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Top Fifty UFO Books · UFOS & PARANORMAL WITH PRESTON DENNETT

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  Speaker 1: Hello everyone, my name is Preston Dennett and welcome to
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  Speaker 1: another episode of UFOs and the Paranormal. I've got a
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  Speaker 1: really unique episode for you today. I'm doing this by
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  Speaker 1: request because a number of you have asked me, what
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  Speaker 1: UFO book do you think I should read? What's the
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  Speaker 1: best UFO book? And that's a very difficult question to answer,
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  Speaker 1: so I decided to make a list of what I
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  Speaker 1: think are the top 50 UFO books that everyone should read.
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  Speaker 1: And that's the title of this episode. the top 50
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  Speaker 1: UFO books. This is, of course, a very arbitrary decision.
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  Speaker 1: Another person may have come up with a very different list.
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  Speaker 1: But this is mine. I'm going to start from number
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  Speaker 1: 50 and count down all the way to what I
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  Speaker 1: think is the number one UFO book. And this turned
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  Speaker 1: out not to be an easy decision.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it would be, but it wasn't.
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  Speaker 1: There are a lot of books that I wanted to include,
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  Speaker 1: which I couldn't include. And, in fact, some researchers, I think,
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  Speaker 1: could have had multiple spots on this list so I
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  Speaker 1: decided to instead sort of focus on UFO researchers and
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  Speaker 1: pick their very best book. So in a way this
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  Speaker 1: is also the top 50 UFO researchers of all times
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  Speaker 1: but no it's really the top 50 UFO books and
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  Speaker 1: I picked the best book from each researcher or what
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  Speaker 1: I think is the best book. But many researchers have
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  Speaker 1: produced books that I think absolutely deserve to be mentioned
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  Speaker 1: but just were edged out. There just wasn't enough space
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  Speaker 1: on this list. And I'd like to give just brief
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  Speaker 1: honorable mention to a number of these. I would include
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  Speaker 1: Yvonne Smith's book, Chosen. I loved Barbara Lamb's book, Alien Meetings,
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  Speaker 1: I believe it was called. There are many books that
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  Speaker 1: deserve a place on this list. Night Siege by Philip Imbrogno.
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  Speaker 1: Jalen Hynek and Bob Pratt, the story of the Hudson
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  Speaker 1: Valley UFO wave. Jim Marr's book, Alien Agenda, is an
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  Speaker 1: excellent overview of the UFO phenomena. Ed Walter's book, UFOs
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  Speaker 1: Over a Gulf Breeze, loved that book. It's very interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Nick Pope, a very prolific researcher who wrote a book
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  Speaker 1: called Uninvited, definitely deserves a place in your library. I
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  Speaker 1: love the book by Mark Davenport, Visitors from Time, which
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  Speaker 1: discusses time anomalies associated with UFOs. It's a unique book,
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  Speaker 1: which was just barely edged out. The book, any book
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  Speaker 1: by Michael Sala, particularly Secret Space Program. Again, he got
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  Speaker 1: edged out. But yeah, I would definitely recommend any book
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  Speaker 1: by Michael Sala. Bob Pratt's book, UFO Danger Zone, was fascinating,
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  Speaker 1: but just didn't quite make the list. I wish I
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  Speaker 1: could have included the books by Frank Ficino, Braxton County Monster,
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  Speaker 1: and Shoot Them Down. I love his research. Kathleen Martin
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  Speaker 1: and Denise Stoner are excellent researchers. I really wanted to
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  Speaker 1: include their book, The Alien Abduction Files, but that got
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  Speaker 1: edged out as well. as did Ray Hernandez's book, which
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  Speaker 1: he edited, Beyond UFOs. It's a huge contribution to the
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  Speaker 1: UFO field. I loved the book called Humanoids by Charles Bowen,
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  Speaker 1: which he edited. It's a fascinating book about humanoid reports
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  Speaker 1: and one of the first books actually to talk about
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  Speaker 1: humanoids associated with UFOs. I loved Australian researcher Bill Chalker's.
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  Speaker 2: Book, Hair of the Alien. What a good book.
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  Speaker 1: Should have had a place on this list, but just
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  Speaker 1: got edged out. As did the book Abducted by Anne
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  Speaker 1: Andrews from England. She wrote a book about her son
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  Speaker 1: and her whole family's encounters with ETs. Her son is
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  Speaker 1: Jason Andrews. That's a really good book. I would highly
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  Speaker 1: recommend it. As I would also recommend Beyond My Wildest
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  Speaker 1: Dreams by Kim Carlsberg. A fully illustrated story Very well written.
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  Speaker 1: Just a fascinating book about her own encounters with ETs.
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  Speaker 1: I recommend the books by Brad Steiger as well. He
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  Speaker 1: wrote a lot of UFO books. He's among the most.
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  Speaker 2: Prolific of UFO writers.
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  Speaker 1: His book Alien Meetings was excellent. I love Brad Steiger's
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  Speaker 1: research because it's all original. He brings out information that
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  Speaker 1: other people have never heard I mean, a lot of
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  Speaker 1: books are kind of rehashes of old material, not his.
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  Speaker 1: Any book by Jenny Randles as well. The book Abduction
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  Speaker 1: was a great overview, the Pennine UFO mystery. I also
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  Speaker 1: love the book Behold a Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper,
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  Speaker 1: which is really a book about government conspiracies. It does
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  Speaker 1: touch on UFOs pretty extensively, too. deserves a place on
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  Speaker 1: this list, but just kind of got edged out, as
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  Speaker 1: did the book Chariots of the Gods, a real classic
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  Speaker 1: by Eric Von Daniken. I don't know why I didn't
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  Speaker 1: put that on the list. I really should have. I
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  Speaker 1: know some people are going to be angry that their
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  Speaker 1: favorite UFO book didn't make this list, but I had
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  Speaker 1: to make a choice, so I chose the top 50.
