Best ufos books according to redditors

We found 202 Reddit comments discussing the best ufos books. We ranked the 70 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.

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u/Argy · 34 pointsr/UFOs

You should check out the book UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials go on the Record. The author, Lesie Kean, is a skilled and objective investigative journalist who is adamant about not making assumptions about UFOs. But the evidence she presents in that book will leave you convinced that something is going on.

u/crystalisedorgasm · 32 pointsr/ireland

There have been thousands of reports from reliable and reputable people within the military, NASA, astronomers, scientists, pilots and lay people from around the world over the past few decades that have no reason to lie (in most cases they report the incidents despite ridicule and potentially damaging their careers), backed up by evidence

NY Times reporter Leslie Kean, who broke the most read story on NY times last year about the 2004 incident that the pentagon were looking in to, has written an incredibly well-researched book about the phenomenon with exhaustive details featuring first person reports from across the globe. It is worth reading before you make up your mind about the occurance
https://www.amazon.co.uk/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

True the field attracts cracked types and more often than not videos that we see on youtube are hoaxes and poor ones at that, but look beyond the bullshit and read actual articles from the French and Chilean government who research such incidents and it will astound you.

The Americans shape the global attitude to the phenomenon - possibly because it shows their incapacity to handle and understand at - and that attitude is one of dismissiveness and ridicule. Fair enough too, if you are the global superpower with complete autonomy over the skies, you don't want to admit you've got a situation you cannot explain. Better to investigate it privately and publicly ridicule it

Ultimately we have no idea what it is, could they be a modern myth as CJ Jung hypothesised in his book "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies", similar to religious visitations through the years but seen through the prism of our scientific world view, or could they be interdimensional beings as French computer scientist Jacques Valle posits.

fuck knows, but it is interesting just a pity you can't talk about it without being seen as a lunatic.

u/3spoop56 · 11 pointsr/UFOs

The one that got me into UFOs was the Chicago airport incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_O%27Hare_International_Airport_UFO_sighting Sadly there are no photos, but this is striking to me because the skeptical explanation really does not hold water IMO - nobody is going to mistake a cloud for a solid metal object.

In terms of sheer documentation and lack of alternate explanation though I think the Tehran incident is best. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident The best debunking I could find of it is here, but I don't find it very compelling: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4315

For more along the same lines, Leslie Kean's book has a lot. (I've heard, I haven't read it myself.) https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

u/legalize-drugs · 8 pointsr/Drugs

I haven't read it yet, but an entire book on synchronicities came out a few years ago. I listened to an interview with the author, and he sounded completely sane and very bright. There must be some explanation; we live in a very complex world; its really not boring.

This book:
https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570

u/matso100 · 7 pointsr/u_SerialBrain2

For an detailed expose of the Nazi infiltration of the US via Operation Paperclip and other venues read Dr. Michael Salla's latest book, see link. Also go to his website exonews.org search on "nazi" to get additional insights.

https://www.amazon.com/Antarcticas-Hidden-History-Corporate-Foundations-ebook/dp/B07B7C9WKJ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1533141516&sr=1-1

u/dark_frog · 7 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

I mean, personally I think the supposed phenomena of memory screening is BS, but alien experiencers have this covered: https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570

u/eternityisreal · 6 pointsr/UFOs

Please don't judge by this sub, it does no justice to the genuine mass of sightings and phenomenon that has occurred all over the world for all of recorded human history. Check out Leslie Kean and her work, she does a great job gathering some of the credible more credible testimonies all together and presenting them.
http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=la_B003JZDXFM_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418341517&sr=1-1

Also check out the disclosure project conference:
U.F.O DISCLOSURE PROJECT -FULL VERSION: http://youtu.be/7vyVe-6YdUk

And Fingerprint of the Gods by Graham Hancock, available in full for free here: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/egipto/fingerprintgods/fingerprintgods.htm

Despite its sensationalist name it's actually quite factually based and makes no bold claims but rather only shows the reader where traditional historical accounts do not match with historical evidence and record.

Another great one by Hancock sort of but not entirely related to this sub is "Supernatural" which you can also easily find in full for free online. Again, stupid title but amazing book on the history of human beings use of psychedelics, the potential existence of other dimensions, and exploring how it relates to folklore spanning human history including modern ufos and abductions. It retains a fairly academic tone throughout which I appreciate. It never makes any assertions but rather presents the reader with the strange evidence to draw ones own conclusions. Granted the "evidence" is often circumstantial, hearsay, or anecdotal but it's still compelling.

One of my favorite chapters was his analysis of DNA, his problems with the current explanation of its evolution, and Walter Cricks psychoactive drug experience to discover it. I've never read a 400+ page book so fast in my life! (except for Harry potter)

I have my own theories and believe it to be a spiritual/trans dimensional as well as physical phenomenon and that the true identity of these beings can be found in the book of Genesis of the Bible/ Torah. No I'm not one of those crazy religious nuts I'm normal I promise! If you're ever interested in more on that aspect of it I've got lots of resources and references.

