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Flying Saucers - Serious Business
Presents a concise picture of the findings compiled on the subject and develops theories pertaining to alleged incidents involving UFO's
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318 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1966
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Frank Edwards
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July 3, 2011
This may have begun my UFO period (read it when I was 16 or 17. It was the first of many UFO books I purchased at the time. I was really into it.) Of course I'd already UFO accounts in other books of the "strange but true" variety, two of those (at least) by Frank Edwards who wrote this book.
This volume has many "first person" accounts as well as other reports of all kinds of UFO encounters. There are encounters of the "First", "Second" and of course the "Third" kind....
Stories of small aliens with hairy bodies, stories of aliens with glowing yellow eyes...all sorts. It would be easy to make jokes here, but many take these accounts with a deadly serious attitude so, I'll simply say, it's an interesting read. Edwards is a good writer and his books usually hold the interest without much trouble. I enjoyed it, "back in the day" and sometimes still revisit my, "strange but true" period, so... Enjoy, whether you're a "believer" or not.
And don't talk too much about it, in case of MIBs and such.
This volume has many "first person" accounts as well as other reports of all kinds of UFO encounters. There are encounters of the "First", "Second" and of course the "Third" kind....
Stories of small aliens with hairy bodies, stories of aliens with glowing yellow eyes...all sorts. It would be easy to make jokes here, but many take these accounts with a deadly serious attitude so, I'll simply say, it's an interesting read. Edwards is a good writer and his books usually hold the interest without much trouble. I enjoyed it, "back in the day" and sometimes still revisit my, "strange but true" period, so... Enjoy, whether you're a "believer" or not.
And don't talk too much about it, in case of MIBs and such.
November 29, 2011
I happened upon this book only because reference was made to it by Annie Jacobsen in her recent work, 'Area 51'. Edwards book, despite being outdated and, apparently, factually incorrect if Annie Jacobsen's research proves to have been more meticulously researched (I think it was), was entertaining, nonetheless. Edwards did a fantastic job of organizing his book and compartmentalizing various aspects of so-called "ufology". However, the book's real value, in 2011, is the fact that it serves to illustrate the mindset and genuine beliefs of many members of the general public during the period when UFO "sightings" were far more prevalent than they are now. In particular, the book shines a bright light on some of the genuine fears and concerns about UFOs and it lays bare the fact that, as the title implies, flying saucers really were "serious business".
Abandoning one's 20/20 hindsight and all that is now known about top-secret military projects, particularly those with respect to the development of high-speed and high-altitude aircraft, and the secretive nature of atomic testing, one can only conclude that the concern about earth being visited by extra-terrestrials was real and not without some perceived merit.
While this book does not garner the 5-star rating that I gave to 'Area 51', it is still a worthy read from the standpoint of an historian. The book is short enough that not a great deal of time will necessarily be spent with it. However, the insights within are priceless and are worth a trip to one's local library if the book can be found.
Abandoning one's 20/20 hindsight and all that is now known about top-secret military projects, particularly those with respect to the development of high-speed and high-altitude aircraft, and the secretive nature of atomic testing, one can only conclude that the concern about earth being visited by extra-terrestrials was real and not without some perceived merit.
While this book does not garner the 5-star rating that I gave to 'Area 51', it is still a worthy read from the standpoint of an historian. The book is short enough that not a great deal of time will necessarily be spent with it. However, the insights within are priceless and are worth a trip to one's local library if the book can be found.
December 29, 2022
Pentru mine este foarte dificil să consider o farfurie zburătoare drept o chestiune serioasă, atâta vreme cât viziunea mea asupra obiectului respectiv se leagă mai curând de recipientul în care servim supa decât de un mijloc de transport pentru călătoriile interplanetare. Frank Edwards a muncit mult pentru a pune la punct această carte, iar eu îi bagatelizez efortul imaginându-mi tot soiul de extratereștri îndreptându-se spre Terra într-un castron în care înoată printre găluști și tăiței (se poate adăuga sare și piper, după gust). Iar în limba engleză percepția mea se alterează și mai mult, pentru că denumirea acestor obiecte este flying saucers, ceea ce înseamnă farfurioare zburătoare (farfuria e plate, farfurioara e saucer...)
Extratereștri în farfurioare, vrăjitoare pe măturici, se vede treaba că diminutivele pentru obiectele casnice sunt puțin cam des folosite în tot acest haos aerian incontrolabil...
