UFOs

UFOs are a central topic in contemporary aesthetics: as mediated objects, they serve as touchstones for examining the mechanisms by which media construct reality. This applies both to the very possibility of engaging in discourse about UFOs-of capturing and documenting these "unidentified flying objects"-and to the dissemination of UFO-related narratives. Against this backdrop, UFOs are understood here as media-aesthetic objects through which two questions are explored: what counts as "real" and how media contribute to the construction of reality.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The authors have subsequently revised the text further in an endeavor to refine the work stylistically. The book has been carefully adapted for an international English-speaking readership and features a newly added chapter on Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day".

Christoph Ernst, PD Dr., is a research associate in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Jens Schröter is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany.