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Title: Flying Saucers and Science: A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs: Interstellar Travel, Crashes, and Government Cover-Ups
ISBN: 1601630115
Author:
Stanton T. Friedman
Publicate Date: 2008-06-01
Publish: 2008-06-01
List Price: $16.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Flying Saucers and Sleep
While I enjoyed reading Stanton's other books (they are 4+stars) and I admire his enthusiasm and facilitation of the subject, this one is not much more than a running dietribe/debunking his critics debunking of him and ufos. I give this read a generous two stars, dont pay full price for this one either!
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2: Flying Saucers & Science
THE GRANDFATHER OF MODERN UFOLOGY HAS COME OUT WITH HIS BEST BOOK TO DATE IN MY OPINION. HE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM INTERSTEALLER TRAVEL TO MJ-12 TO THE COSMIC WATERGATE. YOU MIGHT NOT FIND ANY CRAZY ABDUTION STORIES HERE BUT STAN PROVIDES THE FACTS. THIS BOOK IS ACUALLY LOADED WITH FACTS. HE WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE SKEPTICS ARE FULL OF IT AND THAT THE GOVERMENT IS TRY TO HIDE SOMETHING WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THE BEST CHAPTERS ARE (WE CAN GET HERE FROM THEIR) AND (MJ-12 UPDATE) AT LEAST I THINK. THOUGH I DON'T AGREE WITH SOMETHINGS (A VERY MINORITY) HE HAS TO SAY. I HAVE COME OUT MORE EDUCATED ON THE TOPIC WHICH IS WHAT STAN A THINK STRIVES FOR.
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3: Good reading. Buy to use as a resource
Probably your best bargain in the ufo category written by a physicist once employed (through civilian contractors) by the Air Force. Despite what the nay-sayers have written here, this is your best buy on the subject, from a no-nonsense researcher.
Mr. Friedman summarizes the best cases, though providing many resources for you to look up on your own. He explains in detail the fallacies of arguments against these best cases. In fact, he encourages you to read the original sources and so follow in his footsteps.
I admire this man for his courage to speak out when to do so, brings censure and derision. Good work! And a very good buy for you.
For the best of the subject, I heartily recommend this book and the following: Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings, by Hynek et al, Interdimensional Universe by Imbrogno, Dark Mission by Hoagland, and Alien Agenda by Marrs.
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4: Flyng Saucers and Science
Finally a book on Flying Saucers/UFO's that gets away from the old genre and brings us into the 21st century. Stanton Friedman's handling of the subject is befitting a man of his education as a scientist and stature as a life long researcher and believer in the phenomenon. This should be required reading in every news room across the globe. Let every empty talking/writing head who ever made fun of the idea or derided those that reported the sightings take a sobering look at themselves and the matter. I hope I live long enough to see this government 'give it up' and open up their UFO files to the world. Best work yet on this issue.
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5: Superficial and uninformative
Readers looking for a scientific appraisal of the UFO phenomenon or even a coherent overview of the subject should look elsewhere. Friedman's rambling polemic achieves neither objective.
The author spends the first third of this rather slender volume rehashing a number of reports issued decades ago. He presents no new evidence and basically insists that a careful reading of these old documents will prove that some UFOs are alien spacecraft.
The remainder of the book is largely dedicated to claiming a government cover-up and rebutting his critics, many of whom are dead. Ironically, he denounces the critics for making unwarranted assumptions about the motivations of a reputed alien civilization, then proceeds to do exactly the same thing himself. For instance, he suggests that one reason the aliens don't reveal themselves is that they would want little direct contact with beings who spend vast amounts on armaments while permitting 30,000 children to starve to death each day. Moreover, they might avoid landing on the White House lawn because it is in a "no fly" zone and heavily defended.
Apart from its superficial content, the rambling and repetitive text has the feel of a compilation of dictated notes. For example, Friedman informs us at least five times that the stars Zeta 1 and Zeta 2 Reticuli are only 1/8 of a light year apart from each other, and he repeatedly notes that 300,000 documents in the Eisenhower Library are still classified. Numbered points that promise a concise examination of some issue frequently drift into petulant asides or long lists of irrelevant facts. Someone named Kara Reynolds is identified as the book's editor. She must have been on holiday when this book passed muster.
This is a poor effort, especially for someone who has spent a lifetime investigating the subject.
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