Repet, Edwards a depus o muncă apreciabilă pentru a prezenta cititorului o sumedenie de dovezi (fotografii, documente, relatări ale martorilor oculari etc.) prin intermediul cărora încearcă să demonstreze că vizitatorii din alte lumi reprezintă o certitudine. Numai că eu înot printre dubii mai ceva ca extratereștrii prin supa lor spațială.
Am citit atâtea și atâtea cărți science fiction și bineînțeles că mi-aș fi dorit să găsesc de-a lungul timpului o probă concludentă, un argument solid în sprijinul acestor întâlniri de gradul trei, doar că aproape de fiecare dată “probele copleșitoare” sunt ori filmări tremurate din anii ’60 în care se vede “ceva straniu” care tocmai ce dispare în spatele unor copaci, ori sunt mărturiile unor persoane zdruncinate rău ce pretind că au fost răpite de extratereștri și care se dovedesc a fi cu mintea plecată cu multă vreme înainte de pretinsa răpire.
Chiar niciun cadru clar cu distinșii aliens, în atâtea zeci de ani? În prezent există miliarde de telefoane mobile care filmează impecabil și noi stăm tot în cele câteva imagini alb-negru obținute în urmă cu jumătate de secol? Nimeni nu mai dă peste ei? Unde au dispărut extratereștrii ce călătoresc în minunatele lor castronele? S-au plictisit și au plecat? Terra nu mai e de interes? Tocmai acum, când avem internet nelimitat și cont de Instagram și Tiktok? Come on…
…Așa că îmi este greu să încadrez cartea “Farfuriile zburătoare, o chestiune serioasă” în categoria “dosare ale istoriei”, pentru că toate aceste așa-zise dovezi sunt mai curând o serie de informații provenite din surse dubioase iar autorul forțează de multe ori o conexiune între acestea.
Cu toate acestea, am citit întregul text cu mare plăcere, pentru că mi-a adus aminte de momentele acelea din copilărie în care eram înconjurat de vrafuri întregi de publicații obscure tipărite pe hârtie ieftină, pe care le răsfoiam cu febrilitate, încercând să vânez orice informație care să-mi confirme că Superman, Luke Skywalker și mai ales prințesa Leia sunt personaje reale.
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Extratereștri în farfurioare, vrăjitoare pe măturici, se vede treaba că diminutivele pentru obiectele casnice sunt puțin cam des folosite în tot acest haos aerian incontrolabil...
Repet, Edwards a depus o muncă apreciabilă pentru a prezenta cititorului o sumedenie de dovezi (fotografii, documente, relatări ale martorilor oculari etc.) prin intermediul cărora încearcă să demonstreze că vizitatorii din alte lumi reprezintă o certitudine. Numai că eu înot printre dubii mai ceva ca extratereștrii prin supa lor spațială.
Am citit atâtea și atâtea cărți science fiction și bineînțeles că mi-aș fi dorit să găsesc de-a lungul timpului o probă concludentă, un argument solid în sprijinul acestor întâlniri de gradul trei, doar că aproape de fiecare dată “probele copleșitoare” sunt ori filmări tremurate din anii ’60 în care se vede “ceva straniu” care tocmai ce dispare în spatele unor copaci, ori sunt mărturiile unor persoane zdruncinate rău ce pretind că au fost răpite de extratereștri și care se dovedesc a fi cu mintea plecată cu multă vreme înainte de pretinsa răpire.
Chiar niciun cadru clar cu distinșii aliens, în atâtea zeci de ani? În prezent există miliarde de telefoane mobile care filmează impecabil și noi stăm tot în cele câteva imagini alb-negru obținute în urmă cu jumătate de secol? Nimeni nu mai dă peste ei? Unde au dispărut extratereștrii ce călătoresc în minunatele lor castronele? S-au plictisit și au plecat? Terra nu mai e de interes? Tocmai acum, când avem internet nelimitat și cont de Instagram și Tiktok? Come on…
…Așa că îmi este greu să încadrez cartea “Farfuriile zburătoare, o chestiune serioasă” în categoria “dosare ale istoriei”, pentru că toate aceste așa-zise dovezi sunt mai curând o serie de informații provenite din surse dubioase iar autorul forțează de multe ori o conexiune între acestea.
