Some thoughts on the inhabited universe … - StarTribune.com
Some thoughts on the inhabited universe … … and all the science-fiction tales I've loved before. By Michael Nesset Text size Copy shortlink: It's not surprising that, in this new Age of Anxiety, UFOs are once again in the news. Back in the 1950s, when I was growing up, our national anxieties about nuclear war, insidious creeping communism and the United States' new role as superpower and global policeman produced many sightings of, even interactions with, UFOs or "flying saucers," as in the age of Fiestaware they were known. The gover...