Montauk Revisited Adventures in Synchronicity

The Montauk Books #2

by Preston B. Nichols

Montauk Revisited unmasks the occult forces that were behind the science and technology used in The Montauk Project. Go Beyond Science.

Genres: Conspiracy Theories, Nonfiction, Spirituality

249 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1993

Reviews

[Erik Graff · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had heard some things about the Montauk experiments in my wide readings and video viewings of the weird. While Christmas shopping I found this book up in Evanston and, seeing it was autographed by author Moon, picked it up as a bedtime passtime.

Montauk is a town on the northern end of Long Island near a former military base, most of the area of which is now a national park. The story is basically that time and/or interdimensional experiments begun at the Philadelphia shipyards during WWII (The bogus "Philadelphia Experiment") were continued there and came to include mind-control work as well. Some, such as the authors of this book, go even further to say that the work continues in subterranean chambers, work protected by state police, park rangers and the occasional black helicopter.

This is the second volume of an on-going "study", a volume intended to further substantiate the claims made in volume one, The Montauk Project. What counts for evidence with these wackos are the sensations of sensitives (i.e. psychics), uncovered cryptonesias, sychronicities (coincidences), second- and third-hand rumors and legends. Taking literally Saint Paul's injunction to "believe all things", Moon and Nichols will take anything, any nonsense, as grist for their mill. Here the magicks of Aleister Crowley and Crowley himself, thanks to time travel, remain current and relevant. Here references to alien species, now from Andromeda, now from the Pleiades--lots and lots of them, don't you know?--are made with the same insouciance as references to New Yorkers or Fire Islanders.

The Wikipedia article suggests that some regard this series of books as some sort of cult fiction. Indeed, much of this book is fictional, but it is unclear that the authors intend or believe it to be so. Assuming they do, it is pretty bad fiction, even science fiction, lacking even the thinest tissue of plausibility. Beyond that, neither Moon nor Nichols write very well.

--but then, perhaps science fiction is not the model for this work. Perhaps the genre to put it under is horror--the horrific possibility that people take this rank garbage seriously.

[Nik · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it because I don't like the magick. It's not my thing so to speak. It would have been 5 stars otherwise. If you'd want to read this then you better be reasonably open minded. It just may shock you more than you would expect. I live far away from Montauk but there is no doubt in my mind that something of an inter-dimensional nature did occur at sometime in Montauk.

[Saxon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the researching of the history of the Montauk location, the importance of the location to the original natives who occupied it tens of hundreds of year before the Aryan Colonial Empire invasion of the land and the devastation of the people. All fascinating, even the links to the Occultic groups that took over the area and how it all tied in with the mysterious funding from a certain world leading family.
But, the co-writer, IMO, went on and on about a certain very important figure in the late 19th early 20th century. So much so I scanned quickly over the last few chapters ranting on about this person, for it seemed an attempt to glorify or at least justify his life.

[Ellenore Clementine Kruger · Rating 3 out of 5]

spelling errors, misguided spots

I like the scene of this series its some fun people however the devil stuff the procreation stuff i dont need it because technically qanon made everything really unstable and this is all fodder for it without concrete evidence, so the hinting imo is very bad for impressionable minds and most of this book is just gloating about oooo all the people we know in coincidence land: this is not their best one

[Jeremy Maddux · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm all for some Montauk mysteries, but the one author's defense of L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley as visionary men who were misunderstood made my skin crawl. Also, this book seemed to add considerably less to the overall subject matter of Montauk and the Philadelphia Experiment. Hopefully, the next volume amends that.

[Ingrid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Intriguing information but it only left more questions. I feel like I have to know a lot more if I am going to get a better grasp of the situation. Perhaps the writers should have fleshed out some chapters. Otherwise, gave good insight into the layers of the Montauk projects.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Diving in.

I will be reading the full series to see what I think. Very interesting if nothing else! I can't seem to put them down!

[Jemina]

It will not let me read
🤬😡

[Derek · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's an aspect to this whole business that makes criticism irrelevant: the authors are in so deep that arguing the facts point-by-point would be taken as part of the cover up or the result of programming.

"One of our strongest pieces of hard evidence in The Montauk Project was the section on the radiosonde and how it was used to modify the weather. We received on review on the book by a gentleman who gave it a fairly nice review, except that he refuted the data about the radiosondes. He said it was off base from his personal experience. He did work on radiosondes, but what he didn't tell us was that he worked in a top secret capacity. He signed nondisclosure forms and it would be his 'duty' to hold the government line. He had to deny it. It is always interesting when your critics make false criticism and that is just one example."(p. 42)

Like the previous book, this is written in a strung-together style that takes the reader on Mister Toad's Wild Ride, only without so much Wild in it because it keeps getting bogged in minutia that wanders without seeming to have a definite start premise or conclusion.