Cu toate acestea, am citit întregul text cu mare plăcere, pentru că mi-a adus aminte de momentele acelea din copilărie în care eram înconjurat de vrafuri întregi de publicații obscure tipărite pe hârtie ieftină, pe care le răsfoiam cu febrilitate, încercând să vânez orice informație care să-mi confirme că Superman, Luke Skywalker și mai ales prințesa Leia sunt personaje reale.
http://www.bucurestifm.ro/2022/12/29/...
January 28, 2022
Third read was just as good as the first. Still relevant.
October 3, 2020
Valuable as a historical resource of sauceriana in its age, and one must give early Art Bell-type Frank Edwards credit for the wild data he amassed before the internet (much of which really does need to be fact-checked more). But one must note, his book ends with that stern warning (as so many of these UFO books do) that THE COVERUP CAN NO LONGER BE SILENCED! THE CURTAIN HAS NOW BEEN PULLED BACK! TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN IN A MATTER OF MONTHS, MAYBE WEEKS! ...and so on. 50 plus years later, authors in field are still playing that very same tune.
June 2, 2019
From fifth grade through seventh grade, I was crazy about UFOs and flying saucers, and this is the book that started it all. My older brother bought a copy through Scholastic Book Services at school, and I devoured the book before he read it. Looking back, I don't know how sharp my critical thinking skills were when I was ten years old, but the possibility that all the stuff Edwards reported is true, was thrilling to me and totally captivating.
June 30, 2020
Three stars for nostalgia's sake, because I read this when I was a kid, but man, there is no actual chronology or organizing principle to this book other than, here, it's another page or two ona UFO sighting before I move onto another one without any regard for where or when it happened or for the history of the phenomenon.
August 8, 2018
An interesting look back. This was written after roswell but before the moon landing, and this book is VERY confident the space race is happening because there's an alien base on the far side of the moon. An early example of government cover up theories!
October 11, 2020
Serious? Maybe... not
I read this back when I was twelve or so. Re-reading it was a trip down memory lane in a flying disc. Interestingly well written in a style that assume the facts are true and that explanations are “fake news” ... Edwards was ahead of his time.
I read this back when I was twelve or so. Re-reading it was a trip down memory lane in a flying disc. Interestingly well written in a style that assume the facts are true and that explanations are “fake news” ... Edwards was ahead of his time.
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June 9, 2019I jave the english
and the serbocroat edition from Beograd 1969: leteči tanjiri - ozbiljno pitanje
and the serbocroat edition from Beograd 1969: leteči tanjiri - ozbiljno pitanje
December 22, 2022
Interesting book I read in about 1969.
September 13, 2023
That is a classic, the student of the phenomenon must have. Along side Keyhoe, the guy was a big reference to everyone in the field.
April 30, 2013
Jerome Clarks beroemde “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning” (2nd Ed., vol 1, p. 358) schrijft over Frank Edwards (1908-1967): “Frank Edwards, a famous radio broadcaster of the 1950s, was an early champion of flying saucers, a close friend of pioneering ufologist Donald E. Keyhoe, and a board member, from 1956 until his death, of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. He also wrote one of the best-selling UFO books of all time, ‘Flying Saucers – Serious Business’ (1966).”
Het is dit boek dat ik nu onlangs las in de Nederlandse vertaling uit 1967, die ik in beduimelde maar leesbare staat op de kop tikte op een lokale boekenmarkt. Het is, toegegeven, geen boek dat je moet lezen louter uit belangstelling ten aanzien van ufo’s. Het boek is al lang niet actueel meer. Het is echter interessant om te lezen vanuit een meer historisch perspectief. Allereerst is het een van de eerste boeken over ufo’s die in het Nederlands verschenen. Ten tweede beschrijft Edwards allerlei nog altijd spectaculaire ufo-waarnemingen, die verbazingwekkend zijn wanneer je bedenkt dat het hier gaat om waarnemingen van ver vóór het tijdperk van internet en de daaraan gerelateerde hoaxes. Daar komt nog bij, dat het boek verscheen in een tijd waarin er weliswaar wordt uitgegaan van een “doofpot-cultuur” bij de Amerikaanse luchtmacht en bij het leger, maar tegelijkertijd was het ook een tijd waarin diezelfde luchtmacht en datzelfde leger grote belangstelling toonden voor het ufo-verschijnsel. Het boek dateert dus uit een tijd waarin het ufo-verschijnsel serieus werd genomen door een tamelijk breed publiek, en waarbij allerlei esoterische samenzweringstheorieën nog afwezig waren.