But yah, I agree this sub isn't strong in presenting the compelling evidence. But that can change! Everyone who complains about it sucking let's all just start posting all our favorite, quality stuff ;)

u/ThisICannotForgive · 5 pointsr/UnresolvedMysteries

Mystery airships was a series of UFO sightings in the US between 1896 and 1897, making it the first massive UFO appearance in recorded history. A similar series of events took place (also in the US) between 1909 and 1912.

The UFOs sighted in 1896-97 closely resembled airships (hence the name) but vastly outperformed all airships built to date, including the Zeppelin LZ1 which was launched in 1900, starting the "Golden Age" of airships. Several individuals claimed to have build these highly advanced airships but no evidence was published after 1897.

In 1909-12, a similar wave ("flap") of UFOs was seen in the US, only this time it were fixed-wing aircraft instead of airships. Appearing in massive numbers in those years, they very similarly disappeared without a trace after 1912.

The official sources have dismissed both events as mass hysteria fueled by hoaxes and falsely interpreted natural phenomena.

John Keel in his UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse (1970) argues that the mystery airships were, in fact, not of extraterrestrial origin but rather, of the "ultraterrestrial", i.e. built by an very advanced civilization living on Earth alongside humanity (though they might be humans, too, only far ahead of the mainstream science). He also ties the UFO sightings to many unexplained supernatural phenomena.

u/ConfessionBeer_ · 5 pointsr/aliens

Dude what is wrong with this person do they not know how to hold a camera? The thing wasn't moving erratically at all but it was like he was filing from a boat in rough seas. Super frustrating.

Despite the terrible camera work, super interesting. I am reading this book by Leslie Kean on UFOs. She interviews generals and air force pilots, police and other military personal who gives descriptions of UFOs they have no rational way of explaining. These people drew pictures of what they saw and a lot of those pictures kinda resemble whatever this was towards the end when it was multiple lights. I highly suggest everyone read her book. Here is link.

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

u/fuufnfr · 5 pointsr/UFOs
u/WilsonKeel · 5 pointsr/twinpeaks

For years (since before Twin Peaks), people have reported conspicuous and unusual owl encounters/sightings in association with seeing/encountering UFOs and/or "aliens." The theory is that the "aliens" may somehow "mask" their activities in the minds of people who see them, leaving the witnesses with a strange "owl" memory instead of clearly remembering the "alien's" appearance.

Given Maj. Briggs's connection to Project Blue Book, and given the other UFOesque bits of the Twin Peaks mythology, I've assumed that "the owls are not what they seem" was inspired by association. For example: https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570/

u/paulobecker · 5 pointsr/UFOs

The best thing in order not to doubt your "beliefs" is not to have any. Doubt is good, it makes you question things and become uncomfortable and do more research. Personally I don't "believe" in UFOs, but I don't disbelieve them either. I'm just always looking for good evidence.

If your parents are journalists, ask them about Leslie Kean. She's a journalist that once was very skeptical about UFOs, but as she got to researching and talking to people who had first hand experiences she started to think maybe there's something about it. I definitely recommend her book.

u/The_Woodsman_TP · 5 pointsr/aliens

I'd recommend this UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0307717089/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_iyW6AbSH9QJG6

u/Taste_the__Rainbow · 4 pointsr/ufo

What do you mean by “the current situation”?

If you just mean modern ufology then this book is a decent intro.
https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

If you want a summary of the recently disclosed pentagon ufo program then this is hands-down your best time investment.
http://alejandrotrojas.com/2019/04/14/from-aawsap-to-aatip/

u/Gidial · 4 pointsr/UFOs

This book might interest you -- The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee, by Mike Clelland

Edit: I'd actually be happy just to mail you my copy of the book, just need an address

u/BrahbertFrost · 4 pointsr/nba

Also I've been reading this book on alien abductions and that shit is fucking craaaaazy. I personally believe it, but not like in a "this is a hard fact" way. But I believe these people are relaying their experiences and not making shit up. These guys... they are not our friends. Not at all.

OTOH LeBron really could be part alien, so idk

u/fremenist · 4 pointsr/Blink182

It might not be about hiding confirmed alien life. I was very skeptical of UFO theorists and stuff for a long time. Then I read this book and it really opened my eyes. It's very rational and very evidence based. No outlandish claims are made and the first person accounts come from reliable (Air Force, high ranking government, police, commercial pilots) witnesses. I would hope whatever he's working on is a rational, evidence based account of all that we know about UFOs (which objectively exist). Basically at this point if you do the research you can't deny UFOs exist and the extraterrestrial hypothesis, while unlikely, can not be ruled out yet.

u/Upgrayeddz · 4 pointsr/UFOs
u/d8_thc · 3 pointsr/Music

Checkout Leslie Keans Book.

Really -

UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record

Multiple high level eyewitness accounts of seemingly impossible maneuvers that were corroborated on RADAR simultaneously.

The 1976 Tehran incident is a good one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident

u/dropside · 3 pointsr/HighStrangeness

Intel comes from the late naval intelligence officer and aerospace designer William Thompkins.
Direct info from Dr Michael Salla's book https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Program-Extraterrestrial-Alliance-Programs-ebook/dp/B01NAS4M58

u/RDS · 3 pointsr/conspiracy

Ishmael (and the rest of the series) by Daniel Quinn opened my eyes in my senior year of high school.

