American Cosmic by Diana Walsh Pasulka investigates the intersection of UFO experiences, visionary states, technological elites, and religious interpretation. Pasulka argues that modern contact narratives function as emerging religious phenomena.
DSETI tracks this reference because Rekshan cites Pasulka when discussing cultural influences on experiencer narratives and the spiritual dimensions of contact. Pasulka’s ethnographic approach bridges UFO culture and religious studies.
For DSETI, American Cosmic provides tools for interpreting contact experiences as meaning-making events shaped by symbolic and cultural systems.
