Two recent finds. A bit too specialised for now to read entirely, but very well researched:
UFOs and Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery
by Ralph Bartholomew, George S. Howard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...t?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dSnf6OPmF1&rank=1
Part I. Strange Things Seen in the Sky
1. Wishful Thinking: The Great American Airship Mania of 1896-97
2. Thomas Edison's "Electric Star" Illusion of 1897
3. When Believing Is Seeing: Canada's Ghost Balloons of 1896-97
4. The New Zealand Zeppelin Scare of 1909
5. The New England Airship Hoax of 1909-10
6. The British UFO Panic of 1912-13
7. Phantom German Air Raids and Spy Missions over Canada, America, and South Africa during World War I
8. Sweden's Ghost Rocket Delusion of 1946
9. Flying Saucers Come of Age
10. UFOs as a Collective Delusion
Part II. Strange Experiences: Real or Fantasized?
11. In Praise of Foresight and Fantasy
12. UFO "Abductees" and "Contactees": Psychopathology or Fantasy-Prone?
13. The Further Reaches of Human Experience
Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria
by Robert W. Baloh, Robert E. Bartholomew
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...e?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=rqCF4KYUDY&rank=1
1 Chasing Ghosts in Cuba
Havana ‘Syndrome’ Unmasked
The Curious Case of Chris Allen
The Press Briefing
Ever-Increasing Circles
The Alarming Discovery of White Matter Changes
Skepticism
December 2017: The Cuban Sonic Investigation Committee Findings
References
2 The Crisis Deepens
TheJAMA Fiasco
Dismissing Mass Hysteria
The Golden Investigation
Spectacle in Miami
Ear-Witness Testimony
The Context: Ghosts of the Cold War Past
From Sonic Attacks to Microwaves
References
3 Canadian Contagion
60 Minutes Enters the Fray
Unsound Science: The SecondJAMA Study
The Canadian Fumigation Study
Mixing of Politics and Science
References
4 Psychogenic Illness on the Battlefield: From the Civil War to Gulf War Syndrome
The U.S. Civil War
The First World War
World War II and Traumatic Neurosis
The Korean and Vietnam Wars
Concussion-Like Symptoms in Afghanistan and Iraq
The Persian Gulf War
References
5 Mass Hysteria Through the Ages: From St. Vitus Dance to Mystery Odors
The Middle Ages
Saint-Médard Pilgrim Outbreak
The Modern Era of Secular Outbreaks
The Power of Belief
The Power of an Idea: ‘Fried’ Mail and ‘Bad’ Coke
The Belgian Coca-Cola Scare
Recurrent Themes
Laughing Mania
The Resurgence of Motor Hysteria in the West
References
6 Musical Illness and Telephone Sickness: An Early History of Sound and Suggestion
The Curious Case of the Glass Armonica
Telephone Sickness
Acoustic Shock Today
References
7 Modern-Day Acoustical Scares: From ‘The Hum’ to ‘Wind Turbine Syndrome’
The Devon Zoo Giraffe Saga
The Hummers
Wind Turbine Syndrome
A Social ‘Illness’
References
8 Phantom Assailants: Mad Gassers, Phantom Slashers, and Other Believed-in Imaginings
Mad Gassers
The Mad Gasser of Virginia
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Illinois
Voodoo Assailants
Phantom Slashers and Monsters
The Montreal ‘Slasher’
Monkey Man ‘Attacks’ in India
‘Attack’ at Frog Hollow
References
9 A Short History of Spider, Insect, and Worm Scares
The ‘June Bug’ Scare
Bug Scares
Social Panics: From Kissing Bugs to Cabbage Worms
The Seattle Windshield Pitting ‘Epidemic’
The American Cabbage Worm Panic
Earthworm!
References
10 State Terrorism Masquerading as Psychogenic Illness
Pseudo-Poisonings in the Middle East
Tainted Chewing Gum Panics
Other Pseudo-Poisonings
Kosovo
Afghanistan
References
11 The Social Construction of ‘Havana Syndrome’
Sonic Weapons and Science Fiction
A Pattern Emerges
Historical Parallels
Common Misperceptions
References
Index