It's about a Gorilla, who has lived beside man for a number of decades and teaches a pupil through stories and analogies about how we are already at the cusp of civilization collapse. It's about a lot more than just that, namely the relationship of humans, animals, the planet, and how humans have a unique, egotistical view of themselves where we deemed ourselves rulers of the planet.

Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins is an eye opener as well.

Other great reads:

Magicians of the Gods by Graham Hancock.

Necronomicon

UFO's by Leslie Keen

Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

I also really enjoyed the Myst series by Rand & Robin Miller (the books the game is based on). It's about worlds within worlds and an ancient race of authors creating worlds through magical ink and books (sci-fi/fantasy).

u/Troll_ey · 3 pointsr/UFOs

Was it as bad as it sounds? Have you ever read the book by Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack? (http://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Encounters-John-E-Mack/dp/1416575804)

u/LevantineJR · 3 pointsr/slatestarcodex

You said you "don’t believe in [reincarnation or] paranormal forces." ... Every time you do a links post, "I am very careful to double- and triple- check everything, and to only link to trustworthy sources in the mainstream media, a couple of my links end up being wrong."

You also [said](
https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/11/07/concept-shaped-holes-can-be-impossible-to-notice/), "there are concept-shaped holes you don’t notice that you have."

There are mainstream sources that suggest you have a paranormal-concept-shaped hole. I'll list some of them. To make it clear at once: the words "must-read" or must-watch" make me feel like fainting. I don't believe in such "must"-s. In addition, I myself have not read the books I'll list. I'll point them because whenever I choose to avoid looking in a certain direction, I wish for a dry account of what's there, and here I want to give you what I wish for myself.

  1. “First UFO related book I've ever heard of that isn't batshit and actually puts an emphasis on the historical significance of the subject rather than lending credibility to insane theories that have no grounds in the real world. An objective look at objectively documented and cataloged phenomena and how the government(s) responded.” “a calm, rational, sober, scholarly approach to analyzing some of the best government reports on record” – say the reviewers of this book: link
    The author is a retired professor in natural sciences explicit that his studies have made him believe in the paranormal: his blog.

  2. A mainstream journalist has collected testimonies about UFO encounters from generals, pilots and government officials from several countries: link

  3. A former policeman collects mainstream media reports of cases of people's disappearances that are intractable and challenging to the basic modern notions of how the world works: [link]
    (https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=david%20paulides%20411). Whenever an author who is grossly wrong becomes popular, there appear people who explain why he is wrong. This author has risen to popularity almost a decade ago and I'm yet to see any substantial attempt to debunk him.

  4. [EDIT: added to end on a lighter note:] When Whales and Humans Talk

    Well, that's enough, for what it's worth.

    Can you say in a few words what makes you disbelieve in the paranormal?
u/Ancapitu · 3 pointsr/brasilivre

Sim, eu também acho bem mais provável serem sondas.

> Sem contar que NENHUMA tentativa de perseguir um dos OVNIS até hoje resultou em combate, manobra evasiva, fuga ou qualquer coisa que seja condizente com um ser vivo pilotando as aeronaves.

Não exatamente. Tem um caso de 1976 no Irã em que um objeto fugiu de um F4 da Força Aérea Iraniana quando ele tentou se aproximar.

Na "Noite Oficial dos OVNIs", ocorrido aqui no Brasil nos anos 1980, os caças que foram acionados tentaram fazer trava de radar nos objetos, mas estes realizam manobras evasivas impedindo o disparo.

Existem mais casos de objetos não identificados reagindo aos movimentos de aeronaves terrestres. Alguns muito bons estão documentados no livro UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record (o único que li sobre o assunto, e me surpreendeu pela qualidade).

Mas mesmo que eles reajam às ações dos pilotos, não necessariamente significa que sejam tripulados.

u/DidSomebodySayFIB · 3 pointsr/NeverBeGameOver

http://www.amazon.ca/Operation-Trojan-Horse-Classic-Breakthrough/dp/1938398033

> "The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where reality itself is distorted by strange forces which can seemingly manipulate space, time, and physical matter-forces that are almost entirely beyond our powers of comprehension."