"I asked Duncan to do a [psychic] reading on the transistors and he said that were the key to opening the time barrier. There was also free energy, sometimes referred to as Tachyon energy, in the transistors."(p. 133)

Within the authors' context or system, there doesn't appear to be a way to disprove or exclude a notion. Their body of material accretes as a factor of the number of people involved, each one having a pet project in this space. It becomes the amazing kitchen sink of theories, pulling in Inner Earth, occultism, Nazi gold, and various governmental and UFO conspiracies, some of which are sprung upon the reader.

"At this point, I began to threaten over the phone (which I know to be tapped) that if Stan was locked up, I would go and prove the Montauk Project as much as I could and also go public on my involvement in the Moriches Bay UFO crash (I helped to 'shoot' it down when I worked for BJM by jamming its drive with the appropriate frequencies--a whole other story)."(p. 117)

In one surprise twist, Mark Hamill--yes, Luke Skywalker--is a connection point relating to the The Philadelphia Experiment movie and the shady company that marketed The Empire Strikes Back in Great Britain, or something. His house may also have tunnels leading to the Hollow Earth, too. Mark Hamill was apparently unavailable for comment. I don't blame him.

"It is speculative, but it is not a far stretch to guess that [Howard] Hughes may have been resurrected by aliens who programmed him to do their bidding."(p. 249)

Their main form of evidence is using 'synchronicity': wild coincidences that must mean something at some level. Of course, much of these are fueled by psychic readings, past life regression, or urban mythology.

"Klark looked just like Brian! Apparently, Brian was Klark and there was time traveling going on."(p. 163)

The name-dropping bingo results are: L Ron Hubbard, the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the Philadelphia Experiment, Aleister Crowley, the Illuminati, the Akashic Records, the Thule Society, Rigellian gray aliens, and the surface barrier transistor.

"Whether the exact details of the incident are accurate, this aspect of the story rings true because Duncan's training (in his current body, born in 1951) had groomed him all along to be the Antichrist."(p. 113)

[Ralph · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains information that will not only change your view of the world but make you question the very nature of reality. Well, that's what it claims, but, truth to tell, it never really delivers. It's a sequel to the original The Montauk Project, but it really does little to significantly advance the claims made in that book with incontrovertible evidence. Almost all the "evidence" offered for time travel and other experiments is anecdotal in nature, at best second-hand, but often from even farther down the I-know-a-guy-who-knows-a-guy-who-knows-a-guy rumor chain. If there is anything truly exciting in the book, it is well hidden by the authors' very pedestrian writing styles...any investigative reporter knows that to keep a reader interested you have to be interesting; instead, we get two guys who tell us every single step-by-step, every single rumor taken as gospel, and every single "chance" meeting. The book is not, however, without interest, for we are presented with mysteries and incidents which could possibly be interpreted as government exploration of other dimensions, but without something more concrete than rumors and whispers, not to mention a level of coincidence (which the authors label "synchronicity") that would make Charles Dickens blush, the book never rises above being a mere starting point for a real investigation. And there is no doubt that the Montauk area is a mysterious place -- secret wartime experiments, enigmatic lights, sea serpents, Nazi spies, the "Montauk Monster," secret tunnels, biological labs, and electronic equipment that does not seem entirely abandoned. From a Fortean point of view, the area practically begs a thorough and well-documented examination, but this book does not provide what is needed.

[Becca · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's story time!

A few months ago a friend and I were discussing beach towns, and he mentioned spending his childhood on Long Island. He talked about Montauk, a town on the very tip of LI, so far out that if you went any more East you'd end up in the Atlantic. He brought up the Montauk Experiment, which I'd never heard of, and I thought it was interesting in that tinfoil-hat sort of way. I hardly paid any attention to it.

Fast forward a little while later, and friend brings up subject again. We laugh about the project, we think it's hilarious, who wouldn't? And then he asks me if I know about Preston. No, of course not. Preston? Who's that? Preston Nichols, of course! No, I have no idea who this guy is, so I look him up. He's written all of these books, he's on YouTube, lots of interviews... This guy is all over the place, and it's clear he has a few screws loose.

This story could not have a better main character. Fantastic.

I'm sure you're thinking, this can't get any more fascinating for Becca.

Au contraire...

Turns out Preston lives ten minutes from my house! I drive by his humble abode every day. (You can barely see it through the junk on his front yard). He eats cheese singles in the same McDonald's I get my sweet tea every afternoon. My friend knows him by name, and has promised threatened to introduce him to me. Etc... etc... etc...

So when friend gave me the books to read... I had to read them.

Off the wall, insane, kind of hilarious. I don't know how they expect anyone to believe this crap. But now you know why it was so important that I read these.

[Walter Rimkunas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fasinatng!

Well written and full of ideas on this subject. A good edition to have for investigating you own ideas about Montauk's history.