UFO Contact at Pascagoula (Mass Market Paperback)

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ISBN 13 : 9781717479501
Total Pages : 286 pages
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Book Synopsis UFO Contact at Pascagoula (Mass Market Paperback) by : Charles Hickson

Download or read book UFO Contact at Pascagoula (Mass Market Paperback) written by Charles Hickson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of October 11, 1973, two very frightened Mississisppi men, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, presented themselves at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department and related a tale almost too incredible to tell. Their first impulse had been to tell no one, for fear they would be thought "crazy." But it also occurred to them that what they had just suffered might be the prelude to a full-scale invasion of the USA! Many read about it on the front page of their morning newspaper. Some heard about it on the TV news: "Pascagoula, Mississippi: two men claim that while fishing in a local river last night they were abducted and taken aboard a UFO by three alien creatures!" Within 36 hours of the incident, Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the world's foremost UFO expert, was in Pascagoula to interview the men. Before he left the next day, he told the press that the men were "absolutely honest. They have had a fantastic experience." Could it be true? Could Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker actually have come into contact with non-human entities from another world? Now, at last, the answers may be here. William Mendez, a midwestern college professor, investigated this most celebrated UFO abduction case. Mendez spent years getting to know the witnesses. He made many trips to Mississippi and spent much time interviewing friends, coworkers, and relatives of the two men. What happened that October night in Pascagoula?

UFO Contact at Pascagoula

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ISBN 13 : 9781973355427
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Book Synopsis UFO Contact at Pascagoula by : Charles Hickson William Mendez

Download or read book UFO Contact at Pascagoula written by Charles Hickson William Mendez and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UFO CONTACT AT PASCAGOULAOn the night of October 11, 1973, two very frightened Mississisppians, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, presented themselves at the Jackson County Sheriff's Department and related a tale almost too incredible to tell. As a matter of fact, their first impulse had been to tell no one for fear they would be thought crazy. But it also occurred to them that what they had just suffered might by the prelude to a full-scale invasion of their country! Many of us read about it bon the front page of our morning newspaper. Some heard about it on the TV news that first day after the incident: "Pascagoula, Mississippi, two men claim that while fishing in a local river last night they were abducted and taken aboard a UFO by three alien creatures!" Within 36 hours of the incident Dr. J. Allen Hynek, the world's foremost UFO expert, was in Pascagoula to interview the men. Before he left the next day he told the press that the men were, "Absolutely honest. They have had a fantastic experience." Fantastic indeed! Could it be true? Could these men actually have come in contact with non-human creatures from somewhere 'out there'? Who were these men? Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker? Why should we believe them? Have they been checked for mental stability? What do their friends and relatives think about all of this? Have either of these men ever been involved in other bizarre incidents? Questions, questions and more questions. Now, at last, the answers are available. Several years ago, William Mendez, a mid-western college professor, began to investigate this most celebrated UFO abduction case. Mendez has spent years getting to know the men, Charles Hickson and Calvin parker. He has made many trips to Mississippi and spent much time interviewing friends, co-workers and the families of the two men. Time-the passage of time-has a way of revealing fraud and deception. What have the intervening years taught us about what happened that October night in Pascagoula?First published in 1983 by Wendelle Stevens. Republished in 2017 by FLYING DISK PRESS.

Beyond Pascagoula

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Total Pages : 370 pages
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Book Synopsis Beyond Pascagoula by : Irena McCammon Scott, PhD

