UFO INVESTIGATIONS MANUAL By Nigel Watson:
This latest book from Nigel
Watson starts with a good Introduction; it provides a better understanding of
what ufology is about, which is essential for any beginner who is thinking of
entering this fantastic subject, it is also a refresher to the more experienced
ufologist.
The author has taken the time and
effort to conduct good quality research which establishes a greater
understanding of official UFO investigations undertaken by military departments
in addition to him providing explanations for various mis-identifications of
UFOs.
The first few pages contain
details of the Airship 'wave' in the UK in the 1890s and early 1900s and then
goes on to provide information on various cases in the UK and overseas,
including the very famous Foo-Fighters enigma, in addition to a brief history
of flight.
There are many historical well
know UFO cases detailed from around the globe and to complement these, some
lesser known ones are included, which are equally, if not more interesting.
A vast array of topics are
covered which range from allegations relating to cattle mutilations, alien
abductions to allegations of a human/alien exchange programme.
At the end of each chapter the
author has conveniently included useful references to assist the reader with
obtaining further information or to help them conduct their own research. Also
included are many good quality photographs and illustrations which help the
reader visualise exactly what the author is writing about.
Overall, this was an interesting
book to read.
John Wickham
Chairman
December 2013
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With the series advancing with an
exciting progressive momentum, the Jubilee edition of Haunted Skies covers a
lot of new ground on established cases. There will be some you haven’t heard of
but in the multiple cases such as the ‘Welsh Triangle’ case, John and Dawn give
us more material than was seen in the first rounds of the cases making it to
the newspapers and reports. We see the growth of Ufology from the nuts and
bolts approaches in the 1960’s and the realization that Close Encounter cases
are so vividly different. The new diverse kinds of sightings were in greater
variation on the shapes, appearances and sizes of Extra-Terrestrial encounters.
Cases such as the Welsh school children sightings show more drawings and once
again, this book series proves itself time and time again in the way the cases
are relayed to the reader.
John and Dawn often reverse the
time clock and meet up with as many of the original witnesses as they can, as
evident in their call to Randall Pugh-Jones in his later years, who investigated
the original set of multiple sightings in Haverford West and other parts of
Wales.
We also see the beginning of new
researchers appear for the first time such as Jenny Randles, Philip Mantle and
Gary Heseltine’s first UFO sighting, an experience that lead to him later
establishing the U.K. database for Police professionals.
With artwork and original
pictures of cases, we have a book that also produces new reconstructive scenes
from cases, adding a further edge to the original witness hand drawings of
sightings, but retaining all of the realism of the event they portrayed.
Graffiti on the barn at
Warminster and other places nearby such as Windwhistle Hill and the high
strangeness cases which built up from the widely reported Arthur Shuttlewood
and his publicity and tours to Cradle Hill to see anomalies beyond the original
‘Thing’ in the sky.
New researchers were to later
become torchbearers to research the cases further such as Kevin Goodman, who
later produced his own overviews and accounts of the famous area.
There are now close encounters
with descriptions of entities sometimes looking remarkably humanoid, demonic or
lizard like but also grey or impish in stature or facial structure.
Craft and occupants that glow in
seemingly incredible hues are reported in addition to cases of seemingly
impossible trajectories and speeds, including MOD jets seen in full UFO pursuit
are featured in this edition. Volume six shows us beings that emit ghostly
lights and plasma like experiences and many of these predate the release of
films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind. There are many reports from
personnel form the armed service too, notably many police sightings and a
suspected animal mutilation case.
All kinds of sightings from
lights, objects all the way up to high strangeness cases are in this huge book
and for the current price less than £20, Volume Six of Haunted Skies is a key
turning-point edition in the growing development of the investigation
approaches of the subject, the way the media report cases. The meeting of
witness’s decades after the time of their original sightings demonstrates
John’s skills as a police detective in reviewing cases. This transferred
professionalism to the UFO reports has become a welcome and prevailing feature
of the whole series of these books. Each incident is reviewed and thoughtfully
edited for its context, relevance and any possible new information that can
further added, which often turns up brand new material never discussed or seen
the first time round they appeared in UFO or media publications.