> John A. Keel (March 25, 1930 - July 3, 2009) was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist best known as the author of "The Mothman Prophecies." In the 1950s, he spent time in Egypt, India, and the Himalayas investigating snake charming cults, the Indian rope trick, and the legendary Yeti, an adventure that culminated in the publication of his first book, "Jadoo." In the mid-1960s, he took up investigating UFOs and assorted forteana and published his first knockout UFO book, "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse," in 1970. The book shredded the then trendy nuts-and-bolts extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs in favor of one that linked UFOs to a variety of paranormal and supernatural phenomena that have taken place throughout history. Keel was one of the first to note that the UFO phenomenon appears in different disguises-and that one could not begin to decipher this great mystery without first taking into account its many and varied deliberate deceptions. Other than a few corrections, this Anomalist Books edition essentially follows the original 1970 edition of "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse."

u/pandaperogies · 3 pointsr/Qult_Headquarters

Poor boomer. The Owl dude already has cornered the market on this!

u/no_more_drug_war · 3 pointsr/Psychonaut

It seems to be real, but I'm at a loss regarding mechanism. This book covers the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570

u/Singular_Thought · 3 pointsr/exjw

Here is an excellent book on the subject. It is written in a manner that avoids all of the conspiracy BS and sticks to the facts. It offers evidence such as radar tracks and former military people who witnessed events.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307717089/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1372424934&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

u/rooowdy · 2 pointsr/schizophrenia

There have been dozens and dozens of really profound sightings of UFOs throughout history by some really credible people.

I have not personally seen a UFO myself but the evidence is there. A great book I can recommend is https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089 this one.

It covers all the big sightings that everybody interested in the field should be familiar with. Betty and Hill abduction, the disappearance of Frederick Valentich off the coast of Australia and many many more are covered in detail. That's just to name two I know off the top of my head are covered in said book.

I've been interested in the phenomenon since I was a kid, so it probably has nothing to do with my schizophrenia. It's just a thing I have always believed in.

A great channel on Youtube is secureteam10. They regularly post sightings sent in by people from all over the world. I'd encourage you to disregard the stuff about how the moon is hollow and what not, though.

u/silentmonkeys · 2 pointsr/UFOs

Leslie Kean published an excellent book called UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record and she and James Fox have an updated documentary based on this book called UFOs on the Record.

A lot of people disparage the alien encounter phenomenon but the late Dr. Mack's books on the subject are excellent, most recent: Passport to the Cosmos - it includes Dr. Mack's interviews with the students at Ariel school who had a mass encounter.

Hunt for the Skinwalker by Colm Kelleher and George Knapp is one of the most fascinating books - and definitely the freakiest - that I've ever read. It takes a clinical and journalistic approach to a completely bizarre collection of phenomena centered on the Skinwalker Ranch in Utah.

In the quote section, don't forget the astronaut from Apollo 17 who told Houston there was definitely something out there.

My advice on the website as a whole is to separate substantiated stories from unsubstantiated (like the Eisenhower meetings) - that's not a comment on whether or not these stories are legit, but I think it's more helpful for people unfamiliar with the phenomenon to have a resource of airtight reportage to look at.

Good site though - good luck!

u/kinch07 · 2 pointsr/UFODisinformation

Dont forget that the narrative of the book behind this movie is that non-human UFOs dont exists and are purely a cover up for Black Projects - which is ridiculous after 70 years of UFO research data.

As brilliant and almost necessary this book is concerning UFO disinformation by the government it fails to adress the reality of the phenomenon apart from secret military projects and it's narrative is in that way manipulative itself. UFO's are not a myth

To quote a good review:

> "My one quibble is it's faliure to offer any accounting for the actual, first hand, experiences of these and other Fortean phenomena beyond imagination and deception. People have strange, vivid, life altering encounters with the inexplicable every day, a phenomenon too constant and robust to be entirely explained as the product of a PSY-OP or encounters with classified technology. This book will not be helpful to anyone struggling to understand the fundemental origin and nature of anomolus experiences (whether their genesis is the collective unconscious, a novel form of hallucination, or the stars), but is absolutely crucial for charting the larger nefarious but ultimately prosaic origins and evolution of the UFO mythos."


https://www.amazon.de/Mirage-Men-Journey-Disinformation-Paranoia/dp/1845298578

u/namelesssoulless · 2 pointsr/Thetruthishere
u/sniggity · 2 pointsr/UFOs

Come on now, there have been thousands of people, highly credible people that have witnessed these ships. Reports DON'T mean nothing, they are a very important part of documentation. For instance, the Japanese pilot and his crew back in 1988 (I think the year is right) that saw these two huge ships following him? The guy risked his whole career to report this incident. There have been presidents, pilots, astronaughts hell, there was a case back in the 90s where five police from neighboring counties saw the same ship one night, one even got pictures of it.

I will recommend a book, please read it. It's called "UFOs; Generals, Pilots and Government Officials go on record". Please read it, educate yourself, open your mind. Not all these people are lying or making it up, there are just too many accounts for these UFOs not to be coming here

Here is the book

u/LuciusMichael · 2 pointsr/UFOs

> Leslie Kean. Reporter who did a terrific job in this book....http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

u/NDaveT · 2 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

This book contains transcribed eye-witness accounts of alien abductions. Does that mean I should believe aliens are abducting humans?

u/macmac360 · 2 pointsr/conspiracy

this book is excellent: https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

some others are "Day After Roswell", "Alien Agenda", "The Halt Perspective", and "Leap of Faith" by Astronaut Gordon Cooper.

Gordon Cooper's book isn't entirely about aliens/UFOs but there are several chapters which he explicitly says in no uncertain terms on numerous occasions he has seen UFO's, both in outer space and here on Earth. There is also a chapter in which he describes a close encounter one of his friends had with extraterrestrials.