Edwards beschrijft in dit boek bizarre en spectaculaire ufo-waarnemingen, door piloten, legerfunctionarissen, luchtmachtmedewerkers, politiefunctionarissen, astronomen, en waarnemingen gedaan door “gewone” Amerikanen. Het is vooral een opsomming van spectaculaire gevallen, zonder al te veel duiding of kritische analyse (dat is dus ook meteen de grote zwakte van het boek). Voor Edwards is duidelijk dat ufo’s van buitenaardse herkomst zijn; hij citeert wetenschappers die onomwonden stellen dat de waargenomen ufo’s technologie betreffen die het huidige (lees: 1966) menselijke technologische kunnen verre overtreffen. Daarmee is voor Edwards de kous af.
Opvallend is dat ik in dit boek ook verwijzingen aantrof naar het werk van Nikola Tesla, die de laatste jaren weer vaker opduikt in samenzweringstheorieën en ideeën omtrent nulpunt-energie. Edwards schrijft dat Tesla in 1899 een signaal de ruimte zou hebben ingestuurd, dat 22 jaar later werd beantwoord. Ook komt in dit boek, dat geschreven is jaren vóórdat de Amerikanen de eerste mens op de maan lieten landen, dat de belangstelling voor de maan van zowel de Amerikanen als de Russen te maken zou kunnen hebben met vermeende structuren en gebouwen op de maan, met name op de donkere kant van de maan. Ik ben de verwijzingen naar Tesla en naar de achterkant van de maan nog niet vaak tegengekomen in ufo-boeken uit die tijd. Wat ook interessant is, is dat de hele zaak omtrent Roswell in één alinea wordt afgedaan, waaruit maar weer eens duidelijk wordt dat het “Roswell incident” (de befaamde vermeende ufo-crash in Nieuw Mexico) pas is gaan spelen nadat Berlitz & Moore in de jaren ’80 hun beruchte boek over die zaak schreven. In de tijd van Edwards is “Roswell” slechts een gerucht.
Edwards’ boek is buitengewoon slordig. Edwards geeft nergens bronverwijzingen, citeert vrijelijk en verwijst daarbij dan regelmatig naar vermeende eigen opnames. Hij doet allerlei speculatieve claims (zoals de “vele” ufo’s die door astronomen worden waargenomen, de “vele” signalen van buitenaards leven die door radiotelescopen worden opgevangen, etc.) die om een verdere analyse schreeuwen, maar waar Edwards vervolgens niets mee doet. Hij werpt allerlei spannende balletjes op, maar die blijven ook alle in de lucht hangen, omdat niemand in staat is om ze op te vangen vanwege het gebrek aan informatie. Deze slordigheid werd overigens in de tijd dat het boek verscheen ook al als kritiek gebruikt door andere ufo-onderzoekers (zie het artikel over Edwards in de ufo-encyclopedie van Clark).
Met andere woorden, een boek dat hooguit nog interessant is vanwege de vele spectaculaire en tot de verbeelding sprekende gevalsbeschrijvingen uit een tamelijk primitief-technologisch tijdperk van ver vóór internet en photoshop, en vanwege de historische waarde van het boek in de ufo-geschiedenis. Een boek dus voor de die-hard ufo-geïnteresseerde.
Het is dit boek dat ik nu onlangs las in de Nederlandse vertaling uit 1967, die ik in beduimelde maar leesbare staat op de kop tikte op een lokale boekenmarkt. Het is, toegegeven, geen boek dat je moet lezen louter uit belangstelling ten aanzien van ufo’s. Het boek is al lang niet actueel meer. Het is echter interessant om te lezen vanuit een meer historisch perspectief. Allereerst is het een van de eerste boeken over ufo’s die in het Nederlands verschenen. Ten tweede beschrijft Edwards allerlei nog altijd spectaculaire ufo-waarnemingen, die verbazingwekkend zijn wanneer je bedenkt dat het hier gaat om waarnemingen van ver vóór het tijdperk van internet en de daaraan gerelateerde hoaxes. Daar komt nog bij, dat het boek verscheen in een tijd waarin er weliswaar wordt uitgegaan van een “doofpot-cultuur” bij de Amerikaanse luchtmacht en bij het leger, maar tegelijkertijd was het ook een tijd waarin diezelfde luchtmacht en datzelfde leger grote belangstelling toonden voor het ufo-verschijnsel. Het boek dateert dus uit een tijd waarin het ufo-verschijnsel serieus werd genomen door een tamelijk breed publiek, en waarbij allerlei esoterische samenzweringstheorieën nog afwezig waren.