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  Speaker 1: And let's just get to these books right now, because
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  Speaker 1: These top 50 books, I think, absolutely deserve a place
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  Speaker 1: in your library. Each one has made a very valuable
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  Speaker 1: contribution to our understanding of the UFO phenomena, has really
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  Speaker 1: shaped our beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrials. And that's why
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to put together this list so people have
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  Speaker 1: an idea of what to read if they're looking into
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  Speaker 1: researching the UFO phenomena. So let's just get started on
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  Speaker 1: to the top 50 countdown of the best UFO books
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  Speaker 1: of all times. And for number 50, I chose Ellen
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  Speaker 1: Kristol's book, Silent Invasion, The Shocking Discoveries of a UFO Researcher.
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  Speaker 1: It's an excellent book, a real page-turner about one researcher's
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  Speaker 1: experiences and insights into UFO activity, particularly in the Hudson
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  Speaker 1: Valley area of upstate California.
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  Speaker 2: New York.
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  Speaker 1: She's got some very interesting photographs, a lot of very
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  Speaker 1: interesting things to say about UFOs. It's a real suspenseful
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  Speaker 1: page turner of a book. I highly recommend it. For
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  Speaker 1: number 49, I chose Sky Crash by Brenda Butler and
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  Speaker 1: Dot Street. This is a story about the Rendlesham UFO incident.
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  Speaker 1: This is a very famous case. Bentwaters, Woodbridge, There are many,
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  Speaker 1: many books written about this case, but Sky Crash was
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  Speaker 1: the first. It broke this case wide open, and that's
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  Speaker 1: why I think it deserves a place on this list.
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  Speaker 1: Number 48, I chose Mysterious Valley by Christopher O'Brien. Mysterious
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  Speaker 1: Valley is the story of the UFO activity in the
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  Speaker 1: San Luis Valley in Colorado. And boy, this is fascinating.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you could learn everything you need to know
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  Speaker 1: about UFOs from this one book by Christopher O'Brien. Can't
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  Speaker 1: recommend it enough. It's a really excellent book with a
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  Speaker 1: follow-up book called Enter the Valley. So yeah, if you
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  Speaker 1: want to read a good UFO book, look into The
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  Speaker 1: Mysterious Valley by Christopher O'Brien. For number 47, I chose UFOs.
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  Speaker 1: General's pilots and government officials go on the record. And
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  Speaker 1: this is by Leslie Keen, a mainstream journalist. And I
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  Speaker 1: chose this book because it's a great book to give
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  Speaker 1: to UFO skeptics. This book really, I think, gave a
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  Speaker 1: lot of legitimacy to the UFO field. It brought in
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  Speaker 1: a lot of skeptics. It helped popularize this subject. And
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  Speaker 1: these are witnesses who are pretty much unimpeachable. This book
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  Speaker 1: proves that UFOs are a real phenomena and not the
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  Speaker 1: product of hoaxes, hallucinations, or misperceptions as the U.S. military
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  Speaker 1: would have you believe. It's an excellent book that deserves
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  Speaker 1: to be read. And for number 46, I chose an
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  Speaker 1: absolutely pioneering book called Book of the Damned by Charles Forte.
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  Speaker 1: I had to put this book on the list because
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  Speaker 1: Charles Fort was the first person to write about UFOs.
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  Speaker 1: He's absolutely the pioneer of ufology and opened this subject.
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  Speaker 1: And he absolutely deserves a place on this list. His
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  Speaker 1: book does cover a lot of paranormal stuff, but it
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  Speaker 1: was the first to look into UFOs too. And that's
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  Speaker 1: why I included it. And now we move to number forty-five.
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  Speaker 1: And for 45, I chose the book Don't Look Up
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  Speaker 1: by Danny Gordon and Paul Dellinger. Danny Gordon was a
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  Speaker 1: mainstream newsman who got embroiled in a UFO wave in
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  Speaker 1: his hometown of Wytheville, Virginia. This book, Don't Look Up, boy,
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  Speaker 1: it's a page-turner. It is very exciting. Absolutely deserves to
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  Speaker 1: be read. It's a little bit of a sleeper. You
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  Speaker 1: probably haven't heard about it. it but you should have
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  Speaker 1: because it is an excellent book on a UFO wave
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  Speaker 1: that very few people know about another real sleeper of
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  Speaker 1: the book I gave to the number 44 slot and
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  Speaker 1: this is a book by Walter Webb a real pioneering researcher,
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  Speaker 1: and the book is Encounter at Buffledge. It's a multi-witness
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  Speaker 1: UFO abduction case, and it's very well written. It's a fascinating,
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  Speaker 1: very well-researched account of a UFO abduction. It's an excellent book.
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  Speaker 1: I'm surprised more people haven't heard about it, and I
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  Speaker 1: think that people would really enjoy it, and that's why
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  Speaker 1: I gave it the number 44 slot. And now for
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  Speaker 1: number 43, I chose the book The Keepers by Jim Sparks.
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  Speaker 1: Jim Sparks is pretty well known within the UFO field.
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  Speaker 1: Unlike a lot of abductees, he remembers his encounters fully consciously.
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  Speaker 1: And his book is fascinating and really gives a lot
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  Speaker 1: of insights into this phenomena, a lot of insights into
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  Speaker 1: the alien agenda And I just found it to be
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  Speaker 1: a very sincere, moving, and just an interesting book. Absolutely,
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  Speaker 1: I would recommend it. And now we move to number 42,
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  Speaker 1: which is Magic Eyes Only by Ryan Wood. It was
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  Speaker 1: also done with the research of his father, Bob Wood.
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  Speaker 1: And this is about UFO crash retrievals. And if you
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  Speaker 1: think Roswell is the only UFO crash, just read this book,
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  Speaker 1: Magic Eyes Only, and you will see that UFO crashes,
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  Speaker 1: while not common, are certainly not as rare as you
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  Speaker 1: might think. There are well over 100 of them. And
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Wood's research into the whole UFO crash retrieval phenomena
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  Speaker 1: is quite comprehensive. And this book is a great overview
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  Speaker 1: of the whole UFO crash retrieval phenomena and deserves to
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  Speaker 1: be read. And now we move to number 41. And
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  Speaker 1: for 41, I chose another book about UFO crashes. It's
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  Speaker 1: called Cosmic Crashes by the prolific UFO researcher author Nick Redfern.
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  Speaker 1: He's written a lot of books, and I think Cosmic
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  Speaker 1: Crashes is one of his best. I highly recommend it
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  Speaker 1: if you want to know about UFO crashes across the world.
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  Speaker 1: This is one that you should definitely read. Now we
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  Speaker 1: move to number 40. This is a great book. It's
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  Speaker 1: called Inside the Black Vault by John Greenwald Jr. John
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  Speaker 1: Greenwald has been investigating UFOs pretty much his whole life.
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  Speaker 1: Ever since he was a teenager, he's been using the
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  Speaker 1: Freedom of Information Act to get government documents about UFOs released.
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  Speaker 1: And his website by the same name, Inside the Black Vault,
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  Speaker 1: is just a huge contribution to this field.
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  Speaker 2: Love this book.
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  Speaker 1: You absolutely should read it if you haven't, because there's
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  Speaker 1: no one quite in this field who is as active
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  Speaker 1: as John Greenwald in terms of using the Freedom of
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  Speaker 1: Information Act to get information out of the government and
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  Speaker 1: into the public's awareness. So yeah, read Inside the Black
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  Speaker 1: Vault by John Greenwald. And now we move to number 39.
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  Speaker 1: And for 39, I chose a unique book called Messengers.
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  Speaker 1: The author is Mike Cleland. He's a highly respected UFO researcher.
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  Speaker 1: He's got a number of other books. Messenger is his first,
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  Speaker 1: and I think probably his best so far, at least.
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  Speaker 2: I love this book.
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  Speaker 1: It's got all new information, a lot of first-hand research
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  Speaker 1: into very unusual aspects of the UFO phenomena that you
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  Speaker 1: don't hear a lot about. Synchronicities, screen memories, the owl connection.
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  Speaker 1: It's a really interesting book. and I highly recommend it.
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  Speaker 2: He's a very.
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  Speaker 1: Respected researcher who really does his legwork, so I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: Mike Cleland as a UFO researcher, and his book, Messengers,
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  Speaker 1: definitely deserves a spot in your UFO library. And now
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  Speaker 1: we move to number 38. And for 38, I chose
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  Speaker 1: Humanoids Amongst Us by Albert Rosales. This is actually a
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  Speaker 1: multi-volume series of books all about exclusively humanoid encounters, stretching
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  Speaker 1: back to the 1800s all the way to the 2000s.
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  Speaker 1: So well over a hundred years of accounts from all
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  Speaker 1: over the world. These are cases all collected in one
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  Speaker 1: spot about people who've had humanoid encounters. This is an
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  Speaker 1: indispensable tool for UFO researchers. I mean, I can't recommend
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  Speaker 1: it enough. This guy has done his research and thought
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  Speaker 1: I just thank God for Albert Rosales and his exhaustive
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  Speaker 1: research into humanoid encounters. I found his multi-volume set, Humanoids
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  Speaker 1: Amongst Us, to be among the most helpful in terms
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  Speaker 1: of a research tool. And just fascinating stuff. All about
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  Speaker 1: humanoid encounters. And let's move along. There are a lot
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  Speaker 1: of really good books here. Any one of these could
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  Speaker 1: have made the top 10 slot, by the way. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the difference between number 50 and number 1 is really
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  Speaker 1: just a matter of opinion, I think. So don't be
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  Speaker 1: mad at me if your book didn't make the list
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  Speaker 1: or it's not ranked higher on this list because it
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  Speaker 1: was a very difficult decision doing this countdown. At any rate,
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  Speaker 1: for number 37, I chose Top Secret Magic. by Stanton Friedman.
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  Speaker 1: Stanton Friedman is, wow, one of the best researchers out there.
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  Speaker 1: It's really a shame he passed away. He was doing
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  Speaker 1: such excellent work.
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  Speaker 2: Very highly respected.
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  Speaker 1: We owe the Roswell incident really to him. The book,
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  Speaker 1: The Roswell Incident, was based largely on his research. But
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  Speaker 1: I chose Top Secret Magic because he talks about MJ-12
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  Speaker 1: and the secret government cover-up group. He dug deep. He
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  Speaker 1: proved that astronomer Donald Menzel was more than likely a
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  Speaker 1: government agent. He proved that there is absolutely a cover-up
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  Speaker 1: of UFOs. And any book by Stanton Friedman I would
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  Speaker 1: highly recommend. But this book, Top Secret Magic, you absolutely
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  Speaker 1: have to read it. I'm pretty sure you will like it.
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  Speaker 1: And now we move to slot number 36. I think
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  Speaker 1: this might surprise some of you. I chose a book
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  Speaker 1: by Timothy Green Beckley, a pioneering UFO researcher, editor of
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  Speaker 1: several UFO magazines. Been around forever. He just recently passed away.
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  Speaker 1: We've lost a true superstar in the UFO field. And
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  Speaker 1: it won't be the same without him. But the book
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  Speaker 1: I chose is UFOs Among the Stars, which is an
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  Speaker 1: absolutely unique book and one of the only books to
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  Speaker 1: talk about celebrity encounters. So here we have encounters by
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  Speaker 1: a large variety of celebrities, like musicians, rock stars, movie stars,
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  Speaker 1: you name it. Muhammad Ali. Helen Wheels. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: could go on. These are very famous people who have
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  Speaker 1: seen UFOs. And this book is just so entertaining and fascinating.
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  Speaker 1: And given the public's fascination with celebrities, this absolutely makes
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  Speaker 1: a valuable contribution to the UFO field. And I think
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  Speaker 1: you'll enjoy it very much. And that's why I included
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  Speaker 1: it on this list. So moving along, and for the
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  Speaker 1: number 35 spot, I chose UFO Contact from Reticulum by
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  Speaker 1: Wendell C.
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  Speaker 2: Stevens.
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  Speaker 1: This is another superstar in the UFO field. He's published
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  Speaker 1: and co-written a number of books about UFOs, particularly contact cases.
