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October 12, 2018
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October 3, 2018
New Blind Alien plug!
The Blind Alien was featured on Tom Fallwell's blog this week.
Take a look.
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Take a look.
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September 28, 2018
Wes Britton on radio tonight!
Wes Britton will be a guest on the Morgan White Jr. radio show on WBZ tonight at midnight EST. You can click on the “Listen live” here:
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September 18, 2018
Book Review: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
Fear: Trump in the White House
Bob Woodward
Hardcover:448 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 2nd edition (September 11, 2018)
ISBN-10:1501175513
ISBN-13:978-1501175510
https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Trump-Whi...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
I’m pretty sure this was the first time I ever picked up a new book anticipating a depressing reading experience.
That’s because, like many Americans, I watched the election results of Nov. 9, 2016 with amazement and horror. I saw my country go insane. In the months and years since Trump’s inauguration, I’ve seen a narcissist, often paranoid president looking at the world through Trump-colored glasses. Policy wise, it’s been clear he has protectionist, populist, and nationalist views. It’s been clear he operates on the fly, often responding emotionally to any perceived threats or attacks. He’ll lie at the drop of a hat.
And all of this has been publicly chronicled on a daily basis since the presidential campaign. So Bob Woodward’s controversial new book doesn’t offer many surprises, other than the minutiae of who said what to whom and when. For me, I occasionally felt a glimmer of hope when I realized Trump has had some clear-headed advisors who’ve butted heads with more right-wing ideologues, although usually for relatively brief periods.
The greatest surprise for me was reading claims that some of these more clear-minded advisors found all manner of tricks to keep Trump from signing potentially dangerous documents, notably curtailing long alliances with countries like South Korea. True, as others have noted, this means unelected members of Trump’s inner circle have subverted the will of our elected president. I admit, I’m glad they did. I realize this places me inside a serious moral conundrum, but I’m too far away from any offices of power for my thoughts to matter.
Woodward’s uncited sources provide great specificity to all the conversations and actions the interviewees shared with Woodward, although not every issue of the Trump presidency was covered. There’s no discussion, for example, of the president’s ban on Muslim travelers to the U.S. But, without question, the most controversial aspect to the book is the lack of attribution to the “anonymous sources.” As Woodward has been assuring us in interviews the past few weeks, all his notes, memos, diaries, and tapes will ultimately be open to public scrutiny when he donates them all to a library archive.
Till then, I think Bob Woodward has built up enough of a record that give him serious credibility and trust. Also, the book is a straight-forward bare-bones narrative of information with little obvious editorial postulating, although it’s clear who he thinks are the heroes and who are the villains.
My one hope is that Trump supporters will take the time to read this tome and not respond like the Morgan County Library in West Virginia which has refused to shelf the book. On what grounds? No one is saying.
This review first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 18, 2018 at BookPleasures.com:
https://waa.ai/aiwZ
Bob Woodward
Hardcover:448 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 2nd edition (September 11, 2018)
ISBN-10:1501175513
ISBN-13:978-1501175510
https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Trump-Whi...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
I’m pretty sure this was the first time I ever picked up a new book anticipating a depressing reading experience.
That’s because, like many Americans, I watched the election results of Nov. 9, 2016 with amazement and horror. I saw my country go insane. In the months and years since Trump’s inauguration, I’ve seen a narcissist, often paranoid president looking at the world through Trump-colored glasses. Policy wise, it’s been clear he has protectionist, populist, and nationalist views. It’s been clear he operates on the fly, often responding emotionally to any perceived threats or attacks. He’ll lie at the drop of a hat.
And all of this has been publicly chronicled on a daily basis since the presidential campaign. So Bob Woodward’s controversial new book doesn’t offer many surprises, other than the minutiae of who said what to whom and when. For me, I occasionally felt a glimmer of hope when I realized Trump has had some clear-headed advisors who’ve butted heads with more right-wing ideologues, although usually for relatively brief periods.
The greatest surprise for me was reading claims that some of these more clear-minded advisors found all manner of tricks to keep Trump from signing potentially dangerous documents, notably curtailing long alliances with countries like South Korea. True, as others have noted, this means unelected members of Trump’s inner circle have subverted the will of our elected president. I admit, I’m glad they did. I realize this places me inside a serious moral conundrum, but I’m too far away from any offices of power for my thoughts to matter.
Woodward’s uncited sources provide great specificity to all the conversations and actions the interviewees shared with Woodward, although not every issue of the Trump presidency was covered. There’s no discussion, for example, of the president’s ban on Muslim travelers to the U.S. But, without question, the most controversial aspect to the book is the lack of attribution to the “anonymous sources.” As Woodward has been assuring us in interviews the past few weeks, all his notes, memos, diaries, and tapes will ultimately be open to public scrutiny when he donates them all to a library archive.
Till then, I think Bob Woodward has built up enough of a record that give him serious credibility and trust. Also, the book is a straight-forward bare-bones narrative of information with little obvious editorial postulating, although it’s clear who he thinks are the heroes and who are the villains.
My one hope is that Trump supporters will take the time to read this tome and not respond like the Morgan County Library in West Virginia which has refused to shelf the book. On what grounds? No one is saying.
This review first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 18, 2018 at BookPleasures.com:
https://waa.ai/aiwZ
September 11, 2018
Book Review: The Blockade Runners by Peter Vollmer
The Blockade Runners
Peter Vollmer
Print Length: 379 pages
Publisher: Endeavour Media (August 17, 2018)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ASIN: B07G4FX1Y2
https://www.amazon.com/Blockade-Runne...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
My first paragraph here is almost word-for-word how I opened my 2017 review of Peter Vollmer’s A Question of Allegiance:
I may not have been the very first one, but I was certainly among the earliest reviewers of the novels of South African writer Peter Borchard a.k.a. Peter Vollmer. My reviews began with 2011’s Relentless Pursuit, continued with 2012’s Diamonds Are But Stone, and 2015’s Left For Dead. Of special interest was his 2015 Per Fine Ounce, a continuation novel featuring a character named Geoffrey Peace created by fellow South African novelist Geoffrey Jenkins, a writer with notable connections with Ian Fleming.
Once again, I’m happy to report Vollmer remains a master in his descriptions of international settings and very developed characters. He’s able to vividly capture historical times and places; in the case of The Blockade Runners, his focus is on Rhodesia in 1965 when the U.N. has imposed an embargo on the country to put pressure on Prime Minister Ian Smith to accept majority rule and not continue his minority white government.
The main character of the novel is rugged, womanizing South African banker David Tuck. Despite his military background, he’s known for his accounting skills, especially with international accounts. His South African bank, in its Rhodesian offices, recruits him to be the paymaster for smugglers wanting to bring in oil, weapons, and helicopters illegally into Rhodesia. He has no idea what he’s getting into, to put it mildly.
Soon, he’s paired with the alluring Gisela Mentz, a former East German operative for the Stasi. Together, blending Gisela’s undercover training and Tuck’s quick reflexes and resourcefulness, they travel to Europe and the Middle East to arrange for the secret transfers of funds to smugglers willing to run the U.N. embargo. While France and Germany are willing to look the other way, Britain has a very different agenda. MI6 goes so far as to send out assassins to take out Tuck and Mentz as covertly as possible.
So Tuck and Mentz, quickly romantically involved, are in constant danger and have a series of near-misses and escapes. Adding to the danger, Mentz has inherited a Rhodesian farm targeted by black revolutionaries who want to chase whites out of their country. So, the pair are literally under the gun both when operating around the globe and at home as well.
