Search for the Unknown: Canada's UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory

by Matthew Hayes

Beginning in the 1950s, alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects in Canadian skies bred tension between the state and its citizens. While the public demanded to know more about the phenomenon, government officials appeared unconcerned and unresponsive. Suspicion of government deepened among certain sectors of Canadian society in the decades that followed, leading to demands for greater public transparency and a new kind of citizen activism.In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228010748
• ISBN13: 9780228010746
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"