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The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by Mark O’connell

The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charles Constant (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs is an audiobook by Mark O’connell: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Constant, released May 4, 2021, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Charles Constant
Released
May 4, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781666110326

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs as an audiobook?

The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs?

The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs is narrated by Charles Constant.

Is The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.