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The UFO files : the inside story of real-life sightings / David Clarke.
Van Pelt Library TL789.6.G7 C53 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, David, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Ministry of Defence.
- Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters--Great Britain.
- Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters--Great Britain--History--Sources.
- Unidentified flying objects--Research--Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Ministry of Defence--Archives.
- Archives.
- Unidentified flying objects--Research.
- Unidentified flying objects.
- Unidentified flying objects--Sightings and encounters.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Pub., 2012.
- Summary:
- They are often known as 'the Real X-Files' and for decades they were kept locked in the archives of Britain's Ministry of Defence. But since the arrival of Freedom of Information more than 50,000 page of official documentation on UFOs have been released to The National Archives. Journalist David Clarke led the campaign for the disclosure of the files and as the consultant for The National Archives UFO Project, he has had unique access to both the files and many of those who were responsible for UFO investigations at the MoD and RAF.
- This fully revised and expanded edition is the first comprehensive history of the MoD's UFO investigation unit. Although official investigations began in the 1950s when Winston Churchill demanded to know 'the truth' about UFOs, this book reveals official interest stretched back to before the First World War. Alongside extraordinary sightings by ordinary people The UFO Files also includes accounts of close encounters reported by civilian aircrew and military personnel, mysterious phenomena seen on radar and related mysteries such as 'crop circles'.
- The stories are brought to life by dramatic witness statements from the files, supplemented by interviews - many undertaken by the author himself-and rarely seen photographs, drawings and newly available documents, to offer a unique guide to one of our most intriguing and modern mysteries. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Strange Lights in the Skies 1
- UFO FILE: Did Churchill order a UFO cover-up? 20
- 2 The Flying Saucer Age 28
- UFO FILE: 'Saucer Sam' 44
- 3 Cold War UFOs 55
- UFO FILE: All Balloony? 63
- 4 Close Encounters 81
- UFO FILE: A Visit from the Men in Black 82
- 5 Crop Circles and Alien Abductions 105
- UFO FILE: The Missing Files 114
- 6 Turn-of-the-Century UFOs 132
- UFO FILE: UFOs on Film 147
- 7 Closing the UFO Files 156
- UFO FILE: Their Last Word on UFOs 170.
- Notes:
- "The National Archives."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1408164892
- 9781408164891
- OCLC:
- 813553921
- Publisher Number:
- 99953810128
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