Download or read book Beyond Pascagoula written by Irena McCammon Scott, PhD and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is best known about the UFO events of October 1973 is the Pascagoula abduction account of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker. It began as an extremely credible report, but unlike many reports, intensive research has uncovered a number of additional reports of UFO sightings in the area at around the same time. This number continues to grow and more are given here. This has added to its credibility and because of this, it has been termed the best-documented alien abduction account on record.But much is not known about many elements associated with this event. It had numerous unique aspects, such as that the instruments the beings appeared to use to scan the men resembled such modern devices as the computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan. Such unique factors are compared to additional reports from the same time. This may be the first report of a new type of abduction event; there may have been a second abduction, by the same object at around the same time as Parker and Hickson's. Abductions appear to happen as single events, but this may have been extremely different and the first reported. And there may have even been several abduction attempts on the same night as the Pascagoula abductionIn addition much happened at the same time as the Pascagoula abduction, such as reports of close UFO encounters, a thunderous boom, and similar episodes that swarmed in to bewildered operators in many states across the USA. These events ushered in a massive UFO wave, possibly the largest wave ever experienced and possibly the last wave.The strange boom was no ordinary sound; it was one that, with the exception of the Krakatoa volcanic eruption of 1883, could be the most widespread audible sound ever recorded. It did not happen in some out of the way place; it happened in the nation's vital centers. It was felt in Washington DC, over areas of the nation's highest population density, its heartland, and several vital cities This sound was analyzed according to the latest NASA research on sounds. The boom was quite unnatural and remarkable in many ways. The width of the sound would mean that the object causing it would be many miles high, in outer space, and in a location where there should be no overpressure. However, there was a large area of overpressure such that it broke windows in a swath over at least three states and it appeared able to cause ground movement over a large area. It appeared to defy the laws of physics. Unlike most UFO associated phenomena where there is no hard scientific proof, this sound was recorded on two seismographs, which may provide scientific proof of the existence of anomalous UFO phenomena associated events.

The Threat

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471109526
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Book Synopsis The Threat by : David M. Jacobs

Download or read book The Threat written by David M. Jacobs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After fifty years of widespread speculation about UFOs and abductions by aliens, a distinguished historian and UFO researcher presents the first evidence-based explanation of alien intentions. Based on over thirty years of personal research, Professor Jacobs exposes the aliens' profoundly alarming agenda: to create a breed of alien-human 'hybrids' who will eventually colonise - and control - Earth. He explains why aliens are here, what they want and why their agenda has been kept secret. In doing so he presents a disturbing picture of a profoundly changed future in which humans will be relegated to inferior status. This incredible story is all the more remarkable because every account of an alien abduction is thoroughly documented and is corroborated by independent testimony. This book answers in astonishing depth some of the most important questions about the UFO phenomenon that researchers have been asking since the beginning of the controversy.

Pascagoula - The Story Continues

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Total Pages : 438 pages
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Book Synopsis Pascagoula - The Story Continues by : Calvin Parker

Download or read book Pascagoula - The Story Continues written by Calvin Parker and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PASCAGOULA - THE STORY CONTINUESNew Evidence & New WitnessesBY CALVIN PARKER(FULL COLOR EDITION)This book is the continuing research into the 'close encounter' event experienced by Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson on the Pascagoula River, Mississippi on the night of October 11th, 1973. It follows-on from Calvin Parker's first and best-selling book 'Pascagoula - The Closest Encounter'. After the first book was published the research did not stop, in fact it intensified. This book will feature the 'smoking gun' document known as the 'puncture wound' document which was located in the files of APRO. Does this one page type-written document confirm that both Hickson and Parker were 'injected' that night by the creatures that abducted them ? The book also has six transcripts of hypnosis sessions with both Parker and Hickson. The first is Calvin Parker under hypnosis literally just three days after the encounter. The second hypnosis session is with Budd Hopkins in 1993. The third hypnosis session is with Kathleen Marden on September 14th, 2019. There are three transcripts of hypnosis sessions with the late Charles Hickson. They are from 1974, 1985 and 1989, the latter two again with Budd Hopkins. If you don't like reading hypnosis transcripts then this book might not be for you. The book also details for the very first time an array of first-hand eyewitnesses to UFOs in and around Pascagoula and elsewhere in Mississippi that night back in 1973. Published here for the first time are details from a first-hand independent eye-witness who was on the opposite side of the river that night. This witness puts his testimony on the record stating that he too saw the 'humanoids' and also witnessed the UFO taking off. Last but not least, the author rounds the book off with an emotional look back at what has happened to him and the official unveiling of an historic marker unveiled by the Mayor in commemoration of what happened to Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker on October 11th, 1973. Like the previous book this one also utilizes an array of photographs, artwork, news cuttings, UFO magazine articles, letters and documents both old and new. Pascagoula-The Story Continues sheds yet more light onto one of ufology's best document alien abduction accounts. This book also has a foreword by the veteran UK UFO researcher Philip Mantle, and an afterword by US scientist, UFO researcher and author Dr. Irena Scott. This is the full color edition and a black and white version is also available.