While The Blockade Runners may not be a pure spy vs. spy espionage thriller, it has all the tropes of such novels. There are numerous chase scenes, deadly fights in exotic locations, clever twists from David Tuck’s fertile mind, generous sex scenes, and complex international chess moves. In short, The Blockade Runners should appeal to readers of Fleming, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and all the other old-fashioned thriller writers versed in international intrigue. Vollmer has gone down this road before—I’m delighted to see he’s at it again. I also appreciate the irony—from beginning to end, readers will be rooting for the bad guys. After all, blockade runners are the criminals.
Wes Britton’s review of A Question of Allegiance first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 23, 2017 at:
http://dpli.ir/LtmtBi
Wes Britton’s 2011 review of Relentless Pursuit was posted at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2012 review of Diamonds Are But Stone is up at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2015 review of Left for Dead is up at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2015 article,” The Re-Boot of PER FINE OUNCE: A Continuation Novel That Isn’t What You Think” was published at:
https://literary007.com/2015/03/25/th...
Wes Britton’s review of The Blockade Runners first appeared Sept. 11, 2018 at:
https://waa.ai/aI7E
Peter Vollmer
Print Length: 379 pages
Publisher: Endeavour Media (August 17, 2018)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
ASIN: B07G4FX1Y2
https://www.amazon.com/Blockade-Runne...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
My first paragraph here is almost word-for-word how I opened my 2017 review of Peter Vollmer’s A Question of Allegiance:
I may not have been the very first one, but I was certainly among the earliest reviewers of the novels of South African writer Peter Borchard a.k.a. Peter Vollmer. My reviews began with 2011’s Relentless Pursuit, continued with 2012’s Diamonds Are But Stone, and 2015’s Left For Dead. Of special interest was his 2015 Per Fine Ounce, a continuation novel featuring a character named Geoffrey Peace created by fellow South African novelist Geoffrey Jenkins, a writer with notable connections with Ian Fleming.
Once again, I’m happy to report Vollmer remains a master in his descriptions of international settings and very developed characters. He’s able to vividly capture historical times and places; in the case of The Blockade Runners, his focus is on Rhodesia in 1965 when the U.N. has imposed an embargo on the country to put pressure on Prime Minister Ian Smith to accept majority rule and not continue his minority white government.
The main character of the novel is rugged, womanizing South African banker David Tuck. Despite his military background, he’s known for his accounting skills, especially with international accounts. His South African bank, in its Rhodesian offices, recruits him to be the paymaster for smugglers wanting to bring in oil, weapons, and helicopters illegally into Rhodesia. He has no idea what he’s getting into, to put it mildly.
Soon, he’s paired with the alluring Gisela Mentz, a former East German operative for the Stasi. Together, blending Gisela’s undercover training and Tuck’s quick reflexes and resourcefulness, they travel to Europe and the Middle East to arrange for the secret transfers of funds to smugglers willing to run the U.N. embargo. While France and Germany are willing to look the other way, Britain has a very different agenda. MI6 goes so far as to send out assassins to take out Tuck and Mentz as covertly as possible.
So Tuck and Mentz, quickly romantically involved, are in constant danger and have a series of near-misses and escapes. Adding to the danger, Mentz has inherited a Rhodesian farm targeted by black revolutionaries who want to chase whites out of their country. So, the pair are literally under the gun both when operating around the globe and at home as well.
While The Blockade Runners may not be a pure spy vs. spy espionage thriller, it has all the tropes of such novels. There are numerous chase scenes, deadly fights in exotic locations, clever twists from David Tuck’s fertile mind, generous sex scenes, and complex international chess moves. In short, The Blockade Runners should appeal to readers of Fleming, Graham Greene, Eric Ambler, and all the other old-fashioned thriller writers versed in international intrigue. Vollmer has gone down this road before—I’m delighted to see he’s at it again. I also appreciate the irony—from beginning to end, readers will be rooting for the bad guys. After all, blockade runners are the criminals.
