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Aliens: Mystifying True Stories of Alleged Alien Encounters
A fascinating compendium of reported alien sightings, encounters and abductions, such as the mysterious Belgian UFO wave, the unusual Lubbock lights, and the infamous Roswell incident
What did Kenneth Arnold see flying above Mount Rainier?
What were the Phoenix Lights?
What really happened at the Battle of Los Angeles?
Humans have always looked to the skies and pondered what was up there. Throughout the centuries, science has provided us with many answers, but there are some mysteries that remain unexplained. In our modern world, many of us find ourselves asking the eternal conundrum, "Are we alone in this universe?"
This intriguing anthology examines incidents that were so puzzling they led witnesses to draw one inevitable that aliens really do exist. Inside you will discover some of the most mysterious reports of UFO sightings, close encounters and alien abductions from across the globe. The real-life accounts within are compelling, bizarre and at times spine-chilling, each leaving you with a sense of wonder and a thirst to uncover the truth about life beyond our world.
What did Kenneth Arnold see flying above Mount Rainier?
What were the Phoenix Lights?
What really happened at the Battle of Los Angeles?
Humans have always looked to the skies and pondered what was up there. Throughout the centuries, science has provided us with many answers, but there are some mysteries that remain unexplained. In our modern world, many of us find ourselves asking the eternal conundrum, "Are we alone in this universe?"
This intriguing anthology examines incidents that were so puzzling they led witnesses to draw one inevitable that aliens really do exist. Inside you will discover some of the most mysterious reports of UFO sightings, close encounters and alien abductions from across the globe. The real-life accounts within are compelling, bizarre and at times spine-chilling, each leaving you with a sense of wonder and a thirst to uncover the truth about life beyond our world.
320 pages, Paperback
Published June 3, 2025
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April 4, 2026
Regardless of how true these stories are, King included a plentiful amount of them in this anthology and each are balanced well between being bite-sized and informative.
For a book about alien encounters, however, I had hoped to read more about face to face "third kind" encounters, whereas most of the ones here are just about UFO sightings.
A few photographs might have been nice too since so many of these accounts make reference to them.
For a book about alien encounters, however, I had hoped to read more about face to face "third kind" encounters, whereas most of the ones here are just about UFO sightings.
A few photographs might have been nice too since so many of these accounts make reference to them.
August 18, 2026
This is a decent entry level book into the UFO phenomena, but it's hampered a lot by the format of the book. As typical for other books in this series, each story is only given a few pages of it's own mini chapter to work with, and some of these chapters being on long researched incidents such as Roswell and the Rendlesham Forest incident... an awful lot is left out. Not only that but oftentimes other related but (sometimes) separate incidents are tagged on to the main incident covered, which can get a little confusing and takes some of the shine off the main incident of the chapter. The lack of any photographs in the book is also a little annoying.
The book is split into 3 major parts. The 1st part covers anything pre-1940s, including the very historical accounts. 2nd part is the 1940s onwards, covering many of the greatest hits of UFOs and alien encounters as it were. The 3rd and final part covers establishments who may or may not be taking great interests in UFOs, as well as sightings from prominent individuals, and other offshoots, contactee cults etc.
I enjoyed reading the 1st part the most, as this is where a lot of new stories to me were, although because of how long ago some of these historic sightings were, coupled with the lack of accurate dates or even named witnesses, should be treated the same as folklore let's be honest.
Even some of the more familiar to me stories had some new part I'd not heard before, so that was nice. The Calvine UFO incident was a totally new one to me, and the UFO photo of the event is quite frankly astonishing (even if I had to search for it on the internet!).
Having the tagline of "Mystifying True Stories of Alleged Alien Encounters" on the front of the book is a tad misleading though, as some incidents in the book have already long been debunked, and apparently many more have been debunked too according to the little wind-ups near the end of each mini chapter pointing to more earthly probable causes. The author is also pretty quick to include the open ended quip of "decide for yourself" after this though, so as not the lose the reader's enthusiasm - which didn't always work for me. For sure there's some good information in here, especially the newly disclosed reports, as well as the semi-conclusions of others. It just a shame it's all presented in a less than ideal format.
The book is split into 3 major parts. The 1st part covers anything pre-1940s, including the very historical accounts. 2nd part is the 1940s onwards, covering many of the greatest hits of UFOs and alien encounters as it were. The 3rd and final part covers establishments who may or may not be taking great interests in UFOs, as well as sightings from prominent individuals, and other offshoots, contactee cults etc.
I enjoyed reading the 1st part the most, as this is where a lot of new stories to me were, although because of how long ago some of these historic sightings were, coupled with the lack of accurate dates or even named witnesses, should be treated the same as folklore let's be honest.
Even some of the more familiar to me stories had some new part I'd not heard before, so that was nice. The Calvine UFO incident was a totally new one to me, and the UFO photo of the event is quite frankly astonishing (even if I had to search for it on the internet!).
Having the tagline of "Mystifying True Stories of Alleged Alien Encounters" on the front of the book is a tad misleading though, as some incidents in the book have already long been debunked, and apparently many more have been debunked too according to the little wind-ups near the end of each mini chapter pointing to more earthly probable causes. The author is also pretty quick to include the open ended quip of "decide for yourself" after this though, so as not the lose the reader's enthusiasm - which didn't always work for me. For sure there's some good information in here, especially the newly disclosed reports, as well as the semi-conclusions of others. It just a shame it's all presented in a less than ideal format.
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