Missing Time

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Publisher : August Night Press
ISBN 13 : 9781786771513
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (715 download)

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Book Synopsis Missing Time by : Budd Hopkins

Download or read book Missing Time written by Budd Hopkins and published by August Night Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1981, this pioneering work by Budd Hopkins was the first focused study of an enigma that would come to captivate the world and challenge our understanding of the universe. The influence of Missing Time was such that its title is now deeply embedded into the lexicon of UFO studies-synonymous with that most controversial and troubling of topics: alien abduction. At the time of its writing, Hopkins could not have predicted the impact of Missing Time, not only within UFOlogy, but in popular culture worldwide. The facts, stories, and theories presented herein laid the foundation for the first mainstream debates surrounding reports of human encounters with small, grey-skinned entities-non-human beings with hypnotic black eyes who came silently in the night for their own mysterious purposes. These vivid descriptions as documented by Hopkins would trigger buried memories worldwide in people from all walks of life-to the extent that the so-called "Greys" now represent the dominant cultural imagining of an alien lifeform. Missing Time is a comparative study of individuals distinct from one another in their life circumstances, separated by geography, but connected by their shared experience of a disturbing mystery with profound implications. An essential addition to the library of any serious scholar of the anomalous, and of all who dare to explore the physical, psychological, and spiritual extremities of human experience.

Beyond Earth

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ISBN 13 : 9780553119008
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Book Synopsis Beyond Earth by : Ralph Blum

Download or read book Beyond Earth written by Ralph Blum and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Real Cowboys & Aliens

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ISBN 13 : 9781734473001
Total Pages : 284 pages
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Book Synopsis The Real Cowboys & Aliens by : Noe Torres

Download or read book The Real Cowboys & Aliens written by Noe Torres and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the turbulent times of the "Wild West," America's farmers, ranchers, and cowboys looked up into the sky and beheld "signs and wonders" that rival any UFO sighting of the modern era. In addition to the airships above them, on the ground below they encountered strange humanoids in possession of futuristic technology, glimpsed unidentified submersible objects in the water, and dug up alien artifacts from the earth. This book doesn't just cover typical airship encounters of the era. It also details sightings of Men in Black, a Reptilian in 1892, and what sound to be underwater dwelling aliens in Pyramid Lake, Nevada! After reading this book you'll ask yourself: Was a UFO sighted in Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1874 related to another sighting there a hundred years later? Were strange lights floating along the train tracks in Edwardsville, Kansas, in 1878 those of a UFO or a Phantom Locomotive? Was an alien spotted in 1880 Kentucky the same specter named Spring-Heeled Jack that terrorized London in the 1830s? And, did a giant sword that fell to earth in New York State in 1883 come from the heavens or another dimension altogether?

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

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Book Synopsis Beyond Reasonable Doubt by : Dr Philip Mantle Irena Scott