Wes Britton’s review of A Question of Allegiance first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 23, 2017 at:
http://dpli.ir/LtmtBi
Wes Britton’s 2011 review of Relentless Pursuit was posted at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2012 review of Diamonds Are But Stone is up at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2015 review of Left for Dead is up at:
http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitep...
Wes Britton’s 2015 article,” The Re-Boot of PER FINE OUNCE: A Continuation Novel That Isn’t What You Think” was published at:
https://literary007.com/2015/03/25/th...
Wes Britton’s review of The Blockade Runners first appeared Sept. 11, 2018 at:
https://waa.ai/aI7E
September 6, 2018
Book Review: Flying Saucers from Beyond the Earth: A UFO Researcher's Odyssey by Gordon Lore
Flying Saucers from Beyond the Earth: A UFO Researcher's Odyssey
Gordon Lore
Hardcover: 460 pages
Publisher: BearManor Media (October 1, 2018)
ISBN-10: 1629333441
ISBN-13: 978-1629333441
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
The bulk of Gordon Lore’s latest book is a compilation of summaries describing apparently every UFO sighting reported to the National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from 1956 to 1980. During that time, Lore served as Vice President, Assistant Director, Secretary-Treasurer and investigator for NICAP, then the world’s largest UFO organization.
The summaries don’t stop there. While Lore focuses on sightings in the continental U.S. in his first chapters, he also presents sightings and close encounters internationally, at sea, and in the air up to the present day. In fact, just before the appendices begin, Lore closes his journey by providing readers with a website and e-mail address where they can report new sightings in the future.
Lore’s approach is both objective and personal. Objective in that he rarely editorializes on the credibility of UFO spotters other than frequently noting scientists, two presidents, police officers, astronauts, military personnel and many other believable folks claimed to have seen unidentified flying objects near their homes or job sites. Credibility for many such occurrences is underlined when numerous witnesses reported what they saw at the same time and same place. Lore also shows how the U.S. military and government engaged in a long and often silly cover-up of UFO sightings by giving the public usually implausible explanations of how UFO phenomena could be explained away. Lore doesn’t have to add any commentary on any official agency’s lack of professionalism or believability. Instead, he lets the facts stand for themselves.
The odyssey is personal in that Lore was on the inside of UFO explorations for several decades and worked with the most eminent researchers in the field, appeared in Congressional hearings, and advised Stanley Kubrik while 2001: A Space Odyssey was being filmed. So he is able to provide portraits of many of the key figures involved in NICAP during its heyday and afterward.
One perhaps irrelevant question I have is, just how much of this book is new material? In addition to the numerous articles and special reports Lore either wrote, co-wrote, or edited over the years, his past books include Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, Strange Effects from UFOs and UFOs: A New look. Of course, if you’re a reader who’s read none of Lore’s previous work, his Flying Saucers tome will be new to you, just as it was to me. I rather suspect Flying Saucers may well be Lore’s culmination of all his UFO work, pulled together in a grande finale.
I admit, before reading this book, I was willing to accept the possibility that alien visitors had come to our earth. I’m now convinced they have. Many, many times. I’m still amazed how these visitors haven’t made any noticeable effort to communicate with us. Why come all this way just to fly around and check things out? Well, those aren’t the sorts of questions Lore addresses. His purpose is to establish we’ve been getting visits on numerous occasions that defy any explanation other than we are not alone in the universe.
This review first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 6, 2018:
https://waa.ai/aB4t
Gordon Lore
Hardcover: 460 pages
Publisher: BearManor Media (October 1, 2018)
ISBN-10: 1629333441
ISBN-13: 978-1629333441
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Saucers...
Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton
The bulk of Gordon Lore’s latest book is a compilation of summaries describing apparently every UFO sighting reported to the National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from 1956 to 1980. During that time, Lore served as Vice President, Assistant Director, Secretary-Treasurer and investigator for NICAP, then the world’s largest UFO organization.