The book "Disclosure" by Steven Greer was absolutely amazing, because it is filled with testimony from military, police, pilots, and air traffic control people. I would stay away from any of his other work though, most serious UFO researchers consider him a charlatan. He seems to crank out books to make money, and a lot of his research seems to be a little hard to swallow.

EDIT: something you can read right away is the French COMETA report. It was created by former military and government scientists in France. Its one of the most important documents in UFO history in my opinion:

http://www.disclosureproject.org/docs/pdf/COMETA_part1.pdf

http://www.disclosureproject.org/docs/pdf/COMETA_part2.pdf

u/brffffff · 2 pointsr/UFOs

Read this book by John Mack:

https://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Encounters-Aliens-John-Mack-ebook/dp/B0030AF5D4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=john+mack&qid=1557785963&s=gateway&sr=8-1

He was a psychiatrist who was quite skeptical about abductions at first, but later actually put almost 300 people under hypnosis. You could try this with someone. Just make sure the person is not a believer, or they might plant stuff in your head.

Could be an interesting experience to try and see what happened in that missing time. A lot of abductees describe it as quite scary in the book, but then later enlightening.

u/bassrhythm · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

That many of the world's governments are aware of encounters by their country's military and civilian pilots with aircraft that defies the laws of physics as we know them. The book UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record describes many of these cases in detail and in a non-sensationalistic manner - very interesting and highly recommended. See also the COMETA report by the French government in the 1990s.

u/singularity_pet · 2 pointsr/DimensionalJumping
u/dopp3lganger · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

John E. Mack, an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor at Harvard Medical School, studied the abduction phenomenon and wrote a few books on the subject. I read one not too long ago and the experiences in that book are nearly identical to what your co-worker allegedly went through, especially the description of the room and entities in the room.

Here's a video of him working with 62 school children who all saw a UFO land in Rwanda in 1994.

If you or anyone else is interested, this is the book by Mack that I read.

u/BaconChapstick · 1 pointr/Psychonaut

https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570

That person left a 0 left off of the end of the link, this one should work.

u/markgreyam_ · 1 pointr/UFOs

Three at random:

Operation Trojan Horse: The Classic Breakthrough Study of UFOs by John Keel - also consider The Mothman Chronicles but it's not specifically about the source/cause of UFOs, he just makes commentary about that subject at spots in the book.

The UFO Singularity by Micah Hanks - haven't read it yet (it's in the post at the moment) but in his Mysterious Universe interview of a week or two ago he made it clear he had varied views on the cause/source of UFOs.

UFOs, Area 51, and Government Informants: A Report on Government Involvement in UFO Crash Retrievals by Grant Cameron and Scott Craig - written assuming the 'alien presence' hypothesis, obviously.

Graham Hancock has some interesting/disturbing theories regarding the alien phenomena, but I don't think any of his books specifically deal with it, I've just heard him discuss them in interviews.

u/mikedante2011 · 1 pointr/UFOs

I don't know what to believe in sometimes, I just bought Leslie Keans book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record" just to see if they really have anything that cuts through the bullshit, and basically gives me a background to say okay, UFO's exist. Step 1 done. Step 2, what are they? Hopefully i can find out. Once i get done with the book i'm gonna try to start a discussion on r/UFOs subreddit.

u/pleasedtomichu · 1 pointr/horrorlit

I read and loved Penpal when it was originally posted on reddit. Can't think of anything like it really, but this dude Stephen Young writes these ebooks supposedly based on true accounts of people going missing in forests and national parks. I haven't read them, but I guess they're sort of like David Paulides's 'Missing 411' series, which I found through another /r/nosleep post a while back by that park ranger about the creepy shit and disappearances that happen in national parks. Just a thought!

u/baphometshaircut · 1 pointr/AlienAbduction

I just finished reading a credible first person account of a lifelong series of alien abductions. "The Incident at Devils Den" by Terry Lovelace, a guy who used to be the Assistant Attorney General in Vermont.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B7HMPPZ

It includes some pretty interesting information on what the US Air Force actually knows about the alien abduction phenomenon.

u/solomonar · 1 pointr/UFOs

You speak as if you assume I don't believe in UFO phenomenon, well its been 60 years since Roswell and yet no exposure so either the coverup is very well executed or these kinds of sightings are basically filing the perpetual need for people to create a narrative thats alluring to them.

I read Leslie Keans book, to be honest I'm surprised she attached her name to this flimsy "evidence" I preferred Mirage Men in order to gain a fresh perspective

u/lookslikeyoureSOL · 1 pointr/Echerdex

> I’m sure I’ll get curious about a new book or something here soon

Check out Daniel Pinchbecks The Occult Control System. Its like five short chapters but explores these concepts in a neat little package. Last I checked it was, funny enough given the subject matter, $6.66 on Amazon Prime.

u/batd00d · 1 pointr/Blink182

DeLongest one 😂...

