The Saucer and the Swastika
The Dark Myth of Nazi UFOs
SD Tucker
Amberley Books 2022
Hb, 320pp, £20, ISBN 9781398105386
“Myth” is one of those words we hear so often it’s practically a synonym for “untrue”. It’s “just a myth that [insert a common falsehood here]”, we often say. Yet myths can be much more, provoking strong beliefs, moving people to action. This is a brilliant history of how a myth can emerge from kernels of