ALIEN IDENTITIES: ANCIENT INSIGHTS INTO MODERN UFO PHENOMENA.
Richard L. Thompson After providing a fascinating overview of UFO studiesïincluding the famous sightings of the last five decades, the governmental reactions, and UFO abductions--Thompson takes a detailed look at stories from such classic texts as the Bhagavata Purana and the Mahabharata to show how the flying craft and strange powers described in the old lore relate to the present-day phenomena. The volume contains useful appendices and an extensive bibliography. Paper, 492 pp., notes, biblio., append., $19.95.
EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL FRIENDS AND FOES
George C. Andrews Conspiracies galore in the "Hall of Mirrors with a Quicksand Floor" that is ufology (to quote contributor Linda Moulton Howe). This book will help you sort the good aliens from the bad aliens. Believers will find this a very scary book; others will be amused and amazed by cosmologies that connect the popular forms of strangeness, up to and including the Spider Queen of Space. For anybody who likes the incredibly weird. Paper, 359 pp., photos, illus., append., index, $14.95.
FORBIDDEN SCIENCE
Jacques Vallee Vallee may be the world's foremost expert on UFOs. This latest book, a journal of the years 1957-1969, shows how he developed his interest in UFOs, after having sighted one in 1955. Important associates, including Dr. James McDonald, Aime Michel and Dr. J. Allen Hynek, are well-sketched, and Valleeâ•£s present multi-dimensional theories are spelled out. Hardcover, 466 pp., $24.95.
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THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES
John A. Keel Keel's most disquieting book, loaded with UFOs, winged monsters, men in black, stalled cars and wacked-out phones, animal mutilations, bizarre apparitions, UFO contactees, and much more. One of the weirdest and most entertaining books ever written. Paper, 275 pp., $16.95.
PASSPORT TO MAGONIA
Jacques Vallee In what is arguably his best work, Vallee walks the tightrope at the edge of folklore and forteana. UFO occupant reports are examined in light of historical accounts of "little people." One of the best treatments of UFO occupants and very useful in light of the current abduction-mania. Paper, $14.95.
NOW IN PAPERBACK! TIME TRAVEL--FACT, FICTION AND POSSIBILITY
Jenny Randles Britain's premier ufologist, Randles has "travelled in time" three different ways. This will explain how she has done so, and how others have known time--from dog-swallowing vortices to mental time travel, and even to technological experiments, including, allegedly, the Philadelphia Experiment. Learn about the Aboriginal dream time and "time-travelling" ghosts. Chapter 11 is: "To Build a Time Machine." Hardcover, 204 pp., photos, refs., index, $24.95; paperback $9.95.
UFOs OVER CANADA: Personal Accounts of Sightings and Close Encounters
Robert A. Columbo Sixty eyewitness accounts of UFO activity over Canada. Contributors recount their personal experiences--gripping reports of mystery lights, UFOs over Parliament Hill, and abductions. Paper, 221 pp., $15.50.
UFO QUEST: In Search of the Mystery Machines
Alan Watts According to this book, UFOs are actual alien spaceships, and Watts comes up with possible explanations for how they work. Many intriguing theories are offered. Chapters include: Why Antimatter?, The Radiation Aura, and Beams That Probe and Create. Watts's personal experiences provide insight about the bases of his controversial theories. Many tantalizing diagrams are also included. Paper, 192 pp., index, biblio., photos, illus., $9.95.
VISITORS FROM TIME: The Secret of the UFOs
Marc Davenport According to the author, there is a reason for government coverups of UFO accounts: UFOs don't transport aliens here from other places, but humans from other times. Further, he asks, are present-day practitioners of time travel doing some of the abductions as they move through time and space using a recently developed technology, using us as guinea pigs? Everything from the Roswell incident to the Philadelphia Experiment to Barney and Betty Hill is brought to bear as Davenport endeavors to prove his thesis. Paper, 280 pp., biblio., index, $16.95.