2. Aliens are Faeries

Are aliens just American faeries? One of our hosts read Jacques Vallee’s Passport to Magonia: from Folklore to Flying Saucers and took it literally. UFOs exist, and they are the same phenomenon as faeries and elves but reinterpreted by a twentieth century audience.

This view is met with some scepticism. “They’re all just part of the collective unconscious”. Regular listeners will become familiar with this pattern.

We also talk about Zimbabwean goblins, the interdimensional hypothesis, and how it would feel to be a demon.

The book’s worth a read. It’s shorter than it looks because it’s mostly a long list of alien encounters. Link’s here.