The summaries don’t stop there. While Lore focuses on sightings in the continental U.S. in his first chapters, he also presents sightings and close encounters internationally, at sea, and in the air up to the present day. In fact, just before the appendices begin, Lore closes his journey by providing readers with a website and e-mail address where they can report new sightings in the future.
Lore’s approach is both objective and personal. Objective in that he rarely editorializes on the credibility of UFO spotters other than frequently noting scientists, two presidents, police officers, astronauts, military personnel and many other believable folks claimed to have seen unidentified flying objects near their homes or job sites. Credibility for many such occurrences is underlined when numerous witnesses reported what they saw at the same time and same place. Lore also shows how the U.S. military and government engaged in a long and often silly cover-up of UFO sightings by giving the public usually implausible explanations of how UFO phenomena could be explained away. Lore doesn’t have to add any commentary on any official agency’s lack of professionalism or believability. Instead, he lets the facts stand for themselves.
The odyssey is personal in that Lore was on the inside of UFO explorations for several decades and worked with the most eminent researchers in the field, appeared in Congressional hearings, and advised Stanley Kubrik while 2001: A Space Odyssey was being filmed. So he is able to provide portraits of many of the key figures involved in NICAP during its heyday and afterward.
One perhaps irrelevant question I have is, just how much of this book is new material? In addition to the numerous articles and special reports Lore either wrote, co-wrote, or edited over the years, his past books include Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective, Strange Effects from UFOs and UFOs: A New look. Of course, if you’re a reader who’s read none of Lore’s previous work, his Flying Saucers tome will be new to you, just as it was to me. I rather suspect Flying Saucers may well be Lore’s culmination of all his UFO work, pulled together in a grande finale.
I admit, before reading this book, I was willing to accept the possibility that alien visitors had come to our earth. I’m now convinced they have. Many, many times. I’m still amazed how these visitors haven’t made any noticeable effort to communicate with us. Why come all this way just to fly around and check things out? Well, those aren’t the sorts of questions Lore addresses. His purpose is to establish we’ve been getting visits on numerous occasions that defy any explanation other than we are not alone in the universe.
This review first appeared at BookPleasures.com on Sept. 6, 2018:
https://waa.ai/aB4t
August 31, 2018
Two Free Movies on YouTube!Two Free Movies on YouTube!
Two Free Movies on YouTube!
Sequart Organization and Respect Films are proud to announce that their feature-length documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts are now available to watch for free on Sequart's YouTube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/user/SequartTV
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods was produced in close collaboration with Morrison and features extensive interviews with him, as well as never-before-seen photos and documents spanning his childhood to the present day. Complimenting Morrison’s own words are interviews with his closest collaborators and friends. The film makes extensive use of found and abstract footage to make the documentary feel like a Morrison comic.
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts features the most extensive interview ever given by Ellis. His acerbic wit and core belief in humanity come across like never before, revealing the unique point of view that has made him such a pivotal and influential figure to his massive audience of artists, journalists, scientists, and fans.
If you enjoy these films, you can also purchase a download, including extra footage, on our website's store. And of course, we have plenty of Grant Morrison- and Warren Ellis-related books for you to enjoy, including:
• Grant Morrison: The Early Years
• Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles
• Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth in the 21st Century
• The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison’s Batman
• Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan
• Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide
• Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization
• Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews, featuring the complete transcript of over 10 hours of interviews with the man himself
ALSO FROM SEQUART
Grant Morrison: The Early Years, by Timothy Callahan, was the first book ever published on Morrison's work.
Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, by Patrick Meaney, examines Morrison's classic series in an easily accessible fashion.
Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews contains the full transcript of over 10 hours of Ellis interviews, ranging in subject across his entire career.
Copyright © 2018 Sequart, All rights reserved.
