UFO Crash Retrievals - Status Report I: Retrievals of the Third Kind by Leonard H. Stringfield

by Leonard H. Stringfield

Leonard Stringfield was born in 1920. He was director of CRIFO (Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects) - one of the world's largest research groups during the mid-5Os, and publisher of its newsletter, ORBIT (1953-1957).He also worked in cooperation with the United States Air Force (1953-1957), investigating and reporting UFO activity, having been assigned a special code number for reporting to the Air Defense Command in Columbus, Ohio.For over 30 years, Stringfield served in several of the major UFO organizations in a public relations capacity. From 1957 to 1970, he was public relations adviser with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP). Later on, he was Director of Public Relations and a board member of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). He was also a regional investigator for the Center for UFO Studies, directed by Dr. J. Allen Hynek.Stringfield was an executive with DuBois Chemicals, an international manufacturer. Stringfield retired in 1981 as Director of Public Relations and Marketing Services for DuBois Chemicals, a division of Chemed Corp., after 31 years service with the company.From 1967-1968 he served as Early Warning Coordinator for the University of Colarado UFO Project, screening UFO reports for possible scientific study.Stringfield was also an advisor to Sir Eric Gairy, former Prime Minister of Grenada, 1977-78, during his efforts to establish a UFO research agency within the framework of the United Nations.Stringfield passed away in 1994, leaving a string of fascinating publications behind, one of which is "UFO Crash Status Report Retrievals of the Third Kind," based on a talk Stringfield gave at a MUFON convention in 1978.This is the start of Stringfield's influential 7-part "UFO Crash Retrieval Status Report" series, in which he lays the groundwork for the theories that made him famous. In looking at various UFO crashes throughout the U.S. in previous decades, Stringfield, the first researcher to exclusively focus on UFO crashes, shares many intriguing details about a number of major UFO cases.This extremely rare volume has been lovingly reproduced exactly as it was first published 35 years ago. The material inside, which was shocking to many observers in those days, is finally gaining acceptance. Today, Stringfield's sober, objective research on crashes like Roswell and Kecksburg seems increasingly relevant. In a field filled with pretenders, Stringfield shines as the "real deal."

Genres: Nonfiction, Mystery

Paperback

Published January 1, 1828

About the author

American Ufologist who took particular interest in crashed flying saucer stories.

Stringfield was director of Civilian Research, Interplanetary Flying Objects (CRIFO), and published a monthly newsletter, ORBIT. In 1957 he became public relations adviser for the civilian UFO group NICAP under the direction of Donald Keyhoe, a friend of his since 1953. From 1967-1969, Stringfield served as an "Early Warning Coordinator" for the Condon Committee. During the 1970s, he wrote a number of books about alleged recoveries of alien spaceships and alien bodies.

n 1978, Stringfield served as UFO research adviser to Grenada Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy.

Reviews

[Mark Gallery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but fascinating! I couldn't put it down. No fluff, no padding and no endless background info, just straight in. If your already a believer, read it. It left me wanting to read more!

[Michael Schnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting but dated

This is a good and relatively short read and very intriguing. I would love to read something a little more recent when Jimmy Carter was not president that has more recent insight, thought, and information. The book is a great start, but there’s a lot more recent information and data that would make the book more authoritative and certainly more interesting to read.

[Bryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very dated and very short collection of case studies that does not contain a single case that is not already widely disseminated and thoroughly digested across multiple media modalities. I came across this series through the rabbit hole and already purchased all seven so on to book two. We'll see where it goes.