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For Colin Wilson, author of <em><a href="http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738719696">Alien Dawn</a></em>, the idea of UFOs and flying saucers was a bit disturbing, because to him it seemed that the truth of space was beyond human knowledge. But with so many abductees coming forward and renowned scientists examining facts too compelling to be dismissed, what is the truth behind UFOs, aliens, and abductions?

At the age of forty-seven, Professor Cesare Lombroso was one of the most celebrated scientists in Italy. His book, Criminal Man (L’Uomo Delinquente) had made him an object of discussion throughout the world. What made it so controversial was Lombroso’s theory that the criminal is a degenerate “throw-back” to our cave-man forebears—a kind of human ape. According to this view, a man born with these...