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  Speaker 1: I very nearly included his... multi-volume set UFO photographs from
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  Speaker 1: around the world instead, but decided that UFO contact from
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  Speaker 1: reticulum was a little bit better because it tells the
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  Speaker 1: story of Bill Herman's UFO contact and also has some
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  Speaker 1: very clear UFO photographs, photographs of alien artifacts. This is
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  Speaker 1: a very fascinating contactee case, which is not well known,
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  Speaker 1: but certainly caused a lot of attention got a lot
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  Speaker 1: of attention from major UFO researchers when it first became revealed,
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  Speaker 1: I highly, highly recommend Wendell C. Stevens' book, UFO Contact,
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  Speaker 1: from Reticulum. It's got two parts, actually, and I'm pretty
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  Speaker 1: sure you will enjoy it. So I gave it a
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  Speaker 1: slot on this list. Now for number 34. For 34
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  Speaker 1: I chose a book by British researcher Philip Mantle. Love
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  Speaker 1: his research. He's highly respected. Been in this field for
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  Speaker 1: decades and his book Without Consent is an excellent book
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  Speaker 1: about onboard UFO encounters, UFO abductions, with many unique cases
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  Speaker 1: you can't read about anywhere else. It's a huge contribution
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  Speaker 1: to the UFO field and 100% deserves a place in
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  Speaker 1: your UFO library. If you want to know about UFO abductions,
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  Speaker 1: that's a very good book. And now we move to
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  Speaker 1: number 33. And number 33 probably could have landed anywhere
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  Speaker 1: on this list and would be right at home. For
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  Speaker 1: number 33, I chose Fire in the Sky by Travis Walton,
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  Speaker 1: which is actually sort of a re-release of his book,
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  Speaker 1: The Walton Incident. And Fire in the Sky, wow, what
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  Speaker 1: a good book. This is one of the most famous
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  Speaker 1: cases in the world, the Travis Walton UFO abduction case.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's some controversy surrounding it, but I'm a
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  Speaker 1: huge believer in this case. I think the evidence for
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  Speaker 1: its veracity is overwhelming. And if you want to know
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  Speaker 1: what happened to Travis Walton, Fire in the Sky, the book,
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  Speaker 1: is absolutely a gripping read of what happened to Travis Walton.
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  Speaker 1: Can't recommend it enough. And now we move to number 32.
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  Speaker 1: And for number 32... I chose the book Flying Saucer
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  Speaker 1: Conspiracy by Major Donald Kehoe. And I could have chosen
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  Speaker 1: any book by Major Donald Kehoe. He absolutely 100% deserves
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  Speaker 1: a place on this list. The UFO field would not
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  Speaker 1: be the same without him. He's one of the first
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  Speaker 1: government insiders to say, hey, your own government is lying
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  Speaker 1: about what they know about UFOs. Major Donald Kehoe is
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  Speaker 1: a true hero to this field of ufology. His books
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  Speaker 1: are excellent and reveal many firsthand cases of UFO encounters
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  Speaker 1: that he investigated personally. Absolutely, I really look up to
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  Speaker 1: this guy. The UFO field would not be the same
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  Speaker 1: without him. We owe him a lot of debt for
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  Speaker 1: his books, and I highly, highly recommend any one of them.
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  Speaker 1: But I chose Flying Saucer Conspiracy as one of the best.
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  Speaker 1: Another really excellent early book and early researcher is Flying
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  Speaker 1: Saucers Uncensored by Harold T.
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  Speaker 2: Wilkins.
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  Speaker 1: Love his books. They are very, very detailed, very exhaustively researched,
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  Speaker 1: Just filled, chock full, with first-hand cases, a lot of information,
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  Speaker 1: cases you won't read anywhere else. He's, again, a pioneering researcher,
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  Speaker 1: one of the first to tackle the UFO subject. Can't
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  Speaker 1: recommend his research enough. Any book by Harold T. Wilkins
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  Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure you will enjoy. Flying Saucers Uncensored is
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  Speaker 1: one of his best. On another very early researcher, a
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  Speaker 1: really great book that he wrote is Flying Saucers, Serious
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: Business by Frank Edwards. Frank Edwards was a mainstream journalist
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: who became embroiled in the UFO controversy, was one of
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: the first to really talk about it. He popularized UFOs
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: on his nationwide UFO radio program. We owe a lot
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: to Frank Edwards. He's a great researcher. Had a lot
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: of inside sources. Got a lot of information out there
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: that probably we would not have heard about if not
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: for him. And I highly recommend his book, Flying Saucers,
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: Serious Business. Now we move to number 29. And for
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: number 29, I chose Unconventional Flying Objects by Paul Hill.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: This is a sort of a sleeper of a book.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: It's gotten excellent critical reviews. I think anyone who's looked
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: into it really likes it. This is one of the
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: most scientific books on the UFO phenomena and has some
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: really excellent scientific insights into the nature of UFOs and
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: UFO propulsion and their craft. I love this book. you
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: should absolutely read it. I cannot recommend it enough. And
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: another book I can't recommend enough is UFOs and the
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: National Security State by Richard Dolan. This is actually a
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: two-part volume, so far two parts, and covers the UFO
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: government cover-up. It's an excellent, best-selling book. with all kinds
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: of really interesting information about how the U.S. government in
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: particular has handled the UFO situation, the UFO problem.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: Love these books.
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: I think it's great, great research and absolutely deserves a
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: spot on this list. Now we move to number 27.
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: And for 27, I chose The UFO Evidence by Richard Hall.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Richard Hall is another very early researcher who worked with NICAP,
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: the National Investigative Committee of Aerial Phenomena. And this is
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: another big book that you can really give to a
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: skeptic to convince them of the reality of UFOs. What
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: I like about the UFO evidence is it covers many
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: different physical types of evidence, landing trace cases, radar visual cases.
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: electromagnetic cases, physiological effect cases, animal effect cases. He really
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: takes a deep, deep look at the evidence for UFOs.
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: And that is the reason I had to include it
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: on this list. And for number 26, I chose a
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: book by Edward J. Ruppelt, Captain Ruppelt of Project Blue Book.
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: And The book is called The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects.
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: And this was a book that I don't think the
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: Air Force wanted him to write. And it is a
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: little skeptical. I think he had some difficult time knowing
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: what he could include and what he couldn't without angering
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: the government too much.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: But he did.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: He defected from Project Blue Book, spilled the beans, and
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: talked about our own government's interest in this UFO phenomena
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: and really laid it out in black and white that
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: UFOs are real and deserve to be researched. It's an
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: excellent book. Can't recommend it enough. You should definitely have
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: it in your UFO library. And now we get to
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: the top 25. And for number 25, I chose a
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: book called Abduction. Measure of a Mystery by Thomas E.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: Bullard.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: He was originally a folklorist, but got involved in researching
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: UFOs very early on. And this is a truly pioneering book.
