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UFOs and How to See Them
A UFO sighting occurs on this planet every three minutes. If you have ever dreamed of making contact with a UFO--or if you think you may have seen "something" but weren't sure--this book is for you!
Packed with 100 revealing color and black-and-white photographs selected by one of the world's leading UFO writers (many published here for the first time), this handbook offers the fruit of 20 years of investigation into thousands of UFO sightings by witnesses in every corner of the world.
A UFO sighting can occur anywhere. With this manual you'll be able to
*understand what UFOs look like, what they can do, where and when they appear
*know all the sighting "hotspots" around the world
*learn how you can see a UFO yourself
*compare your experience with the thousands that have been documented by experts
*evaluate whether your sighting was a real UFO or one of the countless fascinating identified flying objects possible..
Lavishly illustrated, this well-informed manual on the greatest mystery of the modern age will prove compelling reading for UFO watchers everywhere--and will be your guide to the Close Encounter you've been searching for.
Packed with 100 revealing color and black-and-white photographs selected by one of the world's leading UFO writers (many published here for the first time), this handbook offers the fruit of 20 years of investigation into thousands of UFO sightings by witnesses in every corner of the world.
A UFO sighting can occur anywhere. With this manual you'll be able to
*understand what UFOs look like, what they can do, where and when they appear
*know all the sighting "hotspots" around the world
*learn how you can see a UFO yourself
*compare your experience with the thousands that have been documented by experts
*evaluate whether your sighting was a real UFO or one of the countless fascinating identified flying objects possible..
Lavishly illustrated, this well-informed manual on the greatest mystery of the modern age will prove compelling reading for UFO watchers everywhere--and will be your guide to the Close Encounter you've been searching for.
- GenresNonfiction
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Jenny Randles
66 books31 followersBritish author and former director of investigations with the British UFO Research Association (BUFORA), serving in that role from 1982 through to 1994.
Randles specializes in writing books on UFOs and paranormal phenomena. To date 50 of these have been published, ranging from her first UFOs: A British Viewpoint (1979) to Breaking the Time Barrier: The race to build the first time machine (2005). Subjects covered include crop circles, ESP, life after death, time anomalies and spontaneous human combustion.
Randles specializes in writing books on UFOs and paranormal phenomena. To date 50 of these have been published, ranging from her first UFOs: A British Viewpoint (1979) to Breaking the Time Barrier: The race to build the first time machine (2005). Subjects covered include crop circles, ESP, life after death, time anomalies and spontaneous human combustion.
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July 25, 2016
A pretty good UFO 101 course.
July 16, 2023
Really enjoyed this non fiction book on the issue: from the first sightings to Roswell to alien contact, the author shows many spectacular photos here. You learn about corn circles as next step in UFO sightings and also see that how easily you can fall prey to optical illusions with regard to UFOs. Besides there is a section on the most haunted UFO places in the world and the most common shapes. Believe it or not, this is some really intriguing stuff I'm fascinated with since childhood days. Really recommended!
October 9, 2025
A decent enough primer but the formatting felt questionable.
March 14, 2020
Jenny Randles is one of my favourite authors of UFO books as she is both trained as a scientist and sticks closely to stringent scientific investigation method but at the same time genuinely open-minded. A balance that extremely few UFOlogists are able to keep.
"UFOs and How To See Them" is a good example: This book both provides plenty of practical advice and instruction for how to organise UFO skywatches, and goes into detail about how professional UFO investigators work drawing on Randles' own experience in the British UFO Research Association. She also includes some interesting information about UFO sightings in Australia and New Zealand that are probably new or at least underexposed to readers from the Northern Hemisphere, eg the observation that Australia attracted crop circles in large numbers before the UK did. This might also be the book where I first read that alleged UFO occupants behave differently towards people from different countries, now that we're at it.
"UFOs and How To See Them" is a good example: This book both provides plenty of practical advice and instruction for how to organise UFO skywatches, and goes into detail about how professional UFO investigators work drawing on Randles' own experience in the British UFO Research Association. She also includes some interesting information about UFO sightings in Australia and New Zealand that are probably new or at least underexposed to readers from the Northern Hemisphere, eg the observation that Australia attracted crop circles in large numbers before the UK did. This might also be the book where I first read that alleged UFO occupants behave differently towards people from different countries, now that we're at it.
April 7, 2013
Spooooky.
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