UFOs and the National Security State
Volume One, 1941-1973 (in two editions)
A thorough historical analysis of the national security dimensions of the UFO phenomenon. Getting past the official pronouncements on the one side, and unprovable assertions on the other, this study gathers together the facts that are known, providing a concise yet comprehensive narrative. Among its contents:
| ▪ Nearly 300 documented military encounters with UFOs. ▪ Activities of over 50 Air Force, Navy, and Army bases relating to UFOs. ▪ Analyses of the Roswell controversy, the CIA-sponsored Robertson Panel, the Condon Committee Report, and more. ▪ Description of the fight, and failure, to end government secrecy about UFOs. ▪ Thoughts on what it all means. |
Based on research of hundreds of official and fully documented sources, Richard Dolan presents an astonishing level of detail, sophistication, and clarity to a topic all-too-frequently dismissed as an adjunct of pop culture.
From the book's Introduction:
The UFO problem has involved military personnel around the world for more than fifty years, and is wrapped in secrecy. Over the years, enough pieces of the puzzle have emerged to give us a sense of what the picture looks like. I have tried to use these pieces to construct a clear historical narrative, focusing on the national security dimensions. Because this subject is so widely ridiculed, it is important to stress why it is worthy of serious attention.
Stories of strange objects in the sky go far back in time, but the problem received little attention until the Second World War. At that time, military personnel from Allied and Axis countries reported unconventional objects in the sky, eventually known as foo fighters. In retrospect, this development is not so surprising. First, human aviation had become widespread for the first time. Above the clouds, thousands of pilots suddenly had the kind of visibility never before possessed. A second reason was the invention of radar, which extended the range of human vision by electronic means. Most investigators during the war assumed the odd sightings were related to the war itself, the product of anomalies related to their new technologies of detection, or perhaps enemy experimental aircraft. With that in mind, one might have expected such sightings to vanish after the war’s end in 1945. Instead, they increased . . . .
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