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: He was the first to really do an analytical and
• 27:54
  Speaker 1: statistical study of the UFO abduction phenomena. He outlined the
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: pattern of UFO abductions. He was the first to do so.
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: It's a massive, massive book. multi-volume series of books just
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: a huge huge contribution to the UFO field and I
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: think really he approached it from a very scientific angle
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: and it's not an easy read because it's very scientific
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: but wow great great research can't recommend it enough and
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: now we move to book number 24 And this was
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: a huge bestseller. It revived a very old case, which
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: we know as Roswell. And for number 24, I chose
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: The Day After Roswell by Colonel Philip Corso. This is
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: a controversial book, but it's one of very, very few
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: books to have hit the New York Times bestseller list.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: It was a huge bestseller. Definitely revived the whole Roswell case.
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: and put forth the idea that Roswell has, in fact,
• 29:12
  Speaker 1: been reverse-engineered, leading to such advances in areas of industry,
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: such as the integrated circuit, fiber optics, Kevlar, night vision.
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: It's controversial. Some people have tried to debunk it unsuccessfully,
• 29:32
  Speaker 1: I think. Colonel Corso's credentials are pretty much unimpeachable and
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: he has quite a bit to say about the UFO
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: crash at Roswell. It's a very, very interesting book. And
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: I'm not at all surprised it was a bestseller. And
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: that's why I gave it spot number 24 on this list.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: For number 23, I chose the book Taken by Carla Turner.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: She wrote, I think, three books on the UFO phenomena,
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: Into the Fringe and Masquerade of Angels. Any one of
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: them could have earned a spot on this list. I
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: like her research. It's first-hand research. She dug deep. She
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: talked about her own experiences. Some of these cases are
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: really quite harrowing. But it's really interesting first-hand research into
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: UFO abductions. and I think makes an invaluable contribution to
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: this field, and that's why I included it on this list.
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: And now for number 21. And for number 21, I
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: chose the book Encounters with Star People by Artie Sixkiller Clark.
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: She's written, I think it's three books now. Four? Four?
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: It's at least three books, all about firsthand encounters with UFOs.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: Artie Sixkiller-Clark is one of my favorite researchers of all times.
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: Even though she's relatively new to the field, she's made
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: a huge splash. She's done what no one else has done,
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: which is interview indigenous people from all across North and
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: South America and told their firsthand stories, which... have never
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: been told before. It's definitely different from your standard run-of-the-mill
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: abduction book. Wow, these stories are fascinating, unusual, unique. If
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: you're going to pick up any books on UFOs, please
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: don't miss out on the books by Artie Sixkiller Clark.
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: I love, love, love her research, and these books are fascinating.
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: Wow, love them.
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: So she got a pretty high spot on this list.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: Now we're into the top 20. And for number 20,
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: I chose Secret Life by David Jacobs. David Jacobs is
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: one of the top researchers into UFO abductions in the world.
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: His book Secret Life is a really fascinating look into
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: the whole UFO abduction phenomena. I'm not going to say
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: that I agree with all of his conclusions. But boy,
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: his research is fascinating. Secret Life and the other books
• 32:27
  Speaker 1: he's written are all must-reads for sure if you want
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: to know the truth about UFOs, what it's like to
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: be contacted. Yeah, Secret Life provides absolutely fantastic research into
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: the UFO phenomena and is highly, highly recommended. Now we
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: move to number 19 And for number 19, I could
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: have chose any book by this researcher, Dolores Cannon. The
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: Custodians was a great book. I mean, all her books
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: are great. I chose Three Waves of Volunteers. The Three
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: Waves of Volunteers. This is one of many of her books,
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: which continues to stay on the bestseller list for a
• 33:19
  Speaker 1: very good reason. Her research is first-hand stuff. one of
• 33:24
  Speaker 1: very few hypnotherapists who worked tirelessly to hypnotize people and
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: recover lost memories. She's able to link a lot of
• 33:36
  Speaker 1: this stuff to paranormal aspects of UFOs. Her research is
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: really interesting. And there's a lot of disinformation in this field.
• 33:47
  Speaker 1: And I love her books because I think they're very sincere, valid,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: truthful information. And I don't think it's any coincidence that
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: her books continue to be bestsellers because they're very, very
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: interesting and have a lot of firsthand information that you
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: can't get anywhere else. And that's why I gave her
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: spot number 19 on this list. And now we move
• 34:14
  Speaker 1: to number 18. For number 18, I chose a book
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: by John Keel. huge pioneer in this field one of
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: the first to look into UFOs and I could have
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: chose any book by John Keel because he's great but
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: I chose the Mothman prophecies which is probably his most
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: famous and well-known book it's about UFOs and the whole
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: weird series of events that occurred in West Virginia I
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: believe it was the whole Mothman humanoid sightings, but lots
• 34:49
  Speaker 1: of UFO encounters in there as well. It's a very
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: interesting book. John Keel is one of few researchers who
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: have tackled the paranormal aspects of UFOs, and The Mothman
• 35:00
  Speaker 1: Prophecies is a gripping, unique, unusual book that deserves absolutely
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: to be widely read, and I think you will enjoy
• 35:12
  Speaker 1: it very much. And now we move to number 17.
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: And for number 17, I chose a book by highly
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: respected researcher Robert Hastings. The book is called UFOs and Nukes.
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: And I love this book because Robert Hastings dug deep.
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: This is a big book and it absolutely cements in
• 35:35
  Speaker 1: stone the fact that UFOs are very, very concerned about
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: our use of nuclear power. Very concerned. This absolutely shows
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: there is a connection there, that UFOs are visiting nuclear bases,
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: nuclear missile sites, nuclear-powered craft of any kind, nuclear weapons.
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: UFOs are there. If you want to know about the
• 36:04
  Speaker 1: ET agenda when it comes to their concern of nuclear power,
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: you absolutely should check out this book, UFOs and Nukes,
• 36:12
  Speaker 1: by Robert Hastings.
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: I loved it.
