Interested in UFOs? But how can you decide what to believe when you can't even decipher what people are talking about? After all, what is a Foo Fighter? Or MJ-12? Or Project Sign? There are references for everything else and one has finally been published for UFOs - The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial.
Written by noted researcher Jerome Clark, The UFO Book is a handy and fascinating guide for all things extraterrestrial. At over 700 pages, The UFO Book is crammed with entries presented in an A to Z format. The UFO Book is actually an abridged version of Clark's 1600 page, two volume UFO Encyclopedia. The UFO Encyclopedia costs over $100 so the The UFO Book is a great value - you get the best entries in one book for under $20.
Each entry is well written and fun to read. To see what the entries are like, be sure to check out a sample chapter on the Men in Black that has been reprinted on the Web. The easy to find chapters make the The UFO Book a great reference while surfing UFO Web sites or researching the paranormal. There are also over 100 photos in The UFO Book.
Every significant sighting, investigation, government agency and ufologist is covered in The UFO Book. Taken together, the chapters in The UFO Book present an exhaustive history of the UFO phenomena all the way back to ancient times. Especially interesting are the chapters on historical UFO sightings and UFO crashes. There are also chapters on famous researchers and government programs that have studied UFO sightings such as Project Blue Book and Project Grudge.
Famous cases like Roswell are covered but there are also chapters on less well known, but equally mysterious cases. One of these is the fascinating report how in 1953, an F-89C interceptor collided with a UFO and completely disappeared, with no wreckage ever being recovered. Another is the incident at Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia where the Canadian Coast Guard searched for a UFO that many observers saw crash into the ocean. The chapter on UFO hoaxes is also very interesting and has photos where coat buttons and toy models have been doctored to look like flying saucers.
The UFO Book is objectively written and thoroughly researched. Both believers and skeptics will appreciate the balanced coverage that lets them decide for themselves what to believe. Each chapter also has a thorough bibliography that will enable further research if you want to learn more about an issue. Also, The UFO Book has a list with addresses of UFO research groups, publications and UFO documentaries.
Published by Visible Ink Press, The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial is available now at bookstores or at a 30% discount from Amazon.com.
More books by Jerome Clark
Jerome Clark has researched the paranormal field for decades. He is editor of the International UFO Reporter and is affiliated with The Center for UFO Studies. His 1600 page, two volume UFO Encyclopedia is the definitive reference in the field.
In 1993, he wrote Unexplained, which chronicles over 300 strange sightings, incredible occurrences and puzzling physical phenomena. He has also written Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature.
The UFO Encyclopedia, Unexplained and Cryptozoology A to Z are all available at a discount from Amazon.com
