Almanac of Alien Encounters

by Eric Elfman, Jeff Westover (Illustrator)

A historical overview of alien encounters, from Archbishop Agobard of Lyons’s ninth-century encounter with the occupants of a “cloudship” through a January 2000 UFO sighting in Illinois. Includes both the skeptics’ and the true believers’ points of view.

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 2001

About the author

Eric Elfman is the author of fourteen books for kids and adults, including Tesla’s Attic, Edison’s Alley and Hawking’s Hallway (all co-written with Neal Shusterman), an award-winning Middle Grade series from Disney-Hyperion Books. Eric and Neal are now developing a TV series based on Tesla’s Attic Eric’s Almanac of the Gross, Disgusting & Totally Repulsive, from Random House (now in its 6th printing), was named an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Readers. As a screenwriter, Eric has sold projects to Dreamworks, Universal, Walden Media and Interscope. Eric is also a private writing coach, with a number of award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors among his clients.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great summing up of everything that is interesting in connexion with UFOs: early and historic encounters, the age of flying saucers (1947-1970), the question what crashed at Roswell in 1947, the eerie men in black, encounters around the world, official investigations, the abductions boom (1970-1980), crop circles, the face on Mars, alien encounters (1990-2000), the notorious alien autopsy in the early 1990s and what you should do when you see an UFO. Great photos, illustrations and tables. Extremely fascinating read I can highly recommend!

[Luca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this a lot. It was kind of creepy about the 'men in black' and all. I think that this is a good book to read to yourself in the dark... IF YOU LIKE SCARED!