But honestly if you're looking for UFO information I wouldn't trust him he's a disinformation agent. Go look in the doctors Steven Greer and check out his new documentary coming out this week. Greer actually called out Tom Delong in an interview a few days ago saying is it agent of disinformation. He thinks he knows what he's talking about but he's in with the wrong people. This is that interview

If you want to real book on UFOs check this one out

u/187ninjuh · 1 pointr/UFOs

There's a section in Leslie Keans UFOs on the Hudson Valley sightings.

Funnily enough I had just finished hearing a friend of a friend tell me about the time he saw a neighbourhood sized boomerang shaped craft over Queens, NY, when after the call I turned to the next page of the book and the Hudson Valley sightings were discussed. I promptly snapped a pic of the witness drawings of the craft that are included, and sent it over... the reply was "That's what he saw!"

Coincidence? Perhaps...

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u/Formaggio_svizzero · 1 pointr/AlienAgenda

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I guess you'd have to do it the old fashioned way and buy it ;). Or maybe it's in a library in your vicinity somewhere..
But you can read an excerpt on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Cosmos-C-B-Scott-Jones-ebook/dp/B00MR4E20Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458942134&sr=8-1&keywords=voices+of+the+cosmos

u/vidrageon · 1 pointr/conspiracy

I suggest you read Leslie Kean's book and/or watch this documentary. It probably won't change your mind but there are a lot of credible witnesses and credible evidence for the existence of UFOs. If they're extra terrestrial is a whole nother conversation though.

u/Chackjicker · 1 pointr/news

Really? This book is the best I've come across on the subject. None other are worth reading, that I know of. Give it a try. Even if the whole thing is lies, it's a damned good piece of fiction.

u/luckyme888 · 1 pointr/JoeRogan

If you want to know about similar events read (at some point the entire air force top at several South American countries were pretty convinced we were being visited):

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=generals+and+record+ufo&qid=1570400436&sr=8-1

And look into Tehran 1976 event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELGZVOmhxZQ

http://crackpotpodcast.libsyn.com/the-tehran-ufo-incident-0

u/thepastIdwell · 1 pointr/askscience

>but we just can't see or hear them yet?

Yeah, although, maybe we can.

I'm not claiming that it's a fact, only that it's a feasible possibility given the evidence.

u/theewiper · 1 pointr/UFOs

Start with Vallee, Jacobs, Hynek, Hopkins (for abductions) and the Bowen books are good if you can find them. Keel's books because they are just a lot of fun to read. For something general and recent, Kean's book is a good starting point: http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335559396&sr=8-1

u/applevision · 1 pointr/UFOs

Such great comments here. And an excellent question with great framing. I'm currently reading UFOs: Reframing the Debate edited by Graham and it is truly excellent. It is a little bit more "advanced reading" in that it helps to have read some of the classics in UFOlogy, but really turns things upside down. I particularly love the work/writings of Joshua Cutchin that I encountered in this book: honestly some of the freshest, most interesting ideas I've come across in a long time.

u/r_sucks3 · 1 pointr/remoteviewing

There's a whole book on it.
https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Cosmos-C-B-Scott-Jones-ebook/dp/B00MR4E20Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506455037&sr=8-1&keywords=voices+from+the+cosmos

The beings specifically on Earth are the Oranges (miners, underground), Angels (extradimensional, assists humans in need), Elementals (extradimensional, responsible for Akashic Records, fulfills human wishes), and some others that are more closer to humans.  

They're actually pretty cool. They're not dumb though. They know of humanity's weaknesses, hypocrisies. So while they're sympathetic, it's really up to humans to solve human problems.

u/Tom290 · 1 pointr/UFOs

I read Mirage Men by Mark Pilkington not long ago. Really interesting.

Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1845298578/

u/RedWildPony · 1 pointr/TheBlacklistForum

„I am now at the point where I feel that something far more bizarre and fare more complex is going on than simply metal spaceships filled with scientists. This is an assumption, and I am convinced it is far too simplistic”.

- Mike Clelland

https://www.amazon.com/Messengers-Owls-Synchronicity-UFO-Abductee/dp/0967799570/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

An Essential Contribution to Both UFO Literature and Most Importantly ... to UFO Research

Researcher, Mike Clelland has not only raised the bar for UFO research, but he has raised the stakes as well. While many are bogged down by endless reports of lights in the sky or flying saucers on the ground, the author adds an entirely new aspect to the phenomenon that not many have ever even considered. The Owl. This mystical creature on its own is enigmatic enough, but Clelland has compiled a healthy amount of witness testimony in which he is able to connect the presence of an owl with that of a UFO experience.

The book is extremely detailed, very well written, and at times both terrifying and beautiful. Mike has truly tapped into a new corner of this mysterious box, and opening it up will inevitably bring about more questions than we can imagine. But it is a journey both the author and the reader can take together, knowing that somewhere deep within ourselves, within these extraordinary creatures, and whatever may lay beyond the stars are all connected in one way or another.

I simply can't wait to see what Mike comes up with next, and what part of the message he may uncover as we move forward in both the world of UFOlogy, and humankind as well.

u/Scramblade · 1 pointr/drunkenpeasants

Probably not. He did after all write the foreword to a UFO book

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089

As an aside: Check her last name. Coincidence? I think not!

u/LBillings · 1 pointr/IAmA

Ugh, I just typed out a very long, nuanced reply that somehow got erased when I accidentally swiped the wrong way and navigated back a page. I'm not going to type it all out again right now. What you will see is the condensed and simplified version, which is inferior and incomplete but still should communicate my key points. Just keep that in mind as you read.

