
02/07/2025
Happy ! Have you ever looked up at the sky and wondered: Are we alone in the universe? Meet FIRST CONTACT: THE STORY OF OUR OBSESSION WITH ALIENS by science writer Becky Ferreira (), out September 30th. 🛸👽
For tens of thousands of years, humans have suspected that otherworldly beings inhabit the skies—and that some might even walk among us here on Earth. It’s as if some innate part of us has always yearned to know: If we are here, then who is out there? FIRST CONTACT traces the lineage of that search back to its deep roots in prehistory, sizing up the massive footprint that aliens have left in our imaginations.
From ancient sky lore and folk tales to alien conspiracy theories, from the rise of Ufology to biosignatures of life on Mars and the provocative discovery of the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua, FIRST CONTACT is science nonfiction at its most entertaining.
Pre-order a copy now wherever books are sold!
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becky-ferreira/first-contact/9781523527755/