Sequart Organization and Respect Films are proud to announce that their feature-length documentaries Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts are now available to watch for free on Sequart's YouTube channel!
https://www.youtube.com/user/SequartTV
Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods was produced in close collaboration with Morrison and features extensive interviews with him, as well as never-before-seen photos and documents spanning his childhood to the present day. Complimenting Morrison’s own words are interviews with his closest collaborators and friends. The film makes extensive use of found and abstract footage to make the documentary feel like a Morrison comic.
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts features the most extensive interview ever given by Ellis. His acerbic wit and core belief in humanity come across like never before, revealing the unique point of view that has made him such a pivotal and influential figure to his massive audience of artists, journalists, scientists, and fans.
If you enjoy these films, you can also purchase a download, including extra footage, on our website's store. And of course, we have plenty of Grant Morrison- and Warren Ellis-related books for you to enjoy, including:
• Grant Morrison: The Early Years
• Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles
• Curing the Postmodern Blues: Reading Grant Morrison and Chris Weston’s The Filth in the 21st Century
• The Anatomy of Zur-en-Arrh: Understanding Grant Morrison’s Batman
• Shot in the Face: A Savage Journey to the Heart of Transmetropolitan
• Keeping the World Strange: A Planetary Guide
• Voyage in Noise: Warren Ellis and the Demise of Western Civilization
• Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews, featuring the complete transcript of over 10 hours of interviews with the man himself
ALSO FROM SEQUART
Grant Morrison: The Early Years, by Timothy Callahan, was the first book ever published on Morrison's work.
Our Sentence is Up: Seeing Grant Morrison's The Invisibles, by Patrick Meaney, examines Morrison's classic series in an easily accessible fashion.
Warren Ellis: The Captured Ghosts Interviews contains the full transcript of over 10 hours of Ellis interviews, ranging in subject across his entire career.
Copyright © 2018 Sequart, All rights reserved.
August 27, 2018
"Murder in the Canyon" is still a free read!If you haven’t claimed your free copy of Wes Britton’s “Murder in the Canyon” yet, here’s the latest link to a giveaway with a ton of other free SF titles as well. Enjoy the late summer reading!
If you haven’t claimed your free copy of Wes Britton’s “Murder in the Canyon” yet, here’s the latest link to a giveaway with a ton of other free SF titles as well. Enjoy the late summer reading!
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https://claims.instafreebie.com/gg/3O...
August 24, 2018
Exploring the History of Flying Saucers
Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth -- Exploring the History of UFO Research with Gordon Lore
Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is Gordon Lores fifteen-year UFO odyssey through the 1960s and 1970s, the most formative research and investigation years of this constantly ongoing phenomenon. It is highlighted by his work with Major Donald E. Keyhoe, known as Mr. UFO because he wrote the first book and article on the subject in 1950, Richard H. Hall, and James E. McDonald, one of the premiere UFO scientists during the 1960s whose tragic death in 1971 left an enduring gap in the early history of UFO research and investigation.
This new book gives the reader both personal and scientific insights into many perplexing flying saucer sightings and the authors investigation and research highlighting their importance. The author has worked with such respected UFO researchers and scientists as Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Dr. Jacques Vallee, Francis Ridge (honcho of the NICAP website), Barry Greenwood, Jan Aldrich, Raymond Fowler, Stanton Friedman, and Paul Cerny. The book also highlights the authors personal investigation of prominent UFO sightings in several states and his leading the NICAP subcommittee work of a number of prominent investigators. He can be seen sitting with Major Donald E. Keyhoe and Richard Hall at a conference table at the National Press Club in 1968 in a segment of NASAs Unexplained FilesSecret Aliens.
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I was fascinated by Gordon Lores account of UFO history and NICAPs ceaseless struggle to uncover and reveal the truth. Working with highly-charged, up-to-the-minute material, the author invokes military and civilian aviators, police officers, trainmen, abductees, scientists, CIA moles, gold miners, FBI bureaucrats and the everyday people whose sightings are the backbone of the UFO phenomenon. If a book dedicated to evidence-based research can be thrilling, Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is it.