Suffice to say I agree with much of what you say, I do not discount the possibility of ETIs visiting the solar system, and I'm a big fan of Leslie Kean's book exploring some of these ideas.

Due to a combination of most observers generally being unreliable and a history of disinformation by various intelligence agencies (for whom UFO reports can be very useful for entirely mundane and earthbound reasons) most reports are simply not credible, and thus they are not subjected to rigorous followup investigation. Further, suitable research infrastructures do not presently exist within civilian/academic institutions to perform these investigations; there is very little impetus for established, well-regarded scientists (or those hoping to achieve that status someday) to devote any time at all to UFO investigations when there are so many other lines of inquiry that are so much more personally and professionally rewarding.

I do think, though, that most true believers in UFOs would do well to study up on and truly appreciate just how much energy appears to be required to send anything substantial traveling with any haste between the stars. There are, of course, various potential ways to get around that problem, and of course perhaps our conception of the physical limitations and underpinnings of our universe are so crude that we cannot presently see the full spectrum of possibilities for cosmic travel. But, assuming that our grasp of how the universe works is actually pretty good, if interstellar travel was as easy and common as many UFOs-as-ETIs folks suggest it is, then I think our night sky would look less like a dead and barren place and more like an industrial park. I think if interstellar travel were really that easy, and if other cosmic civilizations could so routinely marshal and control such large amounts of energy, we'd see much more abundant, clear, and irrefutable evidence of their activity than we presently do.

Anyway, I do want to believe. And as I said, I don't discount the possibility of ETIs in the solar system. It's something that is worth serious consideration -- the difficulty is in finding a good, robust way to meaningfully investigate it.

I talked a good bit about this on a recent edition of Coast to Coast AM. Maybe give that a listen just so I can save myself some typing! Very good question, thanks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDU211kMEPU

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u/Thisishugh · 1 pointr/aliens

Dr. John Mack was a Pulitzer Prize winning Harvard professor of psychology who began studying people who thought they were being abducted by aliens to see what the hell was wrong with them.

After researching them for a while, Dr. Mack concluded that they were not crazy and indeed were experiencing something unworldly. He believed them and gave them support - he was a Godsend to people who themselves thought they were mad suffering through experiences that nobody would believe. The support of a man of Dr. Mack's stature was heartening to these experiencers.

Professor Mack wrote a book, Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens and became a high profile supporter of the 'Experiencers'. They tried and failed to have him thrown out of Harvard.

Dr. Mack was involved in the study of these 62 people and you can see him some of the videos.

I am not being sarcastic at all.

Here are some videos:

John Mack on Oprah

John Mack on the 62 witnesses you commented on...

YouTube videos of Dr. Mack

Sadly, like many who get too close to the truth while studying this phenomena, he was tragically killed in a freak accident (by a drunk driver) on the streets of London while walking to or from a conference.

u/Koonthebarbarian · 0 pointsr/JoeRogan

No evidence if you don't look for it. Maybe google phoenix lights or do some reading?

u/aheadyriser · 0 pointsr/TopMindsOfReddit

That's a real shame then. It's too bad that the term "conspiracy theorist" covers someone who is spreading facts. As I stated above, Phillip Corso's book is excellent (because of his credentials) but another good book is https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089. This book was written by one of the people involved with breaking the NYT story. Unacknowledged on Netflix is a great introductory resource too.

If you aren't aware of any of this information then you will become a victim of the MSM narrative without being aware of all the facts.

u/thedeadlyrhythm · 0 pointsr/TechNewsToday

the government has tracked these for nearly a century and know they're under intelligent control. they have been tracked at nuclear sites, missile launches, bases, by pilots, all by credible military personnel, by astronauts, and for that entire time the government has treated the subject like a joke and acted like it's all fake and are only currently beginning to phase out that denial. this book is a good record of some of that:

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TX7DJS240JDI&keywords=ufos+leslie+kean&qid=1572016040&sprefix=ufos+lesli%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-1

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i can tell you one thing, whatever this is is absolutely not any of the things you listed. i get it, you're conditioned to believe this is a big joke, but no one could look at the available evidence and come to that conclusion.

u/vikingv · 0 pointsr/UFOs

The best evidence is obviously seeing one yourself, up close, so get off your ass, go outside and start looking, preferably in the UFO hotspots around the country like the Hudson Valley area.

The best documented evidence is presented in a recent book. There will be no doubt in your mind after reading this book: UFOs Generals Pilots and Government Officials.

http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367705597&sr=8-1&keywords=ufos+generals+pilots

u/throwaway0735 · -4 pointsr/history

I wonder if this is what it's like to tell people that the Earth is round and that we orbit the Sun several hundred years ago. You have people who are infinitely more educated and accomplished than yourself and I, who are responsible for our safety and welfare and in the highest levels of advanced fields telling us something that is still considered as a career ending taboo, and you dismiss them and anyone who dares bring them to your attention as trailer trash?