Download or read book Beyond Reasonable Doubt written by Dr Philip Mantle Irena Scott and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - The Pascagoula Alien Abduction By Philip Mantle and Irena McCammon Scott, PhD Foreword by Calvin Parker The date was October 11th, 1973; the location was the Pascagoula River, Mississippi. Two shipyard workers Charles Hickson (age 42) and Calvin Parker (age 18) decided to go fishing on the river after work. Both anglers were not having much luck that night and they thought about calling it a night when something happened that would change their lives forever. A dazzling blue light from behind them illuminated the entire scene. Turning round both men watched in awe as a rugby ball-shaped object descended. A door opened and three bizarre looking humanoid entities glided out across to the two terrified onlookers. Both Parker & Hickson later that night made their way to their local Sherriff's Department to tell them that they had been abducted by aliens. It wasn't long before the story found its way into the media and the story went around the world. Charles Hickson readily told his story, but Calvin Parker wanted simply to be left alone. Hickson co-authored a book with William Mendez in 1983 and it wasn't until 2018 that Calvin Parker finally told his story in full for the first time. It was Calvin Parker's book and subsequent publicity that made this case probably the best documented such event on record. It wasn't necessarily what Calvin Parker related in his two books, but it is what happened when they were published. Much to everyone's surprise more and more firsthand eyewitnesses began to step forward. A number of these witnesses reported seeing something s few days prior to the Parker/Hickson encounter and others a few days after. UFO sightings were made in and around Pascagoula, Mississippi and in neighbouring states as well. Added to that more eyewitnesses stepped forward with their accounts of what they observed on the very same night, that being October 11th, 1973. Two of these witnesses were quite literally on the other side of the Pascagoula River that night at the very same time as Parker and Hickson were experiencing their close encounter. Not only were they on the other side of the river, but they too have related a sequence of events that could indicate that they two had a similar encounter to the two fishermen on the opposite side of the river. The full story of these two witnesses and all of the others are detailed here in full. One last thing that has left the authors completely baffled is what could be 'proof' of a physical contact with something by Parker and Hickson that night. Both men reported that when the bizarre looking humanoids took hold of them, they felt a king of 'scratch' on 'prick' similar to an injection. The authors have uncovered a document written on October 13th, 1973, just two days after the encounter, which describes a physical examination of the two men and that 'puncture wounds' were located on Charles Hickson's arm and Calvin Parker's foot. The document, located in 2018, also mentioned that photographs of these marks were taken. In the file sadly there was no sign of these photographs. In 2021 when this book was being written the authors received an email from a colleague that mentioned he had accidentally found a couple of photos that he thought we would be interested in. The photographs in question were those mentioned in the 'puncture wounds' document obtained 3 years earlier and show marks on Charles's Hickson's arm and Calvin Parker's foot. These photos will be published here for the first time ever. This book concentrates on the independent eyewitness testimony, the puncture wounds evidence, the hypnosis sessions of the new witnesses and of Calvin Parker both of which were conducted exclusively for this book and it is left for the reader to draw their own conclusion.

Journal of a UFO Investigator

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110147565X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Journal of a UFO Investigator by : David Halperin

Download or read book Journal of a UFO Investigator written by David Halperin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sparkling debut novel set in the sixties about a boy's emotional and fantastical journey through alien worlds and family pain. Against the backdrop of the troubled 1960s, this coming-of-age novel weaves together a compelling psychological drama and vivid outer-space fantasy. Danny Shapiro is an isolated teenager, living with a dying mother and a hostile father and without friends. To cope with these circumstances, Danny forges a reality of his own, which includes the sinister "Three Men in Black", mysterious lake creatures with insectlike carapaces, a beautiful young seductress and thief with whom Danny falls in love, and an alien/human love child who-if only Danny can keep her alive-will redeem the planet. Danny's fictional world blends so seamlessly with his day-to-day life that profound questions about what is real and what is not, what is possible and what is imagined begin to arise. As the hero in his alien landscape, he finds the strength to deal with his own life and to stand up to demons both real and imagined. Told with heart and intellect, Journal of a UFO Investigator will remind readers of the works of Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem.

The Flying Saucers are Real

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Publisher : DigiCat
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Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis The Flying Saucers are Real by : Donald E. Keyhoe

Download or read book The Flying Saucers are Real written by Donald E. Keyhoe and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flying Saucers Are Real by Donald Keyhoe, printed in 1950, is one of the first books investigating numerous encounters between the United States Air Force fighters, personnel, and other aircraft and UFOs between 1947 and 1950. The author contended that the Air Force was investigating these cases of close encounters, with a policy of concealing. Keyhoe also said that Earth had been visited by extraterrestrials for two centuries, with the frequency of these visits increasing sharply after the first atomic weapon test in 1945.

