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itsthenoise

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... ok, if you were new to paracast this year [ I am ], and were interested in reading a few books on the subject of 'credible' UFO info.

where would you start?

anyone?
 
I'd start with these;

1.UFOs & The National Security State by Richard Dolan (history)

2.Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee (my favorite UFO book)

3.CE-5:close encounters of the 5th kind by Dr.Richard Haines (UFO book of the future - today)

4.Above Top Secret by Timothy Good (history)

5.The UFO Enigma by Peter Sturrock (review of the physical evidence)
 
I'd be inclined to suggest some Vallee too (because I'm a total sycophant;)) but on second thought, its a bit much as an introduction to the field. I remember being at a total loss reading him when I was a kid.
Therefore, adding to your titles CE, I'd include Flying Saucers Real by Donald Keyhoe. Its an important look at the way the govt. handled this odd phenomena, prior to and during the decision to reject it at its core, at least publicaly.
 
Of course, Rich Dolan's book is required reading.

Donald Keyhoe's "Flying Saucers are Real" is available in it's entirety on Google books.

I highly recommend visiting your local public library and requesting a loan of the Jerome Clark's astounding "The UFO Encyclopedia". These two thick volumes cost around $150 to buy, so they're a little too pricey for the average bear (but they can be found used, I scored a set for $60 on Abebooks.com).

dB
 
Noanswers said:
I'm printing up the copies of the MUFON Journals now (so I don't have to converse w/ realtives over the holidays) and they appear to be a great historical record.
I didn't realize they were available online; thanks so much!
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You're welcome ;). If you need even more reading to save you from the dreaded festivities, NICAP offers some free online UFO books:

onlinebooks

Also check out the CUFON site:

The Computer UFO Network
 
Grab anything by John Keel too. I have a really great UFO book by Keel (name escapes me at the moment). Oh ... and Nick Redfern is always good. Just got his "FBI Files" book for my birthday and was highly amused to see the author as being one "Nicholas Redfern". Made me giggle anyway :D.
 
I am making my way through the Vallee books. I would suggest the trilogy, and for something a little different his book on his trip to Russia to investigate their sightings is interesting.
 
schticknz said:
Grab anything by John Keel too. I have a really great UFO book by Keel (name escapes me at the moment). Oh ... and Nick Redfern is always good. Just got his "FBI Files" book for my birthday and was highly amused to see the author as being one "Nicholas Redfern". Made me giggle anyway :D.
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Our Haunted Planet by any chance? I really enjoyed that. Keel is great. Fun to read, regardless of whether it's "real" or not.

I'd recommend all of Budd Hopkins' books, all of Leah Haley's work, and Karla Turner's Taken.

I think Whitley Strieber's first few books are worth reading, especially if you want to familiarize yourself in what the rest of the UFO community is conversant with.

Kehoe and Vallée are good bets. An absolute MUST is Marc Davenport's Visitors from Time: Secret of the UFOs.

I also have some recommendations for the fact/fiction stuff--not really "UFO" truth, but maybe as close as you will get.

I bought and read Streiber's The Grays and very much enjoyed it. It has stuff in it that he can't prove, but he says he has been told by reputable sources (Air Force sources, witnesses, police and other officials and military types--radar operators, pilots, etc.) about ARVs, stealth, MILABs and the like. Same thing with Majestic, except about the MJ-12 documents.
"Fictionalized" and sanitized for the protection of the innocent, just like Dragnet. And also so people still serving don't have to risk their pensions by breaking their security oaths.

I haven't read Majestic, so I can't recommend it, but The Grays was really good. He actually wrote about the new "invisible electro-cloth" that takes photos of what's behind it and projects it onto the front of whatever vehicle you like (in this case, a huge electrogravitic dirigible in a flat delta wing formation) before the military outed the technology just this year.

So, maybe not fictionalized, just still within the realm of secrecy. Okay, back to the NO-BS UFO booklist:

Please read the late John Mack's excellent book Abduction: Human Encounters with Alienshttp://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Encounters-John-E-Mack/dp/0345393007--if you're not already familiar, bump it up to the top of your list.

Oh, and everything that David Jacobs ever wrote, including The UFO Controversy in America, UFOs and Abductions: Challenging the Borders of Knowledge, and especially Secret Life and The Threat.

More about Dr. Jacobs and his work here:
UFO Evidence : David Jacobs, Ph.D.

(He'd be a good guest, too.)
 
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