Abductions and Aliens: What's Really Going On

by Chris A. Rutkowski

We can't escape them; aliens are everywhere. They sell us soft drinks and star in their own sitcoms. But to the many people who believe they have been abducted aboard strange crafts, aliens are a very serious reality. Stories of these encounters, taken from investigators' files, have been vividly depicted in television specials and motion pictures.

Despite their predominance as a cultural phenomenon, experts offer drastically conflicting opinions: aliens are harmless creatures whose aim is to better understand humans; aliens are angel-like entities here to enhance our spiritual awareness; aliens are conspiring with the government in a plot to enslave humans; and aliens are genetically breeding with humans to create a new race of hybrids.

But, what is really going on? Are aliens abducting thousands of unsuspecting people each year? Are they then inserted with tracking devices and monitored? Based on his own investigative files and almost twenty-five years of research, science writer Chris Rutkowski asks hard questions, looking critically, yet compassionately, at the stories of abductees. He is an astronomer, educator and published commentator within the area of study known as "ufology." Rutowski presents case histories of many abductees, showing both their diversity and similarities, and examines how our understanding is shaped by media, by science, and by society itself.

Genres: Nonfiction

265 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

Reviews

[Owlseyes]

"Chris A. Rutkowski is well equipped to write this book. As the country’s leading researcher and investigator of UFOs, he has extensive experience working in the field and in the study. By profession he is an astronomer and past president of the Winnipeg Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada; by training he is a writer and communicator. In 1989, he launched the first of his annual tabulations of the previous year’s UFO sightings province by province. These statistical accounts of UFO activity in Canada are reported by the media across Canada and are regarded as models of their kind outside the country."
FOREWORD by John Robert Colombo




"Over the years, I’ve been called a UFO investigator or a UFO researcher. Both are misnomers. This is because I don’t actually investigate UFOs. Instead, I talk with people who say they have had UFO experiences. There is a big difference."
Chris A. Rutkowski

STEFAN MICHALAK case

"One of the most intriguing Canadian UFO cases is that of Stefan Michalak. He returned home from a prospecting expedition with serious ill effects that he claimed were a result of an extraordinary UFO encounter".










"Michalak was physically injured, and over the next few years was examined and treated by a number of physicians in both Canada and the United States. Radioactive pieces of metal were found at the site, and Michalak’s chest displayed a bizarre pattern of round burns which later left deep scar tissue."

EMILY case

“They” were alien beings from other planets, as she soon found out. They had decided to help her during her time of need because they knew she was “right” for their work on Earth. What work this was, exactly, she was unsure. But help her they did. With their support, Emily overcame her depression and began functioning again in society. She even became interested in news events and in other subjects she had always avoided."


A book for those who quest(ion).

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was very interesting and found it to give alot of different points of view on the subject.

It makes you understand and see what hardship some people go through with this strange phenomenan. I am still not convinced this is actually happening but it is very interesting to read all about it.