Clear Intent

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Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780131366497
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Book Synopsis Clear Intent by : Lawrence Fawcett

Download or read book Clear Intent written by Lawrence Fawcett and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the government's top secret investigations of UFO sightings and argues that the government possesses secret proof of the existence of UFOs

Incident at Devils Den: A True Story, by Terry Lovelace, Esq

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578420325
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Book Synopsis Incident at Devils Den: A True Story, by Terry Lovelace, Esq by : Terry Lovelace

Download or read book Incident at Devils Den: A True Story, by Terry Lovelace, Esq written by Terry Lovelace and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of the 1977 alien abduction as told by a former Assistant Attorney General and USAF veteran. He and a friend were taken while remote camping in an Arkansas State Park. Includes the 2012 x-rays of an alien implant discovered on a routine x-ray. It was the catalyst to tell the story he had to retire before he could tell.

Witnessed

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671570315
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (715 download)

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Book Synopsis Witnessed by : Budd Hopkins

Download or read book Witnessed written by Budd Hopkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Intruders, Hopkins focused worldwide attention on a series of alien encounters. Now, for the first time in history, an abduction has been sighted by independent third-party witnesses--including a major world leader! This book reveals this unprecedented and amazingly complex case in its entirety. Includes 16-page photo insert.

Top Secret Alien Abduction Files

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Publisher : Red Wheel Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1633411044
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (334 download)

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Book Synopsis Top Secret Alien Abduction Files by : Nick Redfern

Download or read book Top Secret Alien Abduction Files written by Nick Redfern and published by Red Wheel Weiser. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why and how the government monitors those who have been kidnapped by strange, unearthly beings with even stranger agendas, from the author of Final Events. For decades, people have reported close encounters with extraterrestrial entities. Witnesses describe being kidnapped by large-headed, black-eyed creatures from other worlds. Those same creatures have become popularly known as “the Grays.” There is, however, another aspect to the alien abduction controversy. Abductees very often report being followed and spied upon by military and government personnel. It is typical for abductees to see black helicopters hovering directly over their homes in an intimidating manner. Phone calls are monitored. Emails are hacked into. Strange men dressed in black suits are seen photographing the homes of the abductees. All of this brings us to the matter of what have become known in the domain of alien abduction research as “Military Abductions,” or “MILABS.” According to numerous abductees, after being kidnapped by aliens they are kidnapped again . . . by the government. These follow-up events are the work of a powerful group hidden deep within the military and the intelligence community. It is the secret agenda of this highly classified organization to figure out what the so-called Grays are really up to. And, the best way for the government to get the answers is to interrogate those who have come face-to-face with the UFO phenomenon: the abductees. Why is the government secretly compiling files on alien abductees? Is the alien abduction issue so sinister that it has become a matter of national security proportions?

The Aztec UFO Incident

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Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1632659980
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis The Aztec UFO Incident by : Scott Ramsey

Download or read book The Aztec UFO Incident written by Scott Ramsey and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aztec UFO Incident—the first ever widely publicized report of a recovered flying saucer—was derided as a hoax for decades. But now the Ramseys and Frank Thayer reveal the exact spot where the craft landed and show how the 100-foot diameter saucer was moved to a secret laboratory. Witnesses to the incident who were interviewed by the authors affirm that they were sworn to secrecy by the military. The authors also reveal the names of scientists who worked on the craft after its recovery. Also included are previously unseen documents from the CIA, FBI, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Army that constituted a cover-up whose sole purpose was to surround the Aztec story with a smokescreen of lies, misinformation, and destructive allegations. Roswell is no longer the only proven flying saucer recovery we know about. The Aztec UFO Incident is a must-read for historians and UFO students alike.

The Transcendental Temptation

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Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616148284
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Book Synopsis The Transcendental Temptation by : Paul Kurtz

Download or read book The Transcendental Temptation written by Paul Kurtz and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this landmark work, Paul Kurtz examines the reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary. According to Kurtz, it is because there is within the human species a deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking—the “transcendental temptation”—which undermines critical judgment and paves the way for willful beliefs. Kurtz explores in detail the three major monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—finding striking psychological and sociological parallels between these religions, the spiritualism of the nineteenth century, and the paranormal belief systems of today. This acclaimed and controversial book includes sections on mysticism, belief in the afterlife, the existence of God, reincarnation, astrology, and ufology. Kurtz concludes by explaining and advocating rational skepticism as an antidote to belief in the transcendental.