David J. Hogan, author of UFO FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers
Gordon Lore provides us with a marvelous look at the Golden Era of flying saucers and UFOs, giving us an uncommon look at the past from the perspective of one who actually lived it as an official of NICAP in Washington, D.C. This inside look at many classic saucer sightings comes from the time when UFOs made national headlines, were the subject of official Air Force investigations, and were targeted for two Congressional hearings in 1966 and 1968. It is pure nostalgia for those curious about the controversy over life in space.
Barry J. Greenwood, co-author of Clear Intent: The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience
Gordon Lore has given us a careful, comprehensive and honest reportage of the UFO phenomenon based on his many years of investigating the phenomenon. He is neither an alarmist nor a radical in his conclusions. The reader will find this an essential counterweight to distortions that sometimes muddy this ever-timely subject.
Neil Earle, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in American Popular Culture
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Available exclusively from BearManor Media in hardback, paperback, and e-book editions.
Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is Gordon Lores fifteen-year UFO odyssey through the 1960s and 1970s, the most formative research and investigation years of this constantly ongoing phenomenon. It is highlighted by his work with Major Donald E. Keyhoe, known as Mr. UFO because he wrote the first book and article on the subject in 1950, Richard H. Hall, and James E. McDonald, one of the premiere UFO scientists during the 1960s whose tragic death in 1971 left an enduring gap in the early history of UFO research and investigation.
This new book gives the reader both personal and scientific insights into many perplexing flying saucer sightings and the authors investigation and research highlighting their importance. The author has worked with such respected UFO researchers and scientists as Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Dr. Jacques Vallee, Francis Ridge (honcho of the NICAP website), Barry Greenwood, Jan Aldrich, Raymond Fowler, Stanton Friedman, and Paul Cerny. The book also highlights the authors personal investigation of prominent UFO sightings in several states and his leading the NICAP subcommittee work of a number of prominent investigators. He can be seen sitting with Major Donald E. Keyhoe and Richard Hall at a conference table at the National Press Club in 1968 in a segment of NASAs Unexplained FilesSecret Aliens.
________________________________________
I was fascinated by Gordon Lores account of UFO history and NICAPs ceaseless struggle to uncover and reveal the truth. Working with highly-charged, up-to-the-minute material, the author invokes military and civilian aviators, police officers, trainmen, abductees, scientists, CIA moles, gold miners, FBI bureaucrats and the everyday people whose sightings are the backbone of the UFO phenomenon. If a book dedicated to evidence-based research can be thrilling, Flying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is it.
David J. Hogan, author of UFO FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About Roswell, Aliens, Whirling Discs, and Flying Saucers
Gordon Lore provides us with a marvelous look at the Golden Era of flying saucers and UFOs, giving us an uncommon look at the past from the perspective of one who actually lived it as an official of NICAP in Washington, D.C. This inside look at many classic saucer sightings comes from the time when UFOs made national headlines, were the subject of official Air Force investigations, and were targeted for two Congressional hearings in 1966 and 1968. It is pure nostalgia for those curious about the controversy over life in space.
Barry J. Greenwood, co-author of Clear Intent: The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience
Gordon Lore has given us a careful, comprehensive and honest reportage of the UFO phenomenon based on his many years of investigating the phenomenon. He is neither an alarmist nor a radical in his conclusions. The reader will find this an essential counterweight to distortions that sometimes muddy this ever-timely subject.
Neil Earle, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in American Popular Culture
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Available exclusively from BearManor Media in hardback, paperback, and e-book editions.
August 21, 2018
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Wesley Britton's Blog
This just came in. My favorite two sentences of all time!
“The Blind Alien is a story with a highly original concept, fascinating characters, and not-too-subtle but truthful allegories. Don’t let the ...more
“The Blind Alien is a story with a highly original concept, fascinating characters, and not-too-subtle but truthful allegories. Don’t let the ...more
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