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: And for slot number 16, I chose Glimpses of Other
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: Realities by Linda Moulton Howe. There are very few people
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: who have been in this field for as long as
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: Linda Moulton Howe. She's probably best known for her research
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: into the whole cattle mutilation phenomena, but she is today
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: a very active researcher into UFOs. She hasn't written a
• 36:44
  Speaker 1: lot of books. but I had to include at least
• 36:48
  Speaker 1: one of them on this list. And so I chose
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: that one. She's a very highly respected researcher, and I
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: think has had a huge influence on this field and
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: deserves a place on this list. And that's why I
• 37:05
  Speaker 1: gave her spot number 16. For number 15, I chose
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: an absolutely unique book called The Aliens and the Scalpel
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: by Dr.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: Roger Lear.
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: He's really one of very, very few researchers who have
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: looked into the alien implant phenomena. The Aliens and the
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: Scalpel was a big bestseller.
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: Dr.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: Roger Lear, of course, is famous for actually operating on
• 37:35
  Speaker 1: people who've had alien implants and removing them and studying
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: them scientifically. And his research, I think, provides a smoking
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: gun absolute proof of extraterrestrial intervention I do not see
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: how anyone can read this book and not come away
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: convinced that something very strange is going on here that
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: UFOs are real that UFO abductions are real that alien
• 37:59
  Speaker 1: implants are being put in people's bodies and the discoveries
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: he made will I think be forever remembered as absolutely
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: pioneering research into this field And that's why I gave
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: him this very high ranking on this list. And for
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: number 14, I chose the book UFO Crash at Roswell
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: by Kevin Randall and Don Schmidt. There are probably 50
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: to 100 books written about the Roswell UFO crash. I
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: very nearly included the Roswell UFO incident by Don Berliner instead.
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: But this book, UFO Crash at Roswell, is more comprehensive.
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: It's really the seminal book, well not the seminal book,
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: but I think the most comprehensive book on the Roswell
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: UFO crash. Also, I love this second book in the series,
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: The Truth About the UFO Crash at Roswell. I think
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: this is Kevin Randall's best book by far. He's written
• 39:09
  Speaker 1: a number of books, some of which are really good,
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: some of which are just, hmm, It's kind of making
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: me scratch my head. So I don't agree with some
• 39:17
  Speaker 1: of Kevin Randall's research, but I really think that his research,
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: particularly with this book, The UFO Crash at Roswell.
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: Is a great research.
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: And really gives you a good overview of what happened
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: at Roswell. And wow, what a book, what a case.
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: I really enjoyed this book. So that's why I gave
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: him the number 14 slot. And for number 13... I chose, well, basically,
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: the researcher Jacques Vallée and any book he's ever written.
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: Jacques Vallée is a superstar in this field. He's probably
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: one of the best researchers out there. He's written, I
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: think he's written just about more UFO books than almost
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: anyone in this field, dozens at least. And I chose
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: his book, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, Because it's one of
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: his early books. As an astronomer, he took a very scientific,
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: objective look at the UFO phenomena. But all of his
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: books could have earned a spot on this list. Messengers
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: of Deception, The Invisible College, Dimensions, Confrontations. He's written quite
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: a few books, actually. And they are all good.
• 40:43
  Speaker 2: Edge of Reality with J. Allen Hynek.
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: I love, love, love the books by Jacques Vallée. And
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: I could not miss out on him. So he got
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: a pretty high ranking here on my list as the
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: number 13 slot. And for number 12, I chose a
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: truly pioneering book called The Tujunga Canyon Contacts. This is
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: by Anne Druffle and D. Scott Rogo. It's one of
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: the first books to focus on a single UFO abduction case,
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: which took place in Tujunga Canyon, California. I love this book.
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: It's very well written. It takes a good, objective, scientific
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: look at this fascinating UFO encounter case, which was well
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: before this whole flood of encounters That really swept across
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: the U.S.
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: And the world.
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: It's an excellent book. Kind of hard to find these days.
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: I loved it. It's a real page-turner. Can't recommend it enough.
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: I love these early books on the UFO phenomena. And
• 42:02
  Speaker 1: any book by Ann Druffle deserves to be on this list.
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: And I chose the Tujunga Canyon Contacts.
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: And for number 11, I chose the book Disclosure. by Dr.
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: Stephen Greer, MD. He is absolutely a controversial researcher, but
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: his books are bestsellers, and his books are very, very interesting.
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: He spearheaded the whole CE5 movement. He spearheaded the disclosure
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: movement as well, and his book Disclosure just knocked my
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: socks off. It is startling, the information he puts forth
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: in this book. I think it's a book everyone should
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: know about. Everyone should read this book. It's a monumental contribution,
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: I think, to our understanding of the UFO phenomena.
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: I loved it.
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: My hat's off to Stephen Greer, despite all the controversy
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: surrounding him. Whether you agree with some of his conclusions
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: or some of his research or not, I think you
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: will find Disclosure an excellent book. So I gave it
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: the number 11 spot. And now we get to the
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: top 10. And boy, these are the books that I
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: think a lot of you have heard of. And some
• 43:22
  Speaker 1: of you may disagree with the books I chose for
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: top 10, but this is my list. And for number 10,
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: I chose Encounters with UFO Occupants by Coral and Jim Lorenzen.
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: Coral and Jim Lorenzen are true pioneers in this field.
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: true heroes to the field of ufology this field would
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: not be where it is today without them they advanced
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: it decades they were the first to really look into
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: the ufo phenomena they formed the group apro the aerial
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: phenomena research organization was which was the first really popular
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: ufo citizens group that got thousands of members and just
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: grew and grew and grew MUFON is really patterned directly
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: after APRO, as are all the other UFO groups. So yeah,
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: hats off to Jim and Coral Lorenzen. I would recommend
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: any book by Jim and Coral Lorenzen.
• 44:25
  Speaker 2: They are all good. All great, really.
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: And Encounters with UFO Occupants is just fascinating stuff. I
• 44:35
  Speaker 1: am 100% sure you will enjoy it. They're very respected researchers.
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: And what they did for the UFO field is miles
• 44:45
  Speaker 1: and miles beyond almost any other UFO researcher out there.
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: That's why I gave him number 10 on this list.
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: And for number 9, I think this might surprise some people.
