The Close Encounters Man
How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
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Charles Constant
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Mark O’Connell
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In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific community - led by J. Allen Hynek, an astronomer hired by the Air Force - debunked this and many other unidentified flying object sightings reported across the country. But after years of denials, Hynek made a shocking pronouncement: UFOs are real.
Thirty years after his death, Hynek's agonizing transformation from skepticism to true believer remains one of the great misunderstood stories of science. In this definitive biography, Mark O'Connell reveals for the first time how Hynek's work both as a celebrated astronomer and as the US Air Force's go-to UFO expert for nearly 20 years stretched the boundaries of modern science, laid the groundwork for acceptance of the possibility of UFOs, and was the basis of the hit film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With unprecedented access to Hynek's personal and professional files, O'Connell smashes conventional wisdom to reveal the intriguing man and scientist beneath the legend.
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More and more people are beginning to realize that we are being manipulated and lied to. We are denied access to secrets that shouldn’t be secrets. Our politicians obfuscate, deny, and outright lie. No one knows whom to trust. The nightly news is being replaced by carefully orchestrated propaganda. Our iPhones are monitored, as are our laptops and our landlines. As for social media, that too is ripe for spying by men in black suits. No wonder, then, that the last few years have seen an incredible rise in conspiracy theories about deceptions and cover-ups.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An encyclopedia of conspiracies
- By ReviewrRob on 10-02-19
By: Nick Redfern
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Unacknowledged
- An Exposé of the World’s Greatest Secret
- By: Steven M. Greer MD
- Narrated by: William Hughes
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,833
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,608
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,607
The biggest lie in history is about to be shattered. UFOs are real. In late June of 1947, three extraterrestrial craft were downed outside Roswell Air Force Base. Many more followed, revealing dozens of ET species and a Rosetta Stone to a new physics, an energy generation and propulsion system responsible for interstellar space travel. This new system could have easily replaced oil, gas, coal, and nuclear plants - and with them, the entire geopolitical and economic order on our planet. But a cabal of bankers, the military-industrial complex, and Big Oil stopped it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Of Those Must Buy Phenomenal Rare Books
- By Vitaly on 11-09-17
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Above Top Secret
- The Worldwide UFO Cover-Up
- By: Timothy Good
- Narrated by: Victor Talmadge
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 175
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 117
Renowned UFO researcher Timothy Good has gathered reports from all over the world to show that UFO sightings are an international phenomenon. In Above Top Secret, Good argues that U.S. government agencies, in collaboration with the Defense Intelligence Agency, the CIA, and NASA, have conspired to keep people from the truth about UFOs. The author presents persuasive evidence for his argument in this well-documented work.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond Top Secret here we come!
- By Shaun on 04-08-13
By: Timothy Good
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Chasing the Moon
- The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age
- By: Robert Stone, Alan Andres
- Narrated by: Holter Graham
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend $20 billion to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material, Chasing the Moon reveals the unknown stories of the fascinating individuals whose imaginative work across decades culminated in America’s momentous achievement. More than a story of engineers and astronauts, the moon landing - now celebrating its 50th anniversary - grew out of the dreams of science fiction writers, filmmakers, military geniuses, and rule-breaking scientists.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fifty years ago...
- By GraceAgnes on 06-14-19
By: Robert Stone, and others
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Inside the Black Vault
- The Government's UFO Secrets Revealed
- By: John Greenewald Jr.
- Narrated by: Tim Dixon
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 165
In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings of the US Government at the age of 15. He targeted such agencies as the CIA, FBI, Pentagon, Air Force, Army, Navy, NSA, DIA, and countless others. Greenewald utilized the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to gain access to more than two million pages of documents. This archive includes information relating to UFOs, the JFK assassination, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and top secret aircraft.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good read
- By Crystal on 07-01-20
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Keep Out!