Matt Lyons
Chairman
The British UFO Research Association
March 2013
By John Hanson and Dawn Holloway.
In this volume, there is impressive diversity in the huge age range of accounts and cases with many accounts by more than one witness. This latest installment in the best and most comprehensive account of UFO cases also feature some of the key moments for the subject as an additional accompaniment to the largest edition of this series to date.
There are contributions from
highly respected researchers and presenters such as Malcolm Robinson and Jenny
Randles and once again, we can see John and Dawn methodically and carefully
review cases, returning wherever possible to not only interview witnesses but
also the original investigators where ever possible.
This includes the debate to
recognise the international awareness of UFOs, with the United Nations council meeting
to debate the subject and set policy. This involved leading authors of the time
such as Dr. Jacques Vallee and Dr. Allan Hynek, who brought an abundance of
analytical and new classification category proposals to this global discussion.
We don’t just have pilot accounts, as Gordon Cooper, the Apollo mission
astronaut, also joined the ranks of witnesses, investigators and researchers
whether at sea, in the air, from outer space or dry land.
Haunted Skies also includes a
visit to Elsie Oakensen, who passed away very recently and her iconic accounts
of a craft of unusual shape and the repercussions that were to follow after the
initial encounter.
Humanoids appearing in every
manner from invasive and terrifying to curious, enlightening and benevolent
beings are explored in increased detail in parallel to cases of the most
stunning and unusual UFO formations and shapes. When you read Volume 7 of this
series, it makes you wonder how even today, the media and arts still revert to
the single ‘saucer shape’, as even Kenneth Arnolds sighting back in 1947 were
not discs and purely an expansion of a reporting misquote.
Many theories abound on the
origins of all the unusual sightings, but this is where this edition is
fascinating. Whilst investigators such as Jenny Randles were driving for ever
more demands for the scientific analysis of the phenomenon, my own organisation
(BUFORA) also witnessed the resignation of some members during this time that
had decided that UFOs were of demonic in origin and a wish to return to their
Christian beliefs and leave this challenging subject altogether. This included
one of the lead investigators of the Welsh Triangle sightings and encounters
that were covered extensively in Volume six. The well documented nights in
Rendlesham Forest on the famous events of 1980 should not be viewed in
isolation, as in this edition of Haunted Skies; we find local accounts of UFO’s
in close proximity to the twin airbases and all over the East Anglian they
reside in. These events of strangeness with unexplainable UFOs are a
fascinating prelude to the famous case.
There are repeat sightings of the
now retired Concord supersonic plane being shadowed by a UFO on more than one
occasion and other sightings by pilots and passengers within typical domestic flights.
The experience of another police officer, Tony Dodd, leads to another
non-civilian witness joining the quest for answers to high strangeness cases.
Interwoven amongst the many key cases (some previously unseen) Haunted Skies
charts the UFO reaching parliamentary debate level in the U.K. when Lord
Clancarty also lead a debate on the issue. He was the most senior politician to
be an advocate to a more open debate and study of the whole UFO spectrum.
This was a matter once again
raised by Baron Hill-Norton, who believed the subject, in respect of many cases
covered by Volumes 1-6 of Haunted Skies, needed to be taken far more seriously.
With excellent original drawings, professional illustrations and accounts,
Volume 7 of Haunted Skies tells the stories of ordinary people witnessing
extraordinary events in this largest edition to date. John and Dawn have been
our special guests at the 50th anniversary BUFORA conference held in 2012 in
London. Buy volume 7 and you will see why the British UFO Research Association
endorse the continuing work of these dedicated authors.
Matt Lyons
Chairman
British UFO Research Association
March
2013
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