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: There's only one book I know that's written by these guys.
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: It's written by Lawrence Fawcett and Barry Greenwood. And the
• 45:06
  Speaker 1: book is called Clear Intent. This is a huge book.
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, huge, I mean, important. It was also republished
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: as the UFO cover-up. And what I like about this book,
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: Clear Intent, is that it was the first to really
• 45:24
  Speaker 1: talk about UFOs hovering over military installations. Air Force bases,
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: Army bases, naval installations. These guys proved, using the Freedom
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: of Information Act, using first-hand interviews, government documents. They prove
• 45:43
  Speaker 1: that our government is very much interested in UFOs. They
• 45:48
  Speaker 1: prove that UFOs are hovering over our military installations and
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: tracking our technological progress. This is the book you can
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: give to a UFO skeptic and they will come away
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: as a believer for sure if you can get them
• 46:04
  Speaker 1: to read it. I don't think a skeptic has a
• 46:07
  Speaker 1: leg to stand on. There's just no way you can
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: debunk the reports in this book. It is one of
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: the best UFO books out there.
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: Please read it.
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: I'm sure you will enjoy it. And for number eight,
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: I chose one of the best researchers of all time,
• 46:25
  Speaker 1: Leonard Stringfield. Leonard Stringfield is the go-to guy for UFO
• 46:32
  Speaker 1: crash retrievals. He alone was researching UFO crashes when no
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: one else would touch them. His books are actually a
• 46:42
  Speaker 1: series of, started out as pamphlets, sort of the status reports.
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: They have now been published as mainstream popular books, which
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: you can find on Amazon. These status reports by Leonard
• 46:57
  Speaker 1: Stringfield are all about UFO crash retrievals. And he was
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: the first, yeah, to really talk about them. If you
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: want to know about UFO crashes, he... has the info
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: i mean he received death threats uh he was just
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: i mean i'm speechless when it comes to leonard stringfield
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: because his research is just beyond the pale uh i
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: we would be lost without leonard stringfield's research into ufo
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: crash retrievals he busted this aspect of ufo research wide
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: open and it's because of him we take UFO crash
• 47:38
  Speaker 1: retrievals seriously. It's the cutting edge of UFO research. It's
• 47:42
  Speaker 1: a real shame we lost him, but his books will
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: live on forever, I think. So yeah, take a look
• 47:49
  Speaker 1: at the status reports. I pretty much can guarantee that
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: you will be amazed and you will learn quite a
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: bit about UFOs from them. And now we move to
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: number seven. For number seven, I chose the book Abduction.
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: Abduction.
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: By John Mack, M.D. And I had to give John
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: Mack a real high spot on this list because he's
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: a Pulitzer Prize winner. His book is very well written.
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: It's a massive volume. And it will pretty much... I mean,
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: you could read Abduction by John Mack and you will
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: know all you need to know about UFO contact. I
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: think it provides a really good objective look.
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: Into the UFO phenomena. It is not.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: you know, fear-based. It's just very objective. And here's a
• 48:41
  Speaker 1: gentleman who's very well-educated, who tackled the CFO subject when
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: almost no one else in the academic community would. And
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: so my hat's off to John Mack. And I think
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: any one of his books could have earned a place
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: on this list. But I chose the book Abduction because
• 49:01
  Speaker 1: I think it's probably one.
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: Of his best.
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: And that's why I gave him the number seven spot.
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: And for number six, I chose one of my favorite
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: researchers of all times, Timothy Goode, and his book, Above
• 49:17
  Speaker 1: Top Secret. this is the first book to really lay
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: down the government cover up the UFO history of the
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: government cover up across the world United States and the
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: world some of the other books on this list I
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: think borrowed from Timothy Goode's research here and is absolutely
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: one of the biggest contributions to this field. Any book
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: by Timothy Goode is excellent. I love his research. I
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: love his books. And Above Top Secret is one I've
• 49:52
  Speaker 1: read several times. And I just can't put it down.
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: It is amazing. Please look into Timothy Goode's book, Above
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: Top Secret. You will not be disappointed. And now we
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: move to the top five. Oh, this is where we
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: start to give the drum roll. So for top five,
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: I chose The Andreasen Affair by Raymond Fawler. The Andreasen
• 50:20
  Speaker 1: Affair is all about, of course, Betty Andreasen and her
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: encounters with gray type ETs. This is one of the
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: first books to cover a first-hand case of UFO encounters.
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: It's actually a series of books. I love Raymond Fowler's books.
• 50:38
  Speaker 1: All of them are fantastic. The Allagash Abductions, wow, what
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: a book. But his work into the Andreasen Affair, this
• 50:50
  Speaker 1: is really a landmark book and absolutely deserves to be read.
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: It's just fascinating stuff. And I think you will enjoy
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: it very much, The Andreasen Affair by Raymond Fowler.
• 51:03
  Speaker 2: Check it out.
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: You won't be disappointed. And now we move to number four.
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: I fairly nearly gave this book the number one spot,
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: but somehow it slipped down to number four.
• 51:15
  Speaker 2: I don't know why.
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: Because it's one of my favorite books of all times.
• 51:20
  Speaker 1: And this is The Interrupted Journey by John G.
• 51:25
  Speaker 2: Fuller.
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: This is such a good book. This is, of course,
• 51:28
  Speaker 1: about the Betty and Barney Hill abduction. The absolute landmark case.
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: The first book to... published about UFO abductions this was
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: went off like an atom bomb I mean this really
• 51:43
  Speaker 1: introduced people to the idea that we are being contacted
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: by ETs abducted so yeah I love this book you
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: can read it over and over again it's amazing any
• 51:57
  Speaker 1: book by John G. Fuller Incident at Exeter is equally
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: gripping what a great book I'm sure you've probably already
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: read it if you have any interest in UFOs. But
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: if you haven't, get it right away. You will be
• 52:15
  Speaker 1: amazed at his in-depth research into the Betty and Barney
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: Hill case. And for number three, I chose Missing Time
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: by Bud Hopkins. Bud Hopkins is hands down, I think,
• 52:30
  Speaker 1: probably the leading.
• 52:31
  Speaker 2: Researcher into UFO abductions.