- Top Secret Places Governments Don't Want You to Know About
- By: Nick Redfern
- Narrated by: Adam Hanin
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 187
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 168
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Story4 out of 5 stars 168
Area 51, Hangar 18, the Montauk facility - these are just a few of the select, highly classified installations which governments prefer that we, the general public, remain steadfastly ignorant. These same governments have reasons for wanting to keep us in the dark. It is at these secret facilities that for decades, clandestine research has reportedly been undertaken into crashed UFOs, deceased alien entities, lethal viruses, biological warfare, mind-control experimentation, and much, much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolute Must Read
- By M Joseph Murphy on 08-27-14
By: Nick Redfern
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In the Shadow of the Moon
- A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969
- By: Francis French, Colin Burgess
- Narrated by: Gary L. Willprecht
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In the Shadow of the Moon tells the story of the most exciting and challenging years in spaceflight, with two superpowers engaged in a titanic struggle to land one of their own people on the moon. Drawing on interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, their families, technicians, and scientists, as well as rarely seen Soviet and American government documents, the authors craft a remarkable story of the golden age of spaceflight as both an intimate human experience and a rollicking global adventure.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting book for space afficionados
- By Leslie F. on 04-21-16
By: Francis French, and others
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Phenomena
- The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,231
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,102
For more than 40 years, the US government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security. The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the navy, air force, and army - and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Phenomenally mediocre narration of a good book
- By philip on 05-18-17
By: Annie Jacobsen
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Burning the Sky
- Operation Argus and the Untold Story of the Cold War Nuclear Tests in Outer Space
- By: Mark Wolverton
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 401
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 346
After the Soviet Union proved to the United States that it possessed an operational intercontinental ballistic missile with the launch of Sputnik in October 1957, the world watched anxiously as the two superpowers engaged in a game of nuclear one-upmanship. Amid this rising tension, eccentric physicist Nicholas Christofilos brought forth an outlandish, albeit ingenious, idea to defend the US from a Soviet attack: detonating nuclear warheads in space to create an artificial radiation belt that would fry incoming ICBMs. Known as Operation Argus, this plan is the most secret and riskiest experiment in history, and classified details of these nuclear tests have been long obscured.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extraordinary interesting history
- By Magnus Almgren on 10-23-20
By: Mark Wolverton
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Area 51
- An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,811
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,017
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,007
It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Mike From Mesa on 06-06-11
By: Annie Jacobsen
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Confessions of an Alien Hunter
- A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- By: Seth Shostak
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69
This engaging memoir reveals the true story of the Search for ExtraterrestrialIntelligence (SETI), and discloses what we may very soon discover. Chronicling the program’s history with insight and humor, SETI senior astronomer Seth Shostak assures us that if there is sentient life in the universe, we are within decades of picking up its signal.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Somewhat Disappointed...
- By Tim on 11-12-10
By: Seth Shostak
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Beyond
- The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space
- By: Stephen Walker
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 240
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 203
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Story5 out of 5 stars 202
Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour - 10 times faster than a rifle bullet - Yuri Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows, he sees the Earth as nobody has before, crossing a sunset and a sunrise, crossing oceans and continents, witnessing its beauty and its fragility. While his launch begins in total secrecy, within hours of his landing, he has become a world celebrity - the first human to leave the planet. Beyond tells the thrilling story behind that epic flight on its 60th anniversary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A remarkable story on many levels
- By Dipam on 03-22-22
By: Stephen Walker
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Secret Journey to Planet Serpo
- A True Story of Interplanetary Travel
- By: Len Kasten
- Narrated by: Robin Douglas
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
On July 16, 1965, a massive alien spacecraft from the Zeta Reticuli star system landed at the Nevada test site north of Las Vegas. Following a plan set in motion by President Kennedy in 1962, the alien visitors known as the Ebens welcomed 12 astronaut-trained military personnel aboard their craft for the 10-month journey to their home planet, Serpo, 39 light-years away. Working with the DIA originators of the Serpo project and the diary kept by the expedition’s commanding officer, Len Kasten chronicles the complete journey of these cosmic pioneers.