Edwards beschrijft in dit boek bizarre en spectaculaire ufo-waarnemingen, door piloten, legerfunctionarissen, luchtmachtmedewerkers, politiefunctionarissen, astronomen, en waarnemingen gedaan door “gewone” Amerikanen. Het is vooral een opsomming van spectaculaire gevallen, zonder al te veel duiding of kritische analyse (dat is dus ook meteen de grote zwakte van het boek). Voor Edwards is duidelijk dat ufo’s van buitenaardse herkomst zijn; hij citeert wetenschappers die onomwonden stellen dat de waargenomen ufo’s technologie betreffen die het huidige (lees: 1966) menselijke technologische kunnen verre overtreffen. Daarmee is voor Edwards de kous af.
Opvallend is dat ik in dit boek ook verwijzingen aantrof naar het werk van Nikola Tesla, die de laatste jaren weer vaker opduikt in samenzweringstheorieën en ideeën omtrent nulpunt-energie. Edwards schrijft dat Tesla in 1899 een signaal de ruimte zou hebben ingestuurd, dat 22 jaar later werd beantwoord. Ook komt in dit boek, dat geschreven is jaren vóórdat de Amerikanen de eerste mens op de maan lieten landen, dat de belangstelling voor de maan van zowel de Amerikanen als de Russen te maken zou kunnen hebben met vermeende structuren en gebouwen op de maan, met name op de donkere kant van de maan. Ik ben de verwijzingen naar Tesla en naar de achterkant van de maan nog niet vaak tegengekomen in ufo-boeken uit die tijd. Wat ook interessant is, is dat de hele zaak omtrent Roswell in één alinea wordt afgedaan, waaruit maar weer eens duidelijk wordt dat het “Roswell incident” (de befaamde vermeende ufo-crash in Nieuw Mexico) pas is gaan spelen nadat Berlitz & Moore in de jaren ’80 hun beruchte boek over die zaak schreven. In de tijd van Edwards is “Roswell” slechts een gerucht.
Edwards’ boek is buitengewoon slordig. Edwards geeft nergens bronverwijzingen, citeert vrijelijk en verwijst daarbij dan regelmatig naar vermeende eigen opnames. Hij doet allerlei speculatieve claims (zoals de “vele” ufo’s die door astronomen worden waargenomen, de “vele” signalen van buitenaards leven die door radiotelescopen worden opgevangen, etc.) die om een verdere analyse schreeuwen, maar waar Edwards vervolgens niets mee doet. Hij werpt allerlei spannende balletjes op, maar die blijven ook alle in de lucht hangen, omdat niemand in staat is om ze op te vangen vanwege het gebrek aan informatie. Deze slordigheid werd overigens in de tijd dat het boek verscheen ook al als kritiek gebruikt door andere ufo-onderzoekers (zie het artikel over Edwards in de ufo-encyclopedie van Clark).
Met andere woorden, een boek dat hooguit nog interessant is vanwege de vele spectaculaire en tot de verbeelding sprekende gevalsbeschrijvingen uit een tamelijk primitief-technologisch tijdperk van ver vóór internet en photoshop, en vanwege de historische waarde van het boek in de ufo-geschiedenis. Een boek dus voor de die-hard ufo-geïnteresseerde.
January 11, 2015
Tremendous thinkers who devised theories that advanced our species' understanding were silenced for not keeping their mind closed within the then accepted norms of their time (e.g. Galileo, Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, and others). If you wish to mock or laugh at a phenomenon that we do not yet understand, then this book is not for you.
Science had never required nor asked that those who would scientifically consider a question, close their minds to possibilities not yet accepted.
Rather, science only moves forward when critical, observant, and rigorous thinkers consider what is not yet known, and often when they do it when it's not popular or 'cool' to do so.
Frank Edwards provides (and cites) many UFO witnesses' accounts in Flying Saucers - Serious Business.
