CE-5 : Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind amazon.com Sourcebooks Inc 11 facts

perspectiveThe reviewer disagrees with Richard Haines's assessment that Ufology matured in the 1970s-80s, arguing that the idea of UFOs as non-physical craft became fashionable during that period without evidence to substantiate it.

claimDr. Haines mentions the 1973 UFO sighting of Lyndia Morel but omits the alien contact element, stating, 'The remainder of this incident is left to the interested reader to discover.'

claimThe book 'CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' was authored by Richard Haines, Ph.D., with contributions from Steven Greer, M.D., and Mark Rodeghier, Ph.D.

quoteRegarding a 1973 UFO case on the border of Austria and Bavaria, Dr. Haines writes, 'The many other interesting details are left to the reader to discover.'

claimThe research presented in 'CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' is attributed to Drs. Haines, Greer, and Rodeghier.

claimRichard Haines contends that in the 1970s and 1980s, Ufology in America matured in its approach to field research and data interpretation.

claimThe book reviewed, authored by Dr. Haines, focuses on UFO sightings and includes a graphic of an alien face on the cover, marketing itself as a book 'exposing alien contact'.

referenceThe book 'CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind' includes six specific cases at the end (pages 393-405) where the author, Richard Haines, personally investigated reports of alien interaction.

perspectiveA reviewer on April 12, 2005, stated that Dr. Haines has provided a wealth of documented case histories regarding the UFO phenomenon and brings a credibility and analytical bent to the field that is often lacking.

claimThe book reviewed, authored by Dr. Haines, focuses on UFO sightings and includes references for further research, though some references are described as unnecessarily obscure.

perspectiveThe reviewer expresses the opinion that 'UFO-Dynamics: Psychiatric and Psychic Aspects of the UFO Syndrome' is an endurance test due to its repetitive nature and suggests it would have been better if it discussed fewer cases in greater depth, similar to how Dr. Haines treats the 1965 James Flynn Florida Everglades incident and the 1967 Stephen Michalak Falcon Lake incident.

Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 2 facts

quoteIn a 2011 interview, aviation researcher Richard Haines stated that he and his colleagues at the National Aviation Reporting Center on Anomalous Phenomena (NARCAP) preferred the term 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (UAP) to describe a wide range of atmospheric phenomena and effects that might have differing explanations.

referenceRichard F. Haines edited the book 'UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist', published in 1979 by Scarecrow Press.