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1 out of 5 stars
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QUOTE, UNQUOTE 🤮
- By MyName on 03-09-20
By: Len Kasten
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The Last Stargazers
- The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
- By: Emily Levesque
- Narrated by: Janet Metzger
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Humans from the earliest civilizations were spellbound by the night sky - craning their necks each night, they used the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Stargazing is a pursuit that continues to fascinate us: from Copernicus to Carl Sagan, astronomers throughout history have spent their lives trying to answer the biggest questions in the universe. Now, award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Searching for Stuff in the Darkness
- By Warpedland on 10-11-22
By: Emily Levesque
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First Man
- The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
- By: James R. Hansen
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 829
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 752
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Story5 out of 5 stars 750
When Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon’s surface in 1969, the first man on the Moon became a legend. In First Man, author James R. Hansen explores the life of Neil Armstrong. Based on over 50 hours of interviews with the intensely private Armstrong, who also gave Hansen exclusive access to private documents and family sources, this "magnificent panorama of the second half of the American twentieth century" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is an unparalleled biography of an American icon.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not really 'unabridged'
- By A Reader on 06-06-18
By: James R. Hansen
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TWA 800
- The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy
- By: Jack Cashill
- Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 372
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 334
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Story4 out of 5 stars 331
What really happened to TWA 800? On the 20th anniversary of the crash, author Jack Cashill reveals shocking new evidence. TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from JFK Airport on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 passengers onboard. Although initial reports suggested a terrorist attack, FBI and NTSB investigators blamed a fuel-tank explosion. But skeptics have long questioned the official story, and new evidence has surfaced that suggests a widespread conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Far More Than Another Anti-Clinton Screed
- By Nathan D. Backlund on 10-22-16
By: Jack Cashill
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The Disappearing Act
- The Impossible Case of MH370
- By: Florence de Changy
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying 239 passengers, disappeared into the night, never to be seen or heard from again. The incident was inexplicable. In a world defined by advanced technology and interconnectedness, how could an entire aircraft become untraceable? Had the flight been subject to a perfect hijack? And if the plane did crash, where was the wreckage? Drawing together countless eyewitness testimonies, press releases, independent investigative reports and expert opinion, de Changy offers an eloquent and deeply unnerving narrative of what happened to the missing aircraft.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Random Facts in Need of a Coherent Thesis
- By Navillus82 on 03-27-21
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The true nature of what actually crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947 remains classified. Only a select few have ever had access to the truth about what became known as Area 51. But what happened to the remnants of that crash is shrouded in even greater mystery. What began in the high desert of New Mexico ended at Wright-Patterson, an ultra top-secret Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio. The physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitation was buried deep within this nuclear stronghold.
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wright pat AFB
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In this revised and expanded edition of Richard Dolan's previous classic on the UFO subject, he brings the listener through the tumultuous journey of the UFO/UAP subject through the early 2020s. This includes a detailed treatment of the changes to our public discussion of UFOs since 2017 and what is the likely end point of this new direction. But Dolan provides much more than this, including providing critical context of the UFO subject within the broader social, political, and technological developments of our world, something that makes him unique among UFO researchers.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 123
Unearthly Disclosure is a story of alien bases, alien contacts and abductions, genetic mutants, animal mutilations, and government paranoia. Here, Timothy Good, one of the world's most respected authorities on the alien phenomenon, reveals for the first time sensational information provided to him by high-level military and scientific sources, who confirm that aliens have established subterranean and submarine bases on Earth and that extraterrestrial contact has been made with a select group in the US military and scientific intelligence community.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just Couldn't Stomach Any More
- By Rainsman on 09-06-20
By: Timothy Good, and others
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Project Blue Book
- The Top Secret UFO Files That Revealed the Government Cover-Up
- By: Brad Steiger, Donald R. Schmitt - foreword
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on secret files obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the new edition includes accounts of seven of the most important USAF inquiries - among them the story of the nights the White House was buzzed by UFOs, the mystery of the Lubbock Lights, the full story of Captain Mantell, Ufology's first martyr, and the startling conversion of the prominent astronomer J. Allen Hynek from UFO skeptic to believer. This startling and fascinating book uncovers not only the anatomy of a government cover-up but also provides stark and chilling evidence that we are not alone.
