The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Astronomer and science communicator Sagan devoted substantial sections of his broader defense of scientific reasoning to UFO abduction claims, drawing explicit parallels between alien-encounter narratives and historical demon and fairy-abduction folklore, and using the topic as a case study in how extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

Author

Carl Sagan

Published

1995

Library rank

#64