Books written by Curtis Peebles

  • Asteroids: A History
    Asteroids: A History

    Asteroids suggest images of a catastrophic impact with Earth, triggering infernos, tidal waves, famine, and death -- but these scenarios have obscured the larger story of how asteroids have been discovered and studied.

  • Watch the Skies!: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth
    Watch the Skies!: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth

    An unbiased history of the UFO phenomenon profiles every major UFO case since 1947 and provides investigation results and probable explanations as obtained by classified documents. Reprint.

  • FLYING W/O WINGS
    FLYING W/O WINGS

    Tests pilots in the dawn of the space age envisioned spaceflight as an extension of atmospheric flight. They assumed that experimental aircraft would fly progressively faster and higher until one...

  • Dark Eagles: A History of Top Secret U. S. Aircraft
    Dark Eagles: A History of Top Secret U. S. Aircraft

    This extraordinary history of the nation's top-secret military aircraft spans from World War II to the Gulf War, and chronicles how these planes--called "Dark Eagles" because they were painted black--were developed, tested, and operated in ...

  • The X-43a Flight Research Program: Lessons Learned on the Road to Mach 10
    The X-43a Flight Research Program: Lessons Learned on the Road to Mach 10

    Some types of documents include conference papers, research reports, meeting papers, journal articles and more. This is one of those documents.

  • Flying Without Wings
    Flying Without Wings

    Written by a a pilot/engineer participant of NASA's lifting body program, this book documents the adventures, triumphs, setbacks, and fun of pioneering a technology that allowed astronauts to accomplish lifting reentries and precise runway ...

  • Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites
    Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites

    Guardians: Strategic Reconnaissance Satellites