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1 out of 5 stars
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hard to take
- By Tom Lundy on 02-09-19
By: Brad Steiger, and others
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The Alien Abduction Files
- The Most Startling Cases of Human-Alien Contact Ever Reported
- By: Kathleen Marden, Denise Stoner
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Why would two women separated by thousands of miles share a common thread involving alien abduction? Both cases are supported by multiple witnesses and have substantial evidence. Both women experienced missing time while driving with a companion and were later taken from their homes. Both have been unwilling participants in ongoing experimental procedures that appear to follow family genetic lines.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't buy this book
- By D Darkangelo on 08-24-15
By: Kathleen Marden, and others
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Eyewitness to the Gods
- What I Kept Secret for Decades
- By: Erich von Däniken
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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The father of the ancient alien theory with more than 65 million books sold reveals everything he has withheld for years. In all his years of service, why didn't Erich von Däniken ever doubt his theory that inhabitants of other planets had come into contact with humanity ages ago, and that they still observe us today? In this audiobook, the now 81-year-old presents selected eyewitnesses and insiders for the first time, reveals secrets and stories that he has hitherto kept private, and presents reports and revelations that leave one speechless!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not informative
- By dazable on 04-07-20
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UFO Crash in Brazil
- A Genuine UFO Crash with Surviving ETs
- By: Roger Leir
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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If you think that UFOs are not real or that only crazy people believe in them, think again. This story was originally reported in the Wall Street Journal and then forgotten. According to numerous eyewitnesses, an unidentified flying object crashed near Varginha, Brazil on January 20. 1996. At least two strange beings were reported to have survived. One was taken to a local hospital for treatment and operated on while the military stood guard. Join Dr. Roger Leir and follow his footsteps as he takes you through the entire investigative journey. This could be the most important documented UFO...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Virtual voice
- By Bruce Paulson on 11-17-24
By: Roger Leir
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The Andreasson Affair
- The True Story of a Close Encounter of the Fourth Kind
- By: Raymond E. Fowler
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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The classic case of alien abduction rereleased with a new afterword for a new generation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Novel makes me wish I could corelate MUFONS data
- By trubadore on 01-24-22
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The Edge of Reality
- Two Scientists Evaluate What We Know of the UFO Phenomenon
- By: J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallee, Paul Hynek - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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From the outset, Hynek and Vallee make their position clear: UFOs represent an unknown but real phenomenon. The far-reaching implications take us to the edge of what we consider the known and real in our physical environment. Perhaps UFOs signal the existence of a domain of nature as yet totally unexplored. These two eminent scientists studied the UFO phenomenon for decades and collaborated on this landmark report.
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4 out of 5 stars
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That was entertaining
- By M.Biblioswine on 12-16-23
By: J. Allen Hynek, and others
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After the Flying Saucers Came
- A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon
- By: Greg Eghigian
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6
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Greg Eghigian tells the story of the world's fascination with UFOs and the prospect that they were the work of visitors from outer space. While accounts of great wonders in the sky date back to antiquity, reports of UFOs took place against the unique backdrop of the Cold War and space age. After the Flying Saucers Came traces how a seemingly isolated incident sparked an international drama involving shady figures, questionable evidence, suspicions of conspiracy, hoaxes, new religions, scandals, unsettling alien encounters, debunkers, and celebrities.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Old news = snooze
- By Amazon Customer on 11-23-24
By: Greg Eghigian
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- Fred Fanning
- 03-10-24
Exceptional Book
I learned about J Allen Hynek in the 1970s, and it was related to UFOs. In my lifetime, I have never heard anything about his exceptional career in astronomy or his significant accomplishments. I have a new appreciation for a giant in Astronomy and UFOs. The narration fits the book.
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- Bryan
- 08-03-23
Now I feel like I know the man
This is an excellent biography and really won me over by the end. I sure wish he could be alive today to see the great impact his work is making. I am confident that he was ignorant of the truth of what is being revealed publicly, which, I find very sad, in the similar vein of Carl Sagan. I was very intrigued to learn that Hynek's spiritual guru was Steiner, as I have always been drawn to the majesty of his beliefs and teachings. I'm happy to hear Hynek came to believe in god at the end; an intelligent scientist coming to that faith on one's own, is most valuable. I recommend this book to anybody interested in learning more about Hynek, this is a very good biography if you stick with it.
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- M.Biblioswine
- 08-19-22
This is a remarkable book
This is a remarkable book. It presents Hynek’s biography a explains what he thought and why he thought it. The book provides context for is intellectual interests and projects. And it is just a good read. I will be listening to it again. Highly recommended.
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- Shane Diller
- 10-06-23
I had no idea
Great book that really introduces you to the man behind the legend. I didn’t know JAH was so accomplished
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