He provides the details and leaves you, the reader, to make up your own mind. Edwards lets you read what many witnesses experienced and reported (many provided by credible witnesses, by virtue of their reputations among those who know them well, or by virtue of their professional training and reputations in those professions, and so on). He proposes some theories, but does not assert anything without basing it qualities that one finds repeated over and over again in the data set.
Not once does Edwards assert anything as fact.
If you think UFO's are silly, impossible, or swamp gas - out of hand (without being open to critically consider the phenomenon in a fair light) then this book is not for you.
If you have an interest in the topic and strive to understand the UFO occurrence considering years of credible sighting accounts (which by the time this book was written, already formed large data sets for study), then read this book.
Edwards does not wrap this book having found or postulated any answers. Quiet the opposite - he leaves the reader, when ending this book, by suggesting whatever UFO's are (or are not) the answer is something that can be and will eventually be known.
It is easy to scoff. It is much more difficult (but also far more rewarding) to consider critically but objectively those questions some are not comfortable considering.
Science had never required nor asked that those who would scientifically consider a question, close their minds to possibilities not yet accepted.
Rather, science only moves forward when critical, observant, and rigorous thinkers consider what is not yet known, and often when they do it when it's not popular or 'cool' to do so.
Frank Edwards provides (and cites) many UFO witnesses' accounts in Flying Saucers - Serious Business.
He provides the details and leaves you, the reader, to make up your own mind. Edwards lets you read what many witnesses experienced and reported (many provided by credible witnesses, by virtue of their reputations among those who know them well, or by virtue of their professional training and reputations in those professions, and so on). He proposes some theories, but does not assert anything without basing it qualities that one finds repeated over and over again in the data set.
Not once does Edwards assert anything as fact.
If you think UFO's are silly, impossible, or swamp gas - out of hand (without being open to critically consider the phenomenon in a fair light) then this book is not for you.
If you have an interest in the topic and strive to understand the UFO occurrence considering years of credible sighting accounts (which by the time this book was written, already formed large data sets for study), then read this book.
Edwards does not wrap this book having found or postulated any answers. Quiet the opposite - he leaves the reader, when ending this book, by suggesting whatever UFO's are (or are not) the answer is something that can be and will eventually be known.
It is easy to scoff. It is much more difficult (but also far more rewarding) to consider critically but objectively those questions some are not comfortable considering.
February 26, 2015
I started getting into talk radio during junior high school, often listening to it as I went to bed. The night-time shows were best and not all that different than today. The usual format was to have a familiar host, a guest, a conversation between them and then open telephone lines. The usual topics I'd listen to were political, often about civil rights or the war in SE Asia, but sometimes the exotic would creep in--anything from theories about the Kennedy assassination to UFOs.
I suspect I heard about Frank Edwards on radio, but maybe I just found one of his books in a paperback carousel somewhere first, then started noticing his being mentioned on radio occasionally. He himself was a radio host, a sort of sixties Art Bell, and his books, which I read voraciously, one after another, were compendia of the wierd and offbeat. UFOs had been an interest of mine since grade school, so I obtained this book about them as soon as I found a copy available.
None of Edwards' books are very good by any critical standard, but for a kid they were mightily mind-expanding, thought-provoking and sometimes even a little scary.
I suspect I heard about Frank Edwards on radio, but maybe I just found one of his books in a paperback carousel somewhere first, then started noticing his being mentioned on radio occasionally. He himself was a radio host, a sort of sixties Art Bell, and his books, which I read voraciously, one after another, were compendia of the wierd and offbeat. UFOs had been an interest of mine since grade school, so I obtained this book about them as soon as I found a copy available.
None of Edwards' books are very good by any critical standard, but for a kid they were mightily mind-expanding, thought-provoking and sometimes even a little scary.
November 1, 2009
Edwards provides quite a bit of useful and interesting information in this book and, for once, he properly documents nearly all of it. Unless one is a total dupe of the Air Force "explanations," or a member of PSICOP, it is impossible to ignore a lot of the cases Edwards examines. HIs theory that a UFO would openly land soon after publication (in 1966) has, evidently, proved false, but that idea was taken from a military estimate of UFO activity, and one could hardly expect administrators to be right about anything.
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January 8, 2011Never did seriously read this - it was a gag gift from IJ :o)
February 26, 2011
This book is written when Roswell incident was totally unknown.
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