• 52:34
  Speaker 1: His book, Missing Time, was originally published by a small publisher,
• 52:38
  Speaker 1: but was republished by a major publisher and became a
• 52:41
  Speaker 1: huge bestseller. It's very objectively written with just transcripts of
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: hypnosis sessions and some of his conclusions. His follow-up book, Intruders,
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: is equally gripping. Bud Hopkins is responsible, I think, almost
• 52:58
  Speaker 1: single-handedly for popularizing this subject. I love, love, love his books.
• 53:06
  Speaker 1: I don't think they're fear-based. I think it's a very
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: objective look at the UFO phenomena. And I really love
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: his research. I met him firsthand. He's a great guy.
• 53:16
  Speaker 1: It's a shame he passed away. But his books, whether
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: it's the Brooklyn Witness about the Brooklyn Bridge abduction or
• 53:28
  Speaker 1: Intruders or Unseen, any of the books he's put out
• 53:32
  Speaker 1: are fantastic books. I can't recommend them enough, and that's
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: why I gave him the number three spot. And for
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: number two, I chose one of the biggest heroes in ufology,
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: one of the best books ever written, which is The
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: UFO Experience by J. Allen Hynek. J. Allen Hynek is,
• 53:54
  Speaker 1: of course, the astronomical consultant for Project Blue Book, and
• 53:59
  Speaker 1: it's because of him that UFOs are really taken seriously today.
• 54:05
  Speaker 1: He defected from Project Blue Book, was disgusted at the
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: way they were handling the UFO subject, criticized them harshly
• 54:15
  Speaker 1: because he said that they would only place attention on
• 54:20
  Speaker 1: cases that were easily explained prosaically as perhaps the planet
• 54:23
  Speaker 1: Venus or something along those lines, and ignored cases that
• 54:27
  Speaker 1: had really good potential and pay dirt. So we owe
• 54:32
  Speaker 1: a huge debt of gratitude to J. Allen Hynek and
• 54:36
  Speaker 1: his research into UFOs. I love the work he's done.
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: All of his books are absolutely great books. And the
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: UFO Experience is one of his best. Check it out
• 54:48
  Speaker 1: for sure. And you've probably guessed which book is number one.
• 54:53
  Speaker 1: And this may not be your number one book, but
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: this is the one I chose. And that is Communion
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: by Whitley Strieberg. The reason I chose Communion is for
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: a number of reasons. It was the first book to
• 55:07
  Speaker 1: hold the number one bestseller slot for many weeks. I mean,
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: it stayed a New York Times bestseller, I believe, for
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: over a year. Communion went off like an atom bomb.
• 55:19
  Speaker 1: This is the first time anyone of any renown stepped
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: forward and admitted to being an experiencer. Whitley Strieber's book
• 55:29
  Speaker 1: is excellent. very very well written it's gripping it's a
• 55:33
  Speaker 1: page turner from the first page all the way to
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: the last he followed it up with really interesting books
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: like Transformation another book Confirmation I mean all of his
• 55:47
  Speaker 1: books are outrageously good I love the research of Whitley
• 55:52
  Speaker 1: Streber he's still in this field today and the book
• 55:56
  Speaker 1: Communion is just a real wow book I love it.
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: And I think you will love it too. If you
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: haven't read it, definitely check it out. It's still a
• 56:06
  Speaker 1: bestseller to this day. And I think it deserves to be.
• 56:11
  Speaker 1: And that's why I gave it the number one spot.
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: Because I think it's probably the single most influential book
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: in UFO history. Though some people may disagree. But that's
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: my list from the top 50 books all the way
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: down to the number one spot. Again, there were many
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: books I could have included. Oh, like The Missing Times
• 56:34
  Speaker 1: by Hansen is his last name, which proved the media cover-up.
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: The books by George Adamski probably deserve to be mentioned
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: because he was hugely influential, whether you believe him or not.
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of books that just missed out,
• 56:50
  Speaker 1: and I'm really sorry that I didn't include perhaps a
• 56:56
  Speaker 1: book that you're missing on this list. but I did
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: the best I could. You may have noticed I didn't
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: put any of my own books on this list. I
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: wanted to, but I just didn't feel like it was
• 57:07
  Speaker 1: appropriate because I have written, gosh, more than 20 books
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: about UFOs specifically and a bunch about the paranormal. If
• 57:17
  Speaker 1: I had to choose which of my books I would
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: include on this list, it would be a toss-up, I think,
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: between The Healing Power of UFOs which is a really
• 57:28
  Speaker 1: unique book and the only book to focus on this
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: aspect of the UFO phenomena. I might also choose my
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: book Onboard UFO Encounters, which is perhaps one of my
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: most successful books. Or Undersea UFO Base. I love that
• 57:48
  Speaker 1: book as well. Or Schoolyard UFO Encounters. I mean, I
• 57:52
  Speaker 1: could go on. But yeah, probably I would choose... the
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: healing power of UFOs or onboard UFO encounters, if I
• 57:59
  Speaker 1: could squeeze them onto this list somewhere. But I didn't because, again,
• 58:04
  Speaker 1: I'm the one who's putting together this list and I
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: felt like that would just be inappropriate. But I definitely
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: wanted to give myself a little bit of a shout
• 58:12
  Speaker 1: out because I've been researching this field for 35 years now,
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: most of my life. And I feel like this is
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: a very important field. There's been a lot of research
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: done into UFOs. And these are the books I think
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: everyone should read and that they will absolutely convince you
• 58:34
  Speaker 1: of the reality of UFOs. All of them have made
• 58:37
  Speaker 1: a huge contribution to the UFO field. And if you
• 58:42
  Speaker 1: want to know what you should read on UFOs, I
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: think these books are well recommended and well respected within
• 58:50
  Speaker 1: the UFO field. And I think you'll enjoy them very much.
• 58:54
  Speaker 1: That's why I wanted to Put this video out so
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: I can answer this question I keep getting. What should
• 59:00
  Speaker 1: I read about UFOs? Well, these are the books you
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: should read. So I hope you've enjoyed this little countdown
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: of the top 50 UFO books. books i want to
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: thank you again for watching i truly appreciate it i
• 59:15
  Speaker 1: love all of you and until next time keep having
• 59:19
  Speaker 1: fun