Do you honestly believe that all of these people who are now finally disclosing these statements are doing it for the fun of it? Don't you think they realize the risk this will be to their legacies? And don't you think they already know by seeing the reactions of their peers who have come forward how an ignorant mass will treat their admissions? If you possess even the minutest ability for critical thinking, your curiosity would at least be piqued by the fact that all these incredible figures are telling the same unpopular story at great detriment to themselves. And they are doing this not out of any legal obligations but by their personal sense of responsibility.

I can understand the ignorance of those who ridicule this subject without any serious thought, I was completely in the same vein. Civilization started around the world a few thousand years before the common era. Religious people are ignorant, their God(s) are fictitious conceptions of primitive societies. And it is more than a little suspicious that UFO sightings suddenly started occurring after the invention of airplanes and other man made airborne vehicles that can be mistaken for UFOs. As modern science dispel the myth of various superstitious boogeymen in cultures around the world, UFOs and aliens just replaced them. It's very suspicious that all the UFO videos are of poor quality. And why are all those UFO sightings always so sketchy? They are always at night and people only talk about seeing lights in the sky. History channel started sucking because they started showing creepy alien shows. Etc, etc. Do these things sound familiar? This was EXACTLY how I used to feel. I don't remember the exact moment things changed and I NEVER wanted them to change. To actually know that UFOs are real and the whole alien thing, it's just WTF. And I have to be grouped with all the hippie looking conspiracy theorists. Look, I get it, I get all of it. But these videos I've linked are the tip of a huge iceberg. I am only using them to try to at least open you to the possibility that the same thing you and I were taught are bullshit. That we can confront our ignorance.

We like to criticize Christians here, that they refuse to think critically, that they just want to believe in Jesus as their lord and savior, that they just want to believe there's heaven and hell after death, etc. We can do the same, just refuse to think critically and keep believing in what we want to believe. But like I said, if you have an ounce of critical thinking in you, you'd be wondering why all these people are coming forward. There's many many more people than the ones I've listed, if you want more historically significant astronaut, there's more, if you want more government leaders, there's more. If you do any digging at all, you'll learn that most UFO are stars, planes, natural phenomenon etc. But there's a small percent of documented ones that sound like things out of a Men in Black movie. Cases like giant sky blocking crafts just hovering over Phoenix, or fighter pilots dog fighting and actually shooting UFOs right above an airbase while everyone watched on the ground, or a nuclear armed airbase in the UK actually having an UFO land on the base and being surrounded by the base commanders and staff. As more and more of these people retire, and get older, they care less and less about being ridiculed or ruining their livelihood. That's why we are finally seeing all these prominent people come forward and that's one of the big reasons why I switched my views on something I thought was just crackpot bs.

When Edgar Mitchell dies, you will see the exact same posts here on Reddit as you are seeing for Niel Armstrong. You'll hear all about how accomplished he is etc. What is going to be interesting to witness here will be the dichotomy of those who post these things and those who downvote anyone who would call him a trailer trash tin foil hat conspiracy crank in any other context.

Anyways, I mostly won't have changed your mind to explore this because I doubt anyone could have changed my mind about this subject even two years ago. But you are going to keep being exposed to more and more of this as people keep coming forward. Buzz Aldrin is still on the fence about this, he's willing to talk about the UFO he saw with Niel Armstrong in their mission to the moon but he's not going past that (just look up Buzz Aldrin UFO on youtube). These people coming forward are not meant to convince you by their statements alone, they are meant to spur further research and to be used in conjunction to form the most logical conclusion you can. On your way, you'll keep seeing hoaxes and nonsense, but you'll also see stuff that actually make sense. If you want to skip the BS, I can give you some materials, the one book I recommend is the New York times bestseller by Leslie Kean: http://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Generals-Pilots-Government-Officials/dp/0307717089/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345951370&sr=8-1&keywords=leslie+kean

u/Fadedcamo · -7 pointsr/FargoTV

Hate to derail the topic, but UFO sightings largely get a bad rap in the US for its stigma. This can be attributed to a very conscious effort by the US government over the last 60 years to discredit and dismiss any actual credible sighting stories. There is a LOT of BS out there regarding UFOs, but if you sift through the noise there are quite a few stories by multiple credible witnesses (police, military personnel, pilots) and sometimes even backed up by other evidence (radar, ground radiation readings). Also, if you go outside the USA, there are MANY countries' governments who have disclosed files on all sorts of official encounters with these UFOs (France, Norway, Brazil, UK, Russia, Spain), so the UFO phenomenon truly has a large amount of scientific data to back it up and I don't think its entirely "out of this world" to put it in the show, especially during that time period in the mid-west.

If you want more information regarding some CREDIBLE stories of UFO encounters over the past 60 years or so, I highly recommend reading this book. Testimony from many of those credible witnesses, including a major general of Belgium during the UFO wave of the 80's there, and Nick Pope (was in charge